50 Years of Reshaping Our World with the Love of Jesus

In 2026, Bent Tree Bible Fellowship celebrates 50 years of God's faithfulness. What began with a small group of families in 1976 has become a story of lives transformed, leaders developed, churches planted, and communities impacted through the love of Jesus.

As we celebrate this milestone, we'll remember God's work in the past, celebrate his work in the present, and look ahead with anticipation to all he has planned for the future. Join us as we celebrate 50 years of reshaping our world with the love of Jesus.

July Sermon Series – Prayer: Our Foundation & Our Future

Throughout July, former Bent Tree pastors will return to teach on Paul’s prayers for churches in the New Testament. Together, we’ll explore prayers for spiritual maturity, unity, wisdom, love, strength, and faithfulness while hearing each pastor’s personal prayer for Bent Tree. As we celebrate 50 years of God’s faithfulness, this series will help prepare our hearts for the future God is shaping for us.

Night of Worship

Friday, August 21, 2026 at 7 pm

Join us for a special evening of worship as we thank God for his faithfulness over the past 50 years and seek his direction for the future. Through worship, Scripture, and prayer, we’ll celebrate the many ways God has reshaped lives, families, our community, and our world through Bent Tree.

As we celebrate this milestone, we’ll remember God’s work in the past, celebrate his work in the present, and look ahead with anticipation to all he has planned for the future. Join us as we celebrate 50 years of reshaping our world with the love of Jesus.

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50 Hours of Prayer

Starts - August 21, 2026 at 10 pm

Following our Night of Worship, our church family will participate in 50 consecutive hours of prayer. Members of Bent Tree will fill one-hour prayer slots, creating an unbroken chain of prayer as we thank God for his faithfulness and seek his guidance for the future.

This is an opportunity for all of us to participate in shaping the future of our church through dependence on God. Click below to reserve your prayer hour and join us in covering the next chapter of Bent Tree in prayer.

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50th Anniversary Celebration

Sunday, August 23, 2026 | 9:00 & 11:00 AM

Join us as we celebrate 50 years of God’s faithfulness at Bent Tree. During our worship services, we’ll hear stories of lives transformed through the ministry of our church, worship through songs from each decade of our journey, and look ahead to the future God is calling us into.

Following the services, we’ll gather for a church-wide celebration with food, games, and opportunities to connect and share stories of how Jesus has reshaped our lives with his love. Come celebrate the past, present, and future of God’s work through Bent Tree.

The Stories God Is Still Writing

Fifty years is not really measured in years. It is measured in people. Behind every anniversary number is a face, a family, a moment when God reached in and changed everything. Watch a few of those stories, told by the people who have lived them, and give thanks for the God who is still reshaping our world with the love of Jesus.

The Theology of Special Needs Ministry Prayer at Bent Tree: Louis Hanh Serving at Bent Tree: John and Betsy Vasil From Death to Life: Zareen's Testimony Student Ministry to Sent Missionaries: Abby and Faith Missions at Bent Tree: The Honeymoon Missionaries

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Tell us how God has reshaped your life through Bent Tree. Your story could be part of the next chapter we celebrate together.

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Have photos from across the decades? Add them to our 50th anniversary archive and help us picture 50 years of God's faithfulness.

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Bent Tree Family

On August 23, 2026, we will celebrate 50 years of God's faithfulness to Bent Tree.

What began in 1976 with 15 families meeting at Trinity Christian Academy has become a story only God could write. From those early days as a ministry launched out of Fellowship Bible Church, to our first building on Midway Road, to moving onto our current property in 1997, to dedicating our Worship Center in 2008, God has faithfully guided every step of our journey.

As I reflect on these past five decades, one theme rises above the rest: God has been reshaping us and the world through us.

Throughout Scripture, God shapes and reshapes his people for his purposes. Like a potter with clay, he forms, refines, and prepares us for what is next. That has been true throughout Bent Tree's history.

God has reshaped hearts. Countless people have come to faith in Jesus, found healing, discovered purpose, and answered God's call on their lives.

God has reshaped our community. What began as a small gathering of families has become a beautifully diverse church family representing different cultures, generations, backgrounds, and stories, all united by the love of Jesus.

God has reshaped our world. Missionaries have been sent, churches have been planted, leaders have been developed, and lives have been impacted across our city and around the globe.

And God has reshaped this church. Every generation has faithfully stewarded its season, helping shape Bent Tree into the healthy, growing church we are today, a church committed to experiencing and sharing the love of Jesus.

But this anniversary is not simply about looking back. It is about looking forward.

There are still people who need hope, families who need restoration, and children and students who need a foundation of faith. Neighbors and nations are still waiting to hear the good news of Jesus.

We want this anniversary to be more than a milestone. We pray it becomes a defining moment, a moment where we honor God's faithfulness, strengthen our unity, align around his mission, and step forward together into the future he has prepared for us.

Today, half of our church family has joined Bent Tree within the last five years, while many others have faithfully called this church home for decades. Though our stories are different, we are all part of the same story God is writing. The future of Bent Tree belongs to all of us.

I am inviting all of us to enter a season of prayer together during this time. What God wants to do in and through us requires absolute dependence on him. The God who has been faithful for the last 50 years is not finished with Bent Tree. God is still reshaping us and reshaping the world through us.

I'm excited to cross this threshold with you, and I believe what's on the other side is more than we can imagine.

Libin Abraham
Lead Pastor