East Sylva Baptist Church
East Sylva Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 61 Faith Avenue in Sylva, NC 28779. It is one of 45 churches in Sylva, and one of 8 Baptist congregations in the city.
The vision of our church is best stated in the recorded minutes from the founding members in 1927. “The body is dedicated to the service of evangelization of the world for Christ.”
The body of believers, known as East Sylva Baptist Church, is a group of people who love our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We, as a congregation, strive to be a Christ-centered church that touches the lives of people both within our membership and to others throughout our community.
Serving since 1921
61 Faith Avenue, Sylva, NC, 28779Service times
- Sunday 5pm
Phone: (828) 586-2853 · Website: http://eastsylvabaptist.org/
East Sylva 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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The community around East Sylva Baptist Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 32.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.1% (9.6–22.7%)
- Obesity: 36.2%
- Depression: 27.0%
- Child Poverty: 26.9% (10.4–43.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.9%
- Poverty Rate: 20.1% (12.3–27.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 15.2%
- Diabetes: 13.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near East Sylva Baptist Church
- Assembly of God Chapel — 0.6 mi away
- Generation Church — 0.6 mi away
- Liberty Church — 0.8 mi away
- Destiny Church Wnc — 1 mi away
- Lifeway Community Church — 1.1 mi away
- St. John's Episcopal Church — 1.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 1.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church of Sylva — 1.3 mi away
- Oldfield Church — 1.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Generation Church — 0.6 mi away
- Liberty Church — 0.8 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- The Summit Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Wayside Church — 1.6 mi away
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