The property for the present church was donated by the Abe Rickert family. Dedication was in June 1948. The Fellowship Hall was added in 1958. The Parish House, which now serves as our Sunday School classrooms, was donated by Mr. & Mrs. William Dafoe in 1960. It had been their summer cabin on Filucy Bay and was arrived by barge at high tide.

Rev. John Smirchich, the first pastor of the new church, served both our church and the Lakebay Church, as did Rev. Oster and Rev. DeBock until 1957 when it was voted to dis-continue with Lakebay. In 1958, Dr. Decker became our resident minister and served until 1965. Other ministers included Rev. Pruitt, Rev. Johnston, Rev. Van Horn, Chaplain Tyler, Chaplain King, Rev. Ellis, Rev. Fukuyama, Dr. David Suter, Rev. Wally Higbee, and Rev. Lowell Torgerson.

Since March 1995, we have been most fortunate to have Dr. Robert Olmsted as our Pastor. He and his wife, Marjorie, live in Gig Harbor. Dr. Olmsted also serves on the Council of the Presbytery of North Puget Sound. Because of health reasons Dr. Olmsted retired in April, 2003.

The Pastoral Search Committee began a search for a new minister at that time with Dr. David Suter as the interim minister. On August 15, 2004, Longbranch Community Church called Rev. Bill Meyer to be minister. He and his wife Marilyn served with us until 2005.

At present, we have Reverend Arlyce W. Kretschman,  called into service in January 2006.

The Longbranch Community Church was originated and built by local people who had a commitment and a dream of a place of worship in their community, and it is still growing with the dedication and love of members and friends. We are an inter-denominational Protestant church, with members from several faiths sharing worship and fellowship together.