Churches in Manahawkin

Active churches in Manahawkin

400 Beach Ave., Manahawkin
manahawkinbaptistchurch.org
90 sermons · 3 days ago

Types of churches in Manahawkin

Modern Manahawkin Churches

These congregations emphasize contemporary worship, practical teaching, and a casual vibe, often meeting in updated spaces along the Route 72 corridor. They attract young adults and new homeowners from Ocean Acres and the Stafford Park area, and many offer livestreams for seasonal residents heading to Long Beach Island.

Manahawkin Family Churches

Designed for households with kids and teens, these churches offer robust children’s programs, youth groups, and VBS aligned with the Southern Regional School District calendar. Families from Ocean Acres and Beach Haven West appreciate weekend schedules that work around sports at Doc Cramer and summer traffic on the Causeway.

Coastal and Seasonal Churches

Serving a shore community that swells in summer, these congregations adjust service times for beach traffic and hospitality workers tied to Long Beach Island. Outreach often includes boater and lagoon-neighborhood needs in Beach Haven West, storm-recovery efforts, and community events before and after peak season.

Traditional Catholic Parishes

Rooted in long-standing parish life, these congregations emphasize the sacraments, devotional practices, and multi-generational community. They draw households from across Stafford Township and nearby Barnegat and Cedar Run, offering weekday Masses, catechesis, and seasonal drives that support local shore-area workers.

Sermon clips from Manahawkin churches

80s
#BloodUnitesAll
“Who are the two he's talking about in Ephesians two? The Jews and the Gentiles. Great animosity between these two groups. Those two he has because he brought peace, he has made even those two in the church. And he has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility. It took the blood of Jesus to make multiracial churches. It took the blood of Jesus to make multi, ethnic churches. It you know, some churches are homogeneous units. Everybody's the same. They're all young or they're all old. You know it takes the blood of Jesus to put together old people and young people and black people and white people. People from from Asia and people from Africa and people from Central America. It takes the blood of Jesus to bring people together. And this is the miracle. It is the spirit who forms the church.”
70s
#ChurchIsHospital
“So who are who are the people in the church? Those people who were far off from God, ignorant of God, cold of heart, blinded of eyes, deaf of hearing. But now in Christ Jesus, you who were once far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace. Who's he? For Jesus himself is our peace. For those of us that were far away, those of us addicted, those of us in trouble with the law, those of us estranged from our families, those of us with personality difficulties, and those of us with with with deepest problems of anxiety and various sorts. All of those people have been brought together in a church. So in a way the church is a hospital because nobody comes to God who isn't sick.”
60s
#LiftUpYourEyes
“``So lift up your eyes, brothers and sisters. Lift up your trembling heart. Lift up your weary spirit. You are not alone. You have God's own spirit, Jesus living in you. The spirit of the living God is in you and he is in a he is among his church. One day, oh glorious day, when the bride stands before the bridegroom, radiant and ready, it will be have been the spirit who has carried her all the way home. And he will have used us as his hands and feet. All of this by grace. All of this by God. All of this through the spirit and all for the glory of Jesus Christ.”
53s
#PeaceNotConflict
“This is why church warfare should be an oxymoron. Disagreement in the local church should be absurd. So making peace by his own blood, bringing people who couldn't stand each other into one body, he's made peace so that he might reconcile us both to God in one body. How? Through the cross. Thereby killing the hostility. The spirit forms the church not only by creating something new, but the spirit forms the church by uniting diverse people into one body.”
53s
#CalledOutAssembly
“So the church is not the community gathered. The church is the called out assembly. A community gathering could be about any subject. It could be about a fundraiser. It could be about a garden project. It could be about some other worthy cause. It could be the community gathering. A church is a special thing because it is a called out assembly of people blood bought by the Lord Jesus Christ who've come together to celebrate and worship that reality. The church is called out by Jesus, for Jesus, and the ramifications of how we believe about this will determine how we practice our corporate gathering.”
46s
#SpiritIsEssential
“Church, if you would pause for just a minute and consider this. If the Holy Spirit withdrew his presence from us, and everything we knew collapsed to dust, our singing without the spirit would be only noise. Our preaching without the spirit would be powerless. Our programs would have no effect. Our unity would be fractured. Our courage would be evaporated and our hope would be fake without the spirit.”
38s
#MissionalAssembly
“What is a church? A church member is a member of the body of Christ. What is a church? A church is a part of the body of Christ. Not just a group of of friendly people gathering around a good cause. We are a called out assembly, not a community gathered. And this called out assembly is a missional assembly. Meaning that we are here for a purpose. To glorify God, worship him, and take the good news of Jesus Christ far and wide.”
36s
#WorshipForGod
“For today, I wanna ask you a question. Who is the church service for? Is the church service for the community, just the neighbors who come together? Is the church service for our friendship group to come and be together? Who is the church service for? And I would put forward to you that the church service is for God. It is for the Lord Jesus Christ. It is for the worship of the father, son, and the holy spirit. That's who the church service is for.”
67s
#KnowTheHolySpirit
“The Holy Spirit is not just a force that attends you and assists you. But the Holy Spirit is a person in dwelling within us, working with us, shaping us, keeping us until the day that Christ returns and glorifies us. Sadly, many Christians live unaware of the spirit's daily ministry. We know the spirit exists because we've heard the pastor speak and we've read the bible. We know that the holy spirit exists. But do we know the holy spirit? Do we find in the holy spirit power and strength and comfort? Do we come to him for teaching? Do we come for him to him for correction? Do we follow our conscience that is prompted by the spirit to confess our sins and to make right apologies to others.”
60s
#HolySpiritIntercedes
“This is that time when you can't know how to pray. Oftentimes we know how to pray. Sometimes we know what to ask God for and sometimes we have challenges and we have petitions and we want to give prayers of praise to God. Sometimes you're hurting and you don't even know how to pray. When you don't know how to pray, what you can do is be alone with God and ask the Holy Spirit to intercede for you with prayers that you cannot vocalize or even intellectually understand. This is a promise by the Holy Spirit. What is the ministry of the Holy Spirit to you? It's a ministry to bring you to Christ. It's a ministry to help and comfort you in your weakness. Even those desperate weakness times when you're at the end of your rope.”

Why Manahawkin churches are unique

Set between the mainland Pine Barrens and Barnegat Bay, churches in Manahawkin reflect a coastal rhythm shaped by boating, beach seasons, and weekend visitors to nearby Long Beach Island. Many congregations adjust schedules and outreach for summer influxes, emphasizing hospitality, flexible service times, and community events that spill outdoors. You’ll find an easygoing shore vibe paired with attentive pastoral care, including outdoor sunrise services and coastal community outreach.
With a mix of year‑round families, commuters, and retirees, Manahawkin churches lean into intergenerational life and practical care. Programs often center on local schools and youth athletics while keeping worship accessible to different traditions and ages, blending hymnody and modern music. This means robust next‑gen discipleship and steady pastoral support through strong kids programs for young families, intergenerational congregations and seniors care, and blended traditional and contemporary worship.
As a shore community familiar with nor’easters and post‑storm recovery, congregations emphasize neighbor‑first service alongside clear teaching and prayer. Volunteer networks mobilize quickly for material help, counseling, and partnerships with local relief efforts, showing faith expressed through action. Many groups are known for disaster relief volunteer teams, food pantry and meals ministry, and recovery and support groups.

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