Bethel Primitive Baptist Church was organized and constituted on April 11, 1835. A committee called brethren John Tew and Solomon Sikes as presbyters, and after finding the brethren orthodox in faith, they constituted a church named Bethel. Its founders had migrated from Pa., N. C.. and Ga. to the Blue Springs community. The church was housed in a log or frame building from 1835 to 1962, and that building was bricked in 1962. The fellowship hall and baptistery were built in 1972. Among its elders were M. W. Helms, Aaron Helms, who served 30-40 years, W. M. Baxley, L. H. Stucky, S. W. Etheridge, R. K. Blackshear, Thomas McGowan, C. L. Waldrop, F. A. Averette, Jr., who served 10 years, George Vickers, Casey Houston, and Fred Griffith.