Edgewood Baptist Church
Edgewood Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Asheville, NC 28715. It is one of 225 churches in Asheville, and one of 24 Baptist congregations in the city.
The purpose of the Church is to glorify God by fulfilling the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:36-40) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20).
Asheville, NC, 28715Website: https://www.ebccandler.org
Edgewood Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,587 congregations of the Baptist family gather across North Carolina — 71,872 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.
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Latest from Edgewood Baptist in Candler's YouTube channel: 7/19/26 - Why the cross? (all videos).
The community around Edgewood Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.0% (9.7–22.3%)
- Social Isolation: 30.8%
- Depression: 24.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Asheville city is served by 77 churches — about one congregation for every 902 residents.
Churches near Edgewood Baptist Church
- Biltmore Church - West Asheville Campus — 0.5 mi away
- The Rock Church — 0.5 mi away in Candler, NC
- Acton United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Enka Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Candler, NC
- Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church — 1.2 mi away in Candler, NC
- Francis Asbury United Methodist Church — 1.2 mi away in Candler, NC
- Overflow Asheville — 1.3 mi away in Candler, NC
- Oak Forest Presbyterian Church — 1.3 mi away
- Oak Hill United Methodist Church — 1.4 mi away in Candler, NC
- First Christian Church — 1.5 mi away in Candler, NC
More Baptist churches nearby
- The Rock Church — 0.5 mi away in Candler, NC
- Enka Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Candler, NC
- Maple Ridge Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away in Candler, NC
- Starnes Cove Church — 1.5 mi away
- New Morgan Hill Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away in Candler, NC
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