Bethany’s first building was dedicated February 17, 1918. It was announced in the local newspaper The Sacramento Star the day prior.

Although its fledgling congregation had been meeting since May 1914, Bethany was officially organized on September 20 … meeting in the Odd Fellows’ Hall located at 34th Street and Magnolia Avenue in Sacramento’s Oak Park neighborhood. In 1913 Sacramento City’s building inspector reported that Oak Park was the fastest growing residential district in the city, and the 1914 City Directory listed almost 800 homes in Oak Park.