The ministry of Fifth Avenue Chapel began in the mid 1920’s when Christians from Northern New Jersey and New York started meeting together during their summer vacations. Seasonal gatherings soon grew into a year-round fellowship with a genuine heart for the Scriptures, worship, and evangelistic outreach. In the early years the assembly occupied rented facilities in Neptune, Asbury Park, and Bradley Beach. Relocations were necessitated by both growth in numbers and expansion of ministries, including widely regarded annual conferences.
In 1940 attention was drawn to an unused Episcopal Church called The Church of The Holy Apostles on Fifth Avenue in Belmar. The frame building, constructed in the shape of a cross, was in poor repair having been closed for many years and stripped of all its furnishings. Its beautiful stained glass windows were intact, however, and remain to this day. The property was purchased for the sum of $1,500 and repair work began. The first public ceremony held in the new Chapel was the marriage of Kenneth Hart and Robina Jelly, held on June 25, 1941.
Several modifications to the building were made during the war years to make it more functional. As numeric growth continued it became necessary to expand the facility. A kitchen and Sunday School rooms were added in 1958, and a nursery in the mid 1960’s. Additional classroom space, added in the early 1980’s, brought the building to its present size.
Speaker | Title and Tags | Date | Place | Lang | |
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Pongracz, Michael | The Second Person of the Trinity Jesus Jesus | 2003-01-26 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Price, Larry | Elders Conference Dealing With Different Difficult Situations ~ Philippians 4 Philippians | 2001-11-03 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Price, Larry | Elders Conference Identifying and Dealing with Assembly Discipline ~ Acts 20 Acts | 2001-11-03 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Price, Larry | Lessons of Confidence and Dependence from Hezekiah ~ 2 Kings 18 2Kings Hezekiah | 2001-11-04 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | A Carol for After Christmas Christmas | 2014-12-28 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Acts 5 Acts | 2011-06-12 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Acts 8 Acts | 2007-05-06 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Advanced Christian Training Manual The Word of God | 2010-09-05 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Basic Principles About Our Bible | 2003-01-19 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Beginning of the Acts Acts | 2001-03-25 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Bereans and Studying ~ Acts 17 Acts | 2004-09-05 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Biblical Memorials | 2013-05-26 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Christlikeness | 2004-10-10 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Ecclesiastes 1 and 2 Ecclesiastes | 2003-07-27 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Exodus Through the Red Sea ~ Exodus 13 Exodus | 2012-09-02 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Faith and Testing | 2002-01-20 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Fatherly Examples | 2002-06-16 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Gideon The Deliverer ~ Judges 6 Gideon Judges | 2009-09-13 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Have You Taken the Hand of the Savior ~ Mark 1 Mark | 2012-02-05 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Last Part of Ruth Ruth | 2001-02-25 | Fifth Avenue Chapel |