How it all started...
Refuge Community Church opened its doors in Pastor Don and Miss Dawn’s home in 2017. But the story begins almost three decades earlier with Pastor Don growing up in Cleveland in the 1980s. It was then that Don watched bussing come and steel mills leave. Moreover, he watched his neighborhood become vacated houses and people leaving for the suburbs with their resources. He too tried to leave, but that all changed when the Lord called him and his family to start reaching people in that very same neighborhood.
Expanding the vision...
Since coming to Old Brooklyn, Refuge has distributed food, held addiction meetings, hosted meals, and witnessed changed lives in the people of this neighborhood. The goal of Refuge is to meet people where they are, to share the love of Christ, and to disciple them to go out and reach others. We all deeply appreciate all that the Lord is doing and will continue to do. More so, we want to
invite you to be a part of it as well.
invite you to be a part of it as well.
Pastor Don believes that God loves people struggling with heroin, those who are homeless, those who dabble in the occult, and those who seek to numb the pain. So, God opened the doors to a ministry in that neighborhood that Don tried to leave, and that’s when Refuge Community Church was born.
Where we are headed...
Refuge wants nothing more then to see our community transformed for the sake of the gospel. As God continues to grow us we continue to see him heal and restore families, relationships, and lifes...
We are watching God grow in areas like Youth and Young Adults right here in out church community! We are so excited for what the future holds and we hope YOU will join us!
We are watching God grow in areas like Youth and Young Adults right here in out church community! We are so excited for what the future holds and we hope YOU will join us!
