Our History

In the beginning was the yellow house...

The Community Refuge Church of Christ can be traced to the basement of the home of Mother Lila Stevenson, effectionately known now as the "yellow house", where she began and faithfully conducted Sunday School. Support came to her from both Elder Asbury Henson, the late Pastor of the Freehold Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and Bishop Robert Grayer, the late Diocesan Bishop of New Jersey. The church itself was established in August 1969 with Elder Horachus Perry appointed as Pastor. Elder Perry served two years as did his successor, Elder Abraham Dash who is now deceased. In 1973, Bishop Grayer served in this capacity. One year later, he appointed our present shepherd, Apostle Fred Rubin.

And the story continues...

Under the leadership of Apostle Rubin, the church has continued to move forward. The Lord has provided capable spiritual men and women who are committed to the work of the ministry. With God's help and the efforts of the congregation, the first building project, our present facility, was completed in 1981. In 2002, we were blessed to build and extention to our current building. The addition added four classrooms, and two offices. God has been really good. We are looking forward to building the new edifice.