City of Refuge Christian Center

What City of Refuge Christian Center does

City of Refuge Christian Center is a private, 501(c)(3) non-profit religious organization founded by Dr. Bawanna S. Bostic in 2012 and headquartered at 906 Peachtree St., Cocoa, Florida. It operates as an independent, non-denominational church with traditional and orthodox Christian doctrine, delivering Sunday 11:00 AM worship services (preceded by 8:30 AM intercessory prayer), a Wednesday mid-week service hosted at the Volunteers of America facility, Facebook Live streaming, and a scheduled conference-call prayer line. Its underlying technology is a standard church website (cityofrefugebbm.com) integrated with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram for community engagement; no proprietary software, APIs, or AI capabilities are disclosed.

The organization runs an unusually broad ministry portfolio for its 1-10 employee base, segmented into inreach (Prayer, Youth, Women's, Leadership Training), outreach (Job Placement, Prison Ministry, Food Pantry, Clothing Closet, Radio Ministry), and healthcare-adjacent services (Counseling Center and Life's Uncertainties Counseling Services, the latter holding contracts with the Florida Department of Children and Families and the Brevard Partnership). Chaplain services extend deployment into hospitals, law enforcement, and educational institutions.

The revenue model is entirely donation- and contribution-based, with no priced products or services; contributions are accepted via PayPal, Cash App, Zelle, mailed checks, and money orders. Strategic partnerships with Rockledge United Methodist Church, Volunteers of America, DCF, and Brevard Partnership support service delivery, while educational affiliations with Life Christian University and East Coast Christian University reflect the founder's academic ties. Geographic reach is concentrated in the Cocoa/Brevard County area of Florida, with limited remote touchpoints via the prayer line and prayer team members in FL and MD.

Name

City of Refuge Christian Center

Legal name

City of Refuge Christian Center, Inc.

Website

https://cityofrefugebbm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

City of Refuge Christian Center is a small, independent non-denominational 501(c)(3) church in Cocoa, Florida, founded in 2012 by Dr. Bawanna Bostic. It delivers Sunday and Wednesday worship, counseling, chaplaincy, and community outreach services funded entirely by donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG), Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF)

Keywords

• Religious services
• Community outreach
• Worship services
• Pastoral counseling
• Prison ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Cocoa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Tithes: Church receives financial support through donations from church members, friends, and ministry partners. Accepts contributions via PayPal, Cash App, Zelle, and mail-in checks or money orders.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

City of Refuge Christian Center is an independent non-denominational church that delivers Sunday and mid-week worship services, prayer ministry, youth and women's ministries, chaplain services, Christian and clinical counseling, and community outreach programs including job placement, prison ministry, food pantry, and clothing closet. It operates as a 501(c)(3) religious, charitable, and educational organization funded entirely by voluntary donations.

Product overview

City of Refuge Christian Center offers a comprehensive portfolio of spiritual, community, and counseling services organized as distinct ministry offerings. The core ministry includes Prayer Ministry, Youth Ministry, Leadership Ministry Training, Women's Ministry (Bawanna Bostic Ministries), and Chaplain Services. Community outreach services encompass a Job Placement Center, Prison Ministry, Food Pantry Ministry, and Clothing Closet Ministry. Healthcare-related services include a Counseling Center and Life's Uncertainties Counseling Services. An outreach Radio Ministry is planned to extend reach beyond physical church walls.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Service

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Rockledge United Methodist ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch partners with Rockledge United Methodist Church for outreach programs, specifically for giving to homeless veterans at Volunteers of America location in Cocoa, Florida.
• Volunteers of America (VOA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWednesday mid-week services held at Volunteers of America facility. Church partners with VOA to serve homeless veterans in Cocoa, Florida.
• DCF (Department of Children and Families)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLife's Uncertainties Counseling Services has contracts with DCF to provide counseling services to families served through the ministry.
• Brevard PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLife's Uncertainties Counseling Services has contracts with Brevard Partnership to ensure community is served through the ministry of City of Refuge Christian Center.
• Life Christian UniversityminorOthersDr. Bostic served as an instructor/professor for Life Christian University. East Coast Christian University also mentioned as educational affiliation.
• East Coast Christian UniversityminorOthersDr. Bostic joined the instructor/professor staff at East Coast Christian University, Merritt Island, Florida.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• First Baptist Church of Cocoa: Long-established mainline-protestant church in the same Cocoa, FL market; comparable congregational operating model and shared donor pool within the local geography.

Direct peers

• Rockledge United Methodist Church: Existing outreach partner in Cocoa/Rockledge, FL; a local house of worship with overlapping community-outreach activities in the same service geography.
• Kairos Prison Ministry International: Faith-based nonprofit focused on prison ministry and post-release reintegration — directly comparable to City of Refuge's Prison Ministry in target population, mission, and volunteer-driven operating model.
• Christian Counseling Centers of Central Florida: Faith-integrated clinical counseling provider in the region; directly comparable to Life's Uncertainties Counseling Services for the same Christian + clinical counseling and government-contract customer profile.
• Faith Temple Christian Center: Rockledge, FL-area Pentecostal/charismatic congregation directly comparable as a neighboring Brevard County church where City of Refuge is holding its 14th Pastoral Anniversary — similar faith tradition, geography, and congregational scale.

Emerging players

• East Coast Christian University: Merritt Island, FL-based Christian educational institution where the founder teaches; an emerging theological-education peer with overlapping doctrinal tradition and Brevard County footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Lakewood Church: Mega-church incumbent with broadcast television and online streaming ministry directly analogous to City of Refuge's Facebook Live and planned radio ministry, but at vastly greater scale.
• Catholic Charities of Central Florida: Established faith-based social services operator running food pantries, clothing closets, and counseling across Central Florida — a broader incumbent in the same community-services verticals where City of Refuge operates.
• Saddleback Church: Large multi-site evangelical congregation known for small-group, counseling, and community-care ministry programs — comparable in holistic church model but at materially larger scale.
• Volunteers of America (Florida): Large national nonprofit operating homeless-veteran programs in Cocoa where City of Refuge runs its Wednesday service; comparable in serving low-income and veteran populations but at much broader scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/cityofrefugebbm
• Facebookfacebook.com/CityofRefugeChristianCenterCocoa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/city-of-refuge-christian-center-inc

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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