Time to get out your calculators!  From this very prestigious list of pastors who have led and shepherded Bethany’s congregation for the last 166 years, who served the longest?  And who ably guided Bethany through the very difficult transition from Philly to Havertown all the while giving God the glory?  That’s right! Willard H. Wellman.  

 A graduate of Wheaton College and the Reformed Episcopal Seminary, Pastor Wellman served at Bethany for 22 years after which he accepted a call to St. Andrew's Kirk in Guyana, South America, where he trained lay pastors. He retired in 1993, at the age of 80, but stayed active in missions, including the Sonshine Swim/Bible Camp in the Bahamas, of which he was co-founder.  A fun fact is that he loved vacationing at Camp-of-the-Woods in upstate New York from which is where I am writing this post!