Esic University Baptist Church
Esic University Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1000 University Drive in Edwardsville, IL 62025. It is one of 37 churches in Edwardsville, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.
Grace, Spirit and Truth Ministries’ mission is to show God’s love and forgiveness to all humanity and to teach that He saves us because of our faith in the finished work of the cross.
ESIC Baptist Church is part of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. While we value and cherish our Baptist heritage and practices, you'll find that we differ from some Baptists in the following ways: On social issues, ESIC does not issue position statements. Our motto is unity on essential Christian doctrine, diversity on non-essentials, and in all things, charity (love). We practice believer baptism, but welcome and embrace those who were baptized in other traditions and different ways, and women may be ordained as ministers or deacons and serve as pastors of churches. In all church matters, w
Part of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
1000 University Drive, Edwardsville, IL, 62025Service times
- Sunday 10:30am · mornings
Phone: (618) 656-0680 · Website: https://www.esicnow.com/
Esic University Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,174 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,417 across the United States on The Church Map.
Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.
Ministries at Esic University Baptist Church
- Praise Community Fellowship
- Grace, Spirit, and Truth Ministries
- Kids Zone
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The community around Esic University Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 34.6%
- Unemployment: 10.5% (4.5–16.6%)
- Obesity: 36.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Edwardsville city is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 1,764 residents.
Churches near Esic University Baptist Church
- Center Grove Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Leclaire Christian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Mt Joy Baptist — 0.9 mi away
- Be.Church — 1 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Edwardsville — 1.1 mi away
- First Christian Church — 1.1 mi away
- Red Hill Church — 1.2 mi away in Glen Carbon, IL
- Saint JHNS United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Newsong Fellowship — 1.3 mi away
- Saint Marys Catholic Church — 1.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mt Joy Baptist — 0.9 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Edwardsville — 1.1 mi away
- Red Hill Church — 1.2 mi away in Glen Carbon, IL
- Calvary Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
- General Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
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