ABOUT REFUGE
Leadership
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Will & Christin Culberson
Senior Pastor
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Dennis & Susan Anderson
Bishop
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Kevin & Natalie Cloud
Youth Pastor
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Betty Carter
Children’s Ministry Director
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JC & Anglya Cox
Children’s Ministry & Special Events
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Crystal Sanford
Secretary
We want the community to know this is a REFUGE FOR ALL PEOPLE.
Our Story
Apostolic Faith Tabernacle began on November 30th 1972 when two ladies, Sister Mildred Harper and Sister Dale Dobyns joined efforts to start the church. The first service was held in a residence and God began to bless. After a period of time Sister Harper became the sole pastor and oversaw the progress of the church during the acquisition of property and building the first permanent structure on Amity Road, of Pearcy, Arkansas. She remained pastor until May 1, 1984. The church elected Reverend Ted Danes as pastor June 14, 1984 and he served until October 17, 1985.
On November 21, 1985. Reverend Dennis Anderson was elected as pastor. In 1990 approximately 9 acres of land were purchased along highway 70 West at the address of 3217 Airport Road. Subsequently a new facility was constructed and the congregation relocated to their new address on July 3, 1994. Since that time God has continued to bless with growth in the congregation as well as expansion and additional accommodations of the church campus.
In 2022, after serving in other roles for numerous years, Pastor Will Culberson was elected to serve as Senior Pastor. On September 28, 2025 Apostolic Faith Tabernacle became known as Refuge Church. For decades people have found refuge, healing, restoration, and new beginnings here.
We want the community to know this is a REFUGE FOR ALL PEOPLE.
A safe place where together we will love, grow, serve, and bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world! Pastor Culberson shared vision for future to renovate and expand our campus to expand our reach to the community and beyond!
Our Beliefs
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We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God, a divine revelation from God to man. We accept the scriptures as the final authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 4:12, 2 Timothy 2:15
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We believe in the one ever-living, eternal God: infinite in power, holy in nature, attributes and purpose, and possessing absolute, indivisible deity. This one true God has revealed Himself as Father, through His Son in redemption, and as the Holy Spirit dwelling within us. This infinite God was manifest in flesh and His name is Jesus. We believe that Jesus lived a sinless life, was crucified on Calvary for our sins, and bodily rose from the grave, and that He has been exalted on the throne of God, where He is the only mediator between God and man. We believe that, through His death and life, we have personal salvation and power for victorious living.
John 1:1-3, 14, Matthew 1:21, Colossians 1:15-17, Galatians 3:14, Ephesians 1:7, 1 Timothy 3:16
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We believe that all men have sinned and stand in need of redemption, which is obtained through the new birth by faith in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that new birth is experienced by those who appropriate the gospel (death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ) to their lives by repenting of sins, being baptized in water by immersion in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit, as promised in Acts 2:39. We believe the initial evidence of the Holy Spirit indwelling is when one speaks in other tongues, as the Spirit gives the utterance. Those being born again of water and spirit become children of God and heirs with Jesus Christ. (Acts 2, John 3, I Corinthians 15:1-4)
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We believe the church has been “called out” of the world to be a habitation of God through the Spirit. As the body of Christ on earth, the church offers hope to mankind. The church is one body made up of many members, diverse in their gifts and calling of the Holy Spirit. The Church is called to carry the Gospel to the whole world and offer connection, fellowship and purpose for every believer.
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“Apostolic” is a term used to describe connection to the Apostles of the Bible. We are striving to be an Apostolic Church by replicating the practices and beliefs of the Apostles of the first church. We believe that the pattern of the church found in the book of Acts is the pattern for the church today.