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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Risden, Jerry | Miracles in Perspective Healing of Blindness ~ Mark 10 Mark Miracles | 2012-02-26 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Kolchin, Mark | Mission of Gods Servant ~ Isaiah 49 Isaiah Missions | 2001-12-02 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Schetelich, Alan | Mothers and Priesthood in the Home ~ Ephesians 6 Ephesians Mother | -- 1995 -- | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Wolcott, Mert | Mothers Day and a Mothers Influence Mother | 2003-05-11 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Dadd, Robert | Mothers Day ~ Luke 7 Luke Mother | 2004-05-09 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Sullivan, Robert | Mothers Day Message Samsons Mother ~ Judges 13 Judges Mother Samson | 2007-05-13 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Risden, Jerry | Mothers ~ Exodus 2 Exodus Mother | 2005-05-08 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Wolcott, Mert | Multiplication in Discipleship | 2005-03-13 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Stoudt, Mike | Nehemiah ~ Nehemiah 2 Nehemiah | 2009-09-27 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Keyser, Keith | No Salvation in Any Other ~ Acts 4 Acts Salvation | 2002-12-15 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Fritchey, Craig | Noah and His Waiting (Incomplete) ~ Genesis 8 Genesis Noah | 2016-08-07 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Wilks, Allan | Not Becoming Lax ~ Hebrews 10 Hebrews | 2007-09-16 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Keyser, Keith | Not Taking Gods Blessings for Granted ~ 1 Peter 1 1Peter | 2004-11-07 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Gilpin, Terry | Numbers 20 Numbers | 2004-06-13 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Gilpin, Terry | Numbers 22 Numbers | 2000-08-06 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Hardisty, Ken | Numbers 6 22 Blessing and Benediction ~ Numbers 6 Numbers | 2013-09-08 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Young, Paul | Obadiah Obadiah | -- 2001 -- | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Wilson, Tom | Our Relationship with the Poor ~ Proverbs 19 Proverbs | 2002-08-25 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
McNeil, Don | Our Sanctuary from What The World Offers ~ 1 John 5 1John | 2015-06-07 | Fifth Avenue Chapel | ||
Javois, Christian | Overcoming Temptation | 2004-04-25 | Fifth Avenue Chapel |