Jesus works in amazing ways as His people gather together to pray! It's understandable then that Paul would encourages us to "Pray without ceasing" in 1 Thessalonians 5:17. That’s why we set time apart each week as a community of believers to seek Jesus in prayer.

Our desire is to offer up thanks & praise to our King as we intercede on behalf of the lost, hurting and those in need of His direction and comfort. Come join us as we watch the Lord do amazing things Ephesians 3:20 in and through our body at Refuge.

We have a blast on Sunday mornings. Service starts at 10AM with awesome contemporary worship! Our current teaching series is entitled The Journey Home which is an in-depth study of the book of 1 Peter. LISTEN NOW  **Children’s Ministry is available during service.

We've put together a couple pages to help answer questions you'll have before visiting.
What can I expect?   |   Who are the pastors?

The desire of the Women’s Ministry at Refuge is to impact women's hearts and lives with the power and love of Jesus Christ as they are encouraged and exhorted through the Word. The heart of this ministry is to serve; serve with a passion to teach, to equip, to strengthen and encourage the women of the body of Christ so that they may live a Christ centered life as they build their one on one relationship with Jesus and their relationships with their families, friends, coworkers and with one another. We encourage the women to step out in faith and use their gifts and talents to build up the body as they go forth and make disciples. (Colossians 3:16-17).

That's our heart when we meet on the 1st Tuesday of every month for a time of worship, Bible study and fellowship. We hope you can join us so that we can be mutually encouraged in the Lord. We meet in the clubhouse at the Springs at Braden River Apartments,

We are so blessed to have a awesome Men’s Ministry at Refuge where the men of the body realize their strong need for getting together for encouragement and accountability in God’s Word. That’s why each month one of the guys in body teaches from the Bible and then opens it up for the rest of us in a group format to challenge, encourage and equip one another in the faith. Men, we sure know how much we need that sharpening each month! That’s our heart when we meet the 2nd Tuesday of every month for a time of worship, Bible study and fellowship. We sure hope that you can join us as we are mutually encouraged in the Lord! We meet in the clubhouse at the Springs at Braden River Apartments.

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Shepherd School is a men’s discipleship ministry that’s meets monthly on the 4th Tuesday of the month. Our desire is to encourage and equip men to grow in their love and service toward those whom the Lord has called them to minister - at home, in the church, and at the workplace. We typically have a time of Bible study followed by discussion. We’d be blessed to have you join us to be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus as we learn and grow in Him! Pizza & drinks are provided. We met at the Springs at Braden River Clubhouse.

Our desire as a body is to pour in the truth of God’s Word into our youth. That’s why the Youth Group meets every Wednesday for Bible Study & fellowship - that the Lord might teach them His precious promises and precepts so that they too can proclaim His wondrous deeds (Psalm 71:17)

If you have a son or daughter, a family member or friend, or you yourself are in grades 7-12, please come out and join us, we’d be blessed to worship Jesus with us. Just bring a Bible and yourself and we’ll bring the pizza and God’s Word.

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Every 3rd Thursday of the month, Team Harvest, the evangelism team at Refuge makes their way to the Get Down Downtown celebration to shine the light of Jesus Christ on Bradenton. Everyone is invited to join us.

We set up an awesome booth (GetAnswersNow.org) where we hand out lots of tracts, books, as well as audio & video messages that point folks to Jesus. We begin setup at 5:30PM. Show up any time after that.

Please pray for the Lord to arrange for some divine appointments and that we would be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit to proclaim the gospel in love and boldness to our city!