Huntington Beach’s Oldest Church Faces Threat of Closure Amid Property Battle

Surf City Church in Huntington Beach, Calif., on July 20, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—In front of Surf City Church is a sign that reads: “This is still God’s property, He is not done with it!”

The church is currently home to the small non-denominational church called “The Well,” which rents space from Surf City, a roughly 100-member United Methodist congregation that has been at the location since 1967.