West Asheville Baptist Church & Family Life Center

Probably the friendliest group of people you’ll ever meet. It’s sometimes tough to find a church that takes the bible literally and keeps God’s word at the core of everything it does but WABC hits hits the target. I’ve even met people around town who attend other churches but still try to catch WABC’s TV & radio broadcasts. Services are enjoyable and the sermons, while detailed and well researched, are easy to grasp. You listen to recordings on the church’s website.
The church is active in a wide array of family and community services as well as putting a great effort into outreach. The pastoral staff and deacons are approachable and open but take their work very seriously.
There seems to be a Sunday School class for every conceivable group, age or life stage. I don’t know how they keep track of them all. For children there are daycare, educational and sports facilities on premises. There’s tons of parking. A security officer works out front during services helping people cross streets and keeping an eye on things. The grounds and facilities are well kept. They film all Sunday services and special events like the Christmas special and the massive Easter program they produce every year. I could keep going, I think. There’s too much to list here. Check out their website and you’ll get some small idea of what a huge effort this church puts into ministry.
Church shopping (I hate that term) is always a pain but WABC is definitely worth a visit and a great congregation to be a part of.