Zarephath (/ˈzærəˌfæθ/, ZARRA-fath) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) and located in Franklin Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 15 mi (24 km) north of Princeton.

[14] It was the communal home of the Pillar of Fire Church, and was the worldwide headquarters of Pillar of Fire International, which comprises the church's college, Somerset Christian College, and radio station WAWZ-FM (the farm and publishing facilities have not been in operation since the late 1970s).

Following the flooding in 2011 from Hurricane Irene, the College and all Pillar of Fire ministries were ordered to move out of this floodplain.

He married Caroline Van Neste Field, who became a follower of Alma Bridwell White, then based in Denver, Colorado.

Zarephath was named from a phrase in 1 Kings 17, because White saw a parallel with relocation to a farm and the story of Elijah and a widow.

[19] On September 11, 1912, the Zarephath Academy opened with an enrollment of fifty students, five who were ready for high school.

"At this time, the doors were formally opened to all who wanted an education under Christian control, high school as well as elementary."

The first high school graduation exercises, for a class of four, were held at the Pillar of Fire Temple on June 12, 1916.

Somerset Christian College is licensed by the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education to grant a two-year associate degree in Biblical studies.

[27] Tropical Storm Doria in 1971 and Hurricane Floyd in September 1999 brought record floods to the areas adjacent to the Millstone River, which is located along one edge of the Zarephath campus.

Despite maintaining a twelve-foot-high flood levee, Zarephath was inundated with water from the nearby river and Delaware and Raritan canal.

On the opposite side of the canal is a similar cemetery, Van Nest – Weston Burying Ground in Manville.