Upward Baptist Church
Upward Baptist Church is a Seventh-Day Adventist church at 901 Upward Rd in Flat Rock, NC 28731-8799. It is one of 17 churches in Flat Rock, and one of 2 Seventh-Day Adventist congregations in the city.
the whole purpose of our existence is to prepare a world to meet their Creator.
901 Upward Rd, Flat Rock, NC, 28731-8799Service times
- Wednesday 1pm
Phone: (828) 693-4991 · Website: https://upwardnc.adventistchurch.org/
Upward Baptist Church is part of the Adventist and Sabbatarian family of churches in The American Church Story. 124 congregations of the Adventist and Sabbatarian family gather across North Carolina — 4,219 across the United States on The Church Map.
Adventists have kept two things in front of a forgetful church: that God commanded rest, and that Christ is actually returning. They also built one of the largest Protestant health and education systems on earth — hospitals, clinics, and schools serving many times their own membership.
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Upcoming events at Upward Baptist Church
- Wed, Sep 23 · 3:30 PM: Thrift Store
- Wed, Sep 23 · 7 PM: Prayer Meeting
- Sat, Sep 26 · 10:30 AM: SPKR: Robert Gentry
- Sat, Sep 26 · 1 PM: Church Picnic
- Sat, Sep 26 · 3:30 PM: Sunshine Band
From Upward Baptist Church's public calendar (https://upwardnc.adventistchurch.org/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around Upward Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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): 20.8% (13.6–28.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.8%
- Food Insecurity: 22.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.2%
- Diabetes: 15.2%
- Social Isolation: 31.9%
- Depression: 26.0%
- Poverty Rate: 18.7% (8.3–29.2%)
- Housing Insecurity: 15.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Upward Baptist Church
- Upward Seventh Day Adventist — 0.2 mi away
- Biltmore Church — 0.3 mi away
- Upward Christian Fellowship — 0.3 mi away
- Victory Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Johns Church — 0.5 mi away
- Upward Bible Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Upward United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away in Upward, NC
- The Bridge Church — 1.1 mi away
- Tracy Grove Church — 1.3 mi away
- Victory Tabernacle — 1.5 mi away in East Flat Rock, NC
More Adventist churches nearby
- Upward Seventh Day Adventist — 0.2 mi away
- Seventhday Adventist Hispanic church — 5.2 mi away in Hendersonville, NC
- Hendersonville Seventh-day Adventist Church — 5.5 mi away in Hendersonville, NC
- Fletcher Seventh-day Adventist Church — 8.4 mi away in Hendersonville, NC
- Seventh Day Adventist — 10.1 mi away in Tryon, NC
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