| Type: | town |
| Bethel | |
| State: | SA |
| Postcode: | 5373 |
| Dist1: | 9 |
| Dir1: | W |
| Location1: | Kapunda |
| Lga: | Light Regional Council |
| Stategov: | Stuart |
| Fedgov: | Barker |
| Near-E: | Kapunda |
| Near-S: | Fords |
| Near-Sw: | Linwood |
| Near-W: | Stockport |
| Near-Nw: | Tarlee |
| Coordinates: | -34.3278°N 138.8376°W |
Bethel is a locality and former settlement in South Australia, west of Kapunda. Its name means Place of God.
Bethel was settled by German-speaking people in around 1854 seeking to establish a Moravian Brethren community. From 1856 there was also a group of people of Wendish origin. They also spoke German.[1] Some of these settlers initially worshipped with the Moravians, however a new church was built named Steinthal and many worshipped there instead. The Bethel congregation severed its links with the Moravians and called a Lutheran pastor in the 1890s. The Steinthal church closed and combined in 1906.[2] The school was closed by the state government in 1917 along with many others that taught in German.[3]