BEACHCHURCH

In 1941, the first Beach Church meeting was started by a group of families in Raymond Mill’s old garage on 19th Street (currently a parking lot for the Virginia Beach Convention Center). It is remembered as having rustic, backless benches and a sawdust floor. Reverend Fred Steel, our first pastor, was a talented musician; playing guitar, piano, and mandolin. He often held cottage prayer meetings all over the old Princess Anne County and was very well known in the pre-Virginia Beach City area.

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The Mills family donated a plot of land to the church where a crude building was constructed (without plumbing) on 19th Street. The only source of heat was an old potbelly stove that burned red in the winter, mostly failing in it's fight against the cold ocean air. The congregation worshipped the Lord here for several years and made improvements as the Lord provided.

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The current property on 15th Street was purchased in the 1950s and a new building was constructed and used for a few years. Eventually, in the 1960s, Leslie Terry donated the brick (which he had originally purchased to build his own home) and began work on the permanent church structure. This is our current sanctuary.

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We are proud of our heritage and also rejoice in the contemporary changes that God has allowed us to make in the past five years. In 2013, we re-launched the church with the official name "BEACHCHURCH". If you were to come to one of our services, you would find  some friendly faces and a bunch of apple products. Our people truly strive for authenticity through being real people, showing real love, from a real God.

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God has blessed us with faithful families, who feel called to fulfill our purpose of knowing God, growing in God, and showing God. We hope that you come and visit us. There is a spot available for you and homemade bread with your name on it.

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