Zoar Baptist Church
Zoar Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1740 South Lafayette Street in Shelby, NC 28152. It is one of 135 churches in Shelby, and one of 36 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, 28152Service 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. 4,576 congregations of the Baptist family gather across North Carolina — 71,420 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
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Upcoming events at Zoar Baptist Church
- Mon, Sep 21 · 7 PM: Deacons Meeting
- Tue, Sep 22 · 7 PM: Deacon Meeting
- Wed, Sep 23 · 5:45 PM: Mid-Week Meal — Zoar Baptist Church, 1740 S Lafayette St, Shelby, NC 28152, USA
- Wed, Sep 23 · 6:30 PM: Children and Youth Programs
- Wed, Sep 23 · 6:30 PM: Mid-week Adult Bible Study
From Zoar Baptist Church's public calendar (http://www.zoarchurch.com/). Times are the church's local time.
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Latest from Zoar Church Shelby's YouTube channel: Morning Worship 9.13.26 (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.
Churches near Zoar Baptist Church
- New Creation Christian Center — 0.4 mi away
- Christian Tabernacle — 0.6 mi away
- Lafayette Street United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Emmanuel Cathedral Convergence Anglican Church — 0.8 mi away
- Destiny Life Center — 1 mi away
- Shelby First Church of the Nazarene — 1 mi away
- Westwood Heights Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Christ the King Church — 1.2 mi away
- New Covenant Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Lily Memorial Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Westwood Heights Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Davidson Memorial Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Way Of The Cross Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Maranatha Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- The New E — 1.7 mi away
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