Zoar Baptist Church

Zoar Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1740 South Lafayette Street in Shelby, NC 28152. It is one of 99 churches in Shelby, and one of 35 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our vision is "To see our church and community TRANSFORMED as we become more like JESUS CHRIST and lead others to Him."

Zoar Baptist Church, Inc., exists as a fellowship of loving, caring, Spirit-led believers. We commit ourselves to prayer, Bible study, stewardship, and Christ-centered service in order to evangelize the lost, worship God, develop mature disciples, and minister to all.

Serving since 1837

1740 South Lafayette Street, Shelby, NC, 28152

Service times

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9am

Phone: (704) 482-4151 · Website: http://www.zoarchurch.com/

Zoar Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,572 congregations of the Baptist family gather across North Carolina — 71,352 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 Zoar Baptist Church

  • Food pantry
  • C.A.R.E. Ministry
  • Children's Ministry
  • Worship Ministry

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Upcoming events at Zoar Baptist Church

  • Fri, Nov 6 · 5 PM: Date Night
  • Sat, Nov 7 · 5 PM: FLC CARE Meeting — Zoar Baptist Church, 1740 S Lafayette St, Shelby, NC 28152, USA
  • Sun, Nov 8 · 8 AM: The Gathering Breakfast in the FLC — Zoar Baptist Church, 1740 S Lafayette St, Shelby, NC 28152, USA
  • Sun, Nov 8 · 9 AM: Sunday School
  • Sun, Nov 8 · 10 AM: Worship Service

From Zoar Baptist Church's public calendar (http://www.zoarchurch.com/). Times are the church's local time.

Watch

Latest from Zoar Church Shelby's YouTube channel: Morning Worship 11.1.26 (all videos).

The community around Zoar 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. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

  • Obesity: 41.2%
  • Social Isolation: 33.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 22.0%
  • Diabetes: 15.1%
  • Depression: 25.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.4%
  • Child Poverty: 23.4% (10.0–36.8%)
  • Poverty Rate: 17.0% (11.0–23.0%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Shelby city is served by 32 churches — about one congregation for every 570 residents.

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