About Our Church

Membership Edgemont has church membership of 145 with an average attendance of approximately100 for Sunday morning worship. Staff Edgemont Baptist Church employs a full-time Pastor, a part-time Secretary, an Organist, and a Pianist.   Our Church Affiliation Edgemont supports the efforts of the Southern Baptist Convention, NC Baptist State Convention, and the North Roanoke Baptist Association.  The church  participates annually in the Lottie Moon and Annie Armstrong offerings, as well as the Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Shoe Box project.  Edgemont also supports the following local ministries:  Pregnancy Care Center,  United Community Ministries, and an individual missionary. Our Church Ministries Deacon Family Ministry Senior's:  E.S.P. Baptist Men Women’s Missionary Union Young Women on Missions Youth: E.D.G.E. Children: Team Kid Preschool-age: Mission Friends Adult, Youth, & Children's Choirs Our Community The church is located in the City of Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina.  The population of the city is approximately 56,000 and the county population is approximately 88,000.  Rocky Mount is located at the intersection of US Highway 64 and Interstate 95 and is a one hour drive from Raleigh, NC.  There are approximately 95 Protestant churches in the city.  Additional information on the area may be found at www.ci.rocky-mount.nc.us or  www.co.nash.nc.us.

Statement of Beliefs

Articles of Faith 1.  God - There is only one true and living God, an infinitely perfect Spirit.  He exists eternally in three persons:  The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. 2.  The Father - God the Father is above all the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.  By His grace, all who place faith in Jesus Christ become His adopted children. 3.  The Son - The Son, who lived upon this earth as Jesus Christ, is true God and became true man.  He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.  He died upon the cross, the just for the unjust, as a substitutionary sacrifice.  All who place faith in Him are justified by His shed blood.  He arose from the dead according to the scriptures.  He is now at the Father's right hand as our advocate and our great high priest. 4.  The Holy Spirit - The Holy Spirit is a divine person sent to convince the world of sin, of righteousness, of judgment, and of salvation.  Furthermore, the Holy Spirit indwells, guides, teaches, and empowers Christ's followers for Kingdom service. 5.  The Scriptures - The Old and New Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God and are a complete revelation of His will for humanity's salvation. They constitute the divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice. 6.  Humanity - The human race was originally created in the image and likeness of God.  Both man and woman fell through disobedience and thereby brought upon themselves and their descendants physical and spiritual death.  Thus, every human is born with a sinful nature, is separated from God, is fully deserving of eternal punishment in hell, and can be saved only through Jesus Christ's work of atonement. 7.  Salvation - Salvation has been provided to humanity through Jesus Christ.  All who repent and place faith in Him are reborn through the Holy Spirit, immediately receive the Holy Spirit, inherit eternal life, and become God's children.  Those saved undergo a process of sanctification throughout their entire lives, during which they are conformed more and more in the holiness of Christ's image.  Furthermore, true salvation, being a divine work, can be neither earned nor annulled by human action. 8.  The Universal Church - The Church comprises all who place faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, obtain redemption through His blood, and receive new birth through the Holy Spirit.  Christ is the head of the church and has commissioned her to go into the entire world, to preach His gospel, and to make disciples of all nations. 9.  The Local Church - The local church is a body of believers in Christ, who are joined together for worship, for instruction through God's word, for prayer, fellowship, evangelism, ministry, and the observance of Baptism and the Lord's Supper. 10.  The Ordinances - Christian baptism is the believer's immersion in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  Salvation cannot be obtained through the waters of baptism.  Rather, baptism is an obedient act in which the believer affirms faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Savior and enters the privilege of church membership.  The Lord's Supper is the mutual commemoration among believers of Christ's dying love as demonstrated on the night in which he was betrayed.  Reserved wholly for believers, all who participate must subject themselves to solemn self-examination to avoid partaking of the elements unworthily. 11.  Bodily Resurrection and Eternal Destinies - There shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto eternal life with God in heaven; for the latter, a resurrection unto eternal judgment in hell. 12.  Christ's Return - The second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is imminent and will be personal and visible.  This is the believer's blessed hope, and it is a vital truth and an incentive to holy living and faithful service.

Church History

When Edgemont Baptist Church dedicated its new building at 1622 West Mount Drive on June 16, 2002, the congregation celebrated a new beginning in the church’s nearly fifty year ministry. Founded as a mission of Rocky Mount’s First Baptist Church in 1951, Edgemont constituted herself as an independent congregation the following year.  The church’s location at 1150 Tarboro Street positioned it for tremendous growth during the 1950s and 1960s.  In 1958, Edgemont grabbed the attention of North Carolina’s Baptist State Convention and received recognition as its ‘Church of the Year.” But those days were not meant to last.  By the late 1960s and early 1970s Edgemont’s growth began to decline.  The church suffered through its share of turmoil and heartache in the 1980s and 1990s that only compounded its troubles.  Something had to be done. In the spring of 2000, Edgemont was approached by another church with an offer to purchase the facilities.  Believing these circumstances to be the providence of God, the church body made the decision to move the location of Edgemont. The church adopted a new maxim, “The Dawning of a Brand New Day,” and set its sight on the future.  When Edgemont caught the vision of all she could be, the church aimed to make it a reality.  This vision—a congregation loving God, loving each other, preaching God’s inspired and inerrant Word, calling people to salvation in Christ alone, serving in Jesus’ name, and encouraging His saints to catch a vision of all they can be for God’s glory—has and will continue to empower our people. Grateful for God’s many blessings and confident that our best days are yet to come, we eagerly await all that God will do in and through Edgemont Baptist Church.