Church Village itself does not share the extent of industrial mining heritage of much of the rest of the county and largely comprises new and recent build housing.

Costain, under contract from Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council constructed a bypass to reduce traffic congestion on the A473, Pontypridd to Bridgend (Welsh: Penybont) road, from Cross Inn, near Llantrisant, to Tonteg via Efail Isaf.

The Church Village bypass, which is built as a single carriageway, with crawler and overtaking lanes around roundabouts opened in September 2010.

[2][3] The village is home to Clare E. Potter, a Welsh poet who directed The Wall and the Mirror, an episode of New Voices from Wales.

Bethel was formed owing to schism, wishing for English services compared to the, then complete, Welsh Salem which was already established in the area.

Church Village is also the name of an electoral ward to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.

[5] A 2018 review of electoral arrangements would see an increase in the number of councillors to two (and a realignment of the east boundary), effective from the 2022 council elections.