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.

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