About Us

Harvey Cedars Bible Conference is a Christian retreat center on Long Beach Island, New Jersey.

Since 1941, people have come to Harvey Cedars year-round for Christian conferences and retreats for youth, families, churches and other various-sized ministries.

Our Mission

We glorify God by providing quality facilities with biblical programming for teenagers and families to make followers of Jesus Christ.

Throughout Scripture, we find reminders to rest.

God instituted the day of rest from creation and modeled it in Jesus, who taught his disciples to get away from the work and crowds and find time to renew themselves in his presence.

Whether it’s a weekend retreat or week-long summer event, we pray you’ll find Harvey Cedars a place to rest.

A place to retreat, yet still feel at home.

A place to step away and find renewed inspiration to live each day glorifying Christ in your home, church, neighborhood, and workplace.

“Come away … and rest for a while.”
— Mark 6:31

Two women sitting on a wooden dock by the water, embracing each other, during sunset.
A person holding a large open Bible with tabs marking different sections, including titles like "Titus," "Cohesion," and "1 Timothy." The individual is sitting outdoors, dressed in a striped shirt and a blue, green, and yellow tie-dye skirt, with bracelets on their wrist, and is resting their hand on the Bible.
Audience at Harvey Cedars Bible Conference raising their hands during a presentation in a large room with a stage and a screen displaying the conference logo.

What We believe

  • The Bible is the inspired, infallible, authoritative Word of God

  • There is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

  • Jesus Christ was fully God and fully man

  • Regeneration by the Holy Spirit is essential for the salvation of lost, sinful people

  • Jesus Christ’s virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, vicarious atoning death through shedding his blood, bodily resurrection, ascension to heaven, and return in power and glory

  • The present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling Christians can live a godly life

  • The resurrection of the saved and the lost; those saved unto the resurrection of life and those lost unto the resurrection of damnation

  • The spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ

The 66 books of the Bible are the inspired word of God and complete revelation of His will for the salvation of humans. They are accurate in all they affirm, without error as originally written, and the only infallible and sufficient rule for faith and life. We minister to groups that support our doctrinal position and mission.

As a non-profit Protestant Evangelical Christian organization, we reserve the right to refuse or cancel services to those whose willful activity, teaching, or conduct detracts from our Christian witness or is contrary to our statement of faith.

What we believe, by topic:

  • The one true and living God, who exists eternally as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, reveals Himself in the Bible and the world as Creator, Preserver, and sovereign Ruler of all things. He is infinite in His wisdom and knowledge, almighty in His power, unchangeable in His love, and righteous in all His ways.

  • God created Adam and Eve in his image to have fellowship with him. Tempted by Satan, they rebelled against God and were alienated from him. As a result, they and their descendants became guilty, subject to sin’s power, inclined toward disobedience to God’s law, and unable to please God apart from His saving grace.

  • Jesus Christ, the Son of God, while remaining fully divine, became fully human through a miraculous conception and virgin birth. He lived a life of perfect obedience to the Father and died a substitutionary death, thereby reconciling to God all who believe in Him and ensuring their salvation from sin and its results. He achieved victory over death and the powers of evil, rose bodily from the grave, and ascended into heaven where, as the only mediator between God and humanity, He continually intercedes for His people.

  • The Holy Spirit of God implements the purposes of God. He applies the saving work of Jesus Christ to sinful human beings, giving them a new life, bringing them into fellowship with God, and equipping them for godly living and service.

  • Salvation is deliverance from alienation, guilt, bondage, and death, as well as restoration of fellowship, righteousness, freedom, and life for all who trust in Jesus Christ alone. It originates in and is sustained by God’s sovereign and loving grace apart from any human merit, is based solely on Christ’s work, is received by faith alone, and is expressed in a lifetime of developing holiness, obedience, and love.

  • The Church is the Body of Christ, the community of all believers who are united to Christ and to one another by the Holy Spirit. The Church is called to worship God and to demonstrate His gracious character in the world by proclaiming the gospel, making disciples from all nations, observing baptism and the Lord’s supper, maintaining the unity and purity of the body, and seeking to apply the truths of Scripture to the needs of all people.

  • At the close of this age, Christ will return to raise the dead, establish His Kingdom on earth, and judge all people. The unrighteous will experience everlasting, conscious suffering in hell, but the righteous will experience everlasting life and fellowship with God in Heaven.