Editing Bethel Church, Mansfield Woodhouse (section)

==England==
In 2000,<ref name="savidge">{{cite news   | last =Savidge  | first =Katherine  |author2=Rob James   | title =A Special Chad Investigation   | work =Mansfield Chad  | date =2 March 2000 |publisher= Johnston Press}}</ref> Spademan rarely attended services.<ref name="savidge" /> Spademan learned of a church member's lesbian relationship in 2000, and decided to split up the pair by sending one of the girls to live at the church in Connecticut.<ref name="exorcised">{{cite news   | last =Moran|first=Kathy  | title =They Exorcised Me Over My 'Sinful' Love for a Woman  | work =[[Daily Express]]  | publisher =[[Express Newspapers]] | date =17 July 2000}}</ref> "Syro told me she knew from God that I was doing this sinful and evil thing. I was shouted at and screamed at, shaken, prayed over and had a Bible pushed against my chest. I was upset, confused and scared," said the girl that was moved to Connecticut.<ref name="exorcised" /> The girl eventually moved back to England and left the organisation.<ref name="exorcised" />

Along with Hibbert, another pastor at the church in England was Stephen Jeffs.<ref name="savidge" /> Hibbert and Jeffs believed they were relaying the word of God to their congregation, as given to Spademan.<ref name="savidge" /> Church members give ten percent of their earnings to the organisation.<ref name="savidge" /> Members of the church participate in "deliverance" rituals, where church leadership assert that they have been informed of followers' violent and sinful thoughts.<ref name="exposed">{{cite news  | last =Mansfield Chad staff  | title =Exposed: The Church Of Fear   | work =Mansfield Chad  | date =2 March 2000|publisher= Johnston Press}}</ref> Followers are encouraged to dedicate their lives to the organisation and shun family members.<ref name="exposed" />

Hope International is a tax-exempt charity organisation run by Bethel Church, with a stated goal of helping individuals from [[Honduras]].<ref name="followers" /> It was first registered as a charity in Britain in June 1990.<ref name="followers" /> British government records show that approximately [[United States dollar|US$]]290,000 was raised from 1995 to 1997.<ref name="followers" /> Over fifty-percent of the funds raised for Hope International went to church leadership and members in the form of administrative costs, employees' salaries, and lodging.<ref name="followers" /> As of 1999, Hibbert and Spademan were listed as trustees of Hope International, along with Spademan's son-in-law Stephen Jeffs, and her daughter Christine.<ref name="followers" />

In 2009, church pastor Christopher Jenkinson, along with his wife Jennifer, planned to climb [[Snowdon]] to raise funding for poor children in [[Zambia]].<ref name="pastortoscale">{{cite news  | last =Schofield  | first =Jonathan  | title =Pastor to scale Snowdon for Zambia Kids  | work =Mansfield Chad  | publisher =Johnston Press  | date =14 September 2009  | url =http://www.chad.co.uk/news/Pastor-to-scale-Snowdon-for.5646067.jp  | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130420070421/http://www.chad.co.uk/news/Pastor-to-scale-Snowdon-for.5646067.jp  | url-status =dead  | archive-date =20 April 2013  | accessdate =14 September 2009  }}</ref> The church sent individuals to Zambia in July 2009 to assist in construction work for a missionary-led school.<ref name="pastortoscale" /> "I can't do much to help, but I can walk, so if people would like to sponsor me, every pound counts," said pastor Jenkinson.<ref name="pastortoscale" /> The school in Zambia serves as a location for 300 children to receive free education – the children also receive food free of charge each school day.<ref name="pastortoscale" />

Early in 2018, the church building was advertised as for sale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Woodhouse, Notts, NG19 |url=https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/54535857#/?channel=COM_BUY |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904230128/https://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-for-sale/property-54535857.html |archive-date=2018-09-04 |website=rightmove.co.uk}}</ref> As of June 2018, the International Church Mansfield has been placed into the hands of liquidators.<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH MANSFIELD &#124; Appointment of Liquidators &#124; the Gazette |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3050548 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013023537/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3050548 |archive-date=2019-10-13 |website=The Gazette Official Public Record}}</ref>