Welcome to Refuge Church Nashville!
!Bienvenidos a Iglesia Refugio Nashville!
Refuge Church Nashville is a unique, bilingual congregation. We strive to glorify God through our diverse Christ-centered community. We hope you feel at home. La Iglesia Refugio Nashville es una congregación únique y bilingüe. Nos esforzamos para glorificar a Dios a través de una diversa comunidad centrada en Cristo. Esperamos que se sienten en casa. 
Our History
Nuestra historia

From Rayon City to Refuge

In 2006, Rayon City Baptist Church contacted Hermitage Hills Baptist Church, seeking help and direction. They had been without a senior pastor for some time and had a strong desire to continue to reach people for Christ in Rayon and surrounding communities. In 2007, Rayon City became the first multi-site campus of Hermitage Hills investing prayer, time, finances and ministry to help bring restoration to Rayon City. 

In 2009, Mark Smith and his family had come back from the mission field in Guatemala, and Mark was called as the campus pastor of Rayon City. He was originally contracted to plant a Hispanic Church, but when the need arose for a campus pastor for the English-speaking members, Mark became both pastor and planter.

Rayon City spent those early years ministering to the community at Rayon as well as laying the foundation to reach other nations for Christ. In June 2009, Rayon held her first kids' clubs in English and Spanish. Worship services in Spanish were added in 2010, and Rayon was slowly becoming a bilingual, multi-ethnic campus. Ministries such as ESL, soccer, revivals, a bilingual praise team, Zumba, meal nights, flood relief and Wednesday night programs helped build momentum and growth over the years.

Sensing that God was leading Rayon in a new direction, the pastor and leaders made a renewed commitment to pray for the future of Rayon City. In 2018, the Lord led the leadership of both campuses of Hermitage Hills to release and plant the Rayon City Campus as a new family of faith: Refuge Church Nashville. Refuge Church was officially launched on Easter 2019.

Why are we called Refuge?
¿Por qué nos llama Refugio?

Psalm 46:1 says: "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." In Psalm 16, David writes this about those who trust in God as Refuge: "You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore." We believe that hope begins when God is our refuge. We believe the "path of life" in Psalm 16 is encountered with a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.