Senior Pastor

Peter Idris Taylor

Peter Idris has been pastor at Bethel Baptist Church since August 2011.  He has spent over 30 years in ministry, most recently in Brackley, Northamptonshire.

Peter Idris trained for Christian Ministry at the South Wales Baptist College, Cardiff and studied Theology and Applied Theology at Cardiff, Chicago and King’s College, London.

He previously served churches at Swansea and Brackley and in-between he was a Youth Officer for the Baptist Union of Great Britain based at Pontyclun. He was a member of Bethel from 1984 to 1992.

He served on the sub-executive Council of the International Baptist Convention for seven years and in 2009 was elected as the IBC President.

He is married to Ruth, who was a teacher at Llansannor and Dinas Powys and is an accomplished piano tutor and accompanist. She is now an administrator for a Training Centre in Cardiff.  They have a son Joe, who lives and works in Guildford and daughter Esther, a student in Gloucester.

Youth Pastor

Matt Ball

Matt is our current youth pastor and is studying with Spurgeons college.

He is married to Sarah who works for the Principality building society.

Centre Manager and Church Administrator

Owen James

email: admin@bethelpontyclun.org

Owen is centre manager and church administrator. If you have any queries about us or our building please contact Owen.