It won’t take a leap of faith to find the right place to worship in Fayetteville. A small step should do. A tradition of faith runs deep in our community. It has survived floods and fire, providing an anchor for families in good times and bad.
The city is home to hundreds of places of worship, some dating back more than 200 years. Whether you’re Protestant, Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Baha’i or Unitarian, you can find kindred souls here. Services are conducted in a multitude of languages as well.
The area’s original European settlers, the Highland Scots, brought a strong tradition of Presbyterian faith. Congregations in the area date to the 1750s. The oldest active church in the city, First Presbyterian Church, was chartered in 1800. Services were conducted in both English and Gaelic for years.
Other churches followed, including Cape Fear Baptist, Evans Metropolitan Methodist (later AME Zion) and Hay Street Methodist, all before 1810. St. Patrick Catholic Church, the oldest Catholic parish in the state, was consecrated in 1829. The Great Fire of 1831 destroyed many of the original churches in the city, but most were quickly rebuilt. By the 1850s, Fayetteville was home to at least a dozen Baptist churches. More than 40 churches in the city are over 100 years old.
A religious revival a few miles up the road in Falcon led to the first International Pentecostal Holiness Church in 1911. About the same time, the first synagogue was built in downtown Fayetteville. The city’s first majid, named for African-born Muslim slave Omar Ibn Said, opened in 1987.
As the home of Fort Bragg, Fayetteville has become a center for religious institutions rarely represented in a community our size. They include Hindu Bhavan and Chua Khanh Hy Buddhist Temple. In addition, several churches conduct worship services in Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese and other languages.
Many churches offer the intimacy of a small congregation; others welcome more than 1,000 congregants weekly. Fayetteville’s Manna Church introduced the concept of tele-worship long before other churches. Its services are shared in branch locations across the country and overseas.
Faith in Fayetteville isn’t just a one-day-a-week thing. Congregations often work together on community projects. They take their faith outside the church walls with year-round programs to help those in need, including the Cumberland Interfaith Hospitality Network and Fayetteville Urban Ministry.
Places of Worship
Abney Chapel, 2996 Rosehill Road; 910-488-7525
Arran Lake Baptist Church, 1130 Bingham Drive; 910-424-7211
Baywood Pentecostal Holiness Church, 1830 Baywood Road; 910-483-2916
Beauty Spot Baptist Church, 7572 Raeford Road; 910-868-9151
Berean Baptist Church, 517 Glensford Drive; 910-868-5156
Beth Israel Congregation and Community Center, 2204 Morganton Road;910-484-6462
Bhavan Temple, 907 Cedar Creek Road; 910-824-7289
Camp Ground United Methodist Church, 4625 Campground Road; 910-867-9436
Cape Fear Baptist Church, 100 Indian Drive; 910-323-5556
Cape Fear Baptist Church, 6401 Butler Nursery Road; 910-483-5769
Carroll Memorial Baptist Church, 2220 Camden Road; 910-423-8814
Cedar Falls Baptist Church, 6181 Ramsey St.; 910-488-5810
The Church at Cedar Creek, 4010 Cedar Creek Road; 910-483-6895
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 3200 Scotty Hill Road; 910-868-2740
Church of the Open Door, 4445 Cliffdale Road; 910-864-3237
College Heights Presbyterian Church, 1801 Seabrook Road; 910-323-4828
Chua Khanh Hy Buddhist Temple, 5113 Camden Road; 910-925-2202
College Lakes Baptist Church, 4704 Ramsey St.; 910-488-8344
Cornerstone Baptist Church, 3000 Scotty Hill Road; 910-867-2166
Covenant Love, 420 Dunn Road; 910-323-1515
Cross Creek Presbyterian Church, 430 S. McPherson Church Road; 910-864-4031
Epicenter Church, 2512 Fort Bragg Road; 910-485-8855
Evans Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 301 N. Cool Spring St.; 910-483-2862
Fayetteville Community Church, 2010 Middle River Loop; 910-323-5313
Faymont Baptist Church, 3663 Cumberland Road; 910-425-7108
First Baptist Church, 201 Anderson St.; 910-483-0477
First Baptist Church, 302 Moore St.; 910-483-6505
First Presbyterian Church, 102 Ann St.; 910-483-0121
Grace United Methodist Church, 2005 Ireland Drive; 910-424-0894
Hay Street United Methodist Church, 320 Hay St.; 910-483-2343
Haymount Presbyterian Church, 2760 Rosehill Road; 910-822-1083
Haymount United Methodist Church, 1700 Fort Bragg Road; 910-484-0181
Highland Presbyterian Church, 111 Highland Ave.; 910-485-2147
Hillside Holiness Church, 2510 Brody Drive; 910-323-5447
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1601 Raeford Road; 910-484-2134
Hood Memorial AME Zion Church, 2801 Rosehill Road; 910-822-1014
Immanuel Baptist Church, 219 Hull Road; 910-484-1257
Islamic Center of Fayetteville, 2415 Rosehill Road; 910-920-9990
Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church, 306 McArthur Road; 910-488-5406
Korean Baptist Church, 6873 Cliffdale Road; 910-867-5118
Korean Bethel Presbyterian Church, 901 Bunce Road; 910-864-5739
Korean Catholic Community Church, 532 Cimarron Drive; 910-867-6022
Lafayette Baptist Church, 501 Hope Mills Road; 910-425-1306
Lake Lynn Baptist Church, 3105 Seven Mountain Drive; 910-425-1464
Lebanon Baptist Church, 3329 Beard Road; 910-483-1988
Lewis Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 5414 Raeford Road; 910-424-2344
MacPherson Presbyterian Church, 3525 Cliffdale Road; 910-867-2113
Main Post Chapel, Building 1-1510 Sedgwick and Jackson Street, Fort Bragg; 910-396-1121
Manna Church, 5117 Cliffdale Road; 910-867-9151
Masjid Omar Ibn Sayyid, 2700 Murchison Road; 910-488-7322
Massey Hill Baptist Church, 1027 Southern Ave.; 910-321-0815
Mattock Memorial AME Zion Church, 444 Gillespie St.; 910-485-4231
Mount Carmel Pentecostal Holiness Church, 2569 Owen Drive; 910-485-4367
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 16 Johnson St.; 910-868-2770
Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, 1027 Old Wilmington Road; 910-323-9302
Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, 1217 Murchison Road; 910-483-8486
New Beginnings Christian Church, 6900 Cliffdale Road; 910-867-8692
New Life Covenant Fellowship, 362 Neville St.; 910-483-6778
Northwood Temple Pentecostal Holiness Church, 4250 Ramsey St.; 910-822-7474
Parks Chapel Freewill Baptist Church, 2503 Murchison Road; 910-488-9456
Peace Baptist Church, 816 Stamper Road; 910-484-9434
Peace Presbyterian Church, 3203 Ramsey St.; 910-488-3211
Refuge Church, 1268 Ireland Drive; 910-670-4470
St. Andrews United Methodist Church, 121 Lofton Drive; 910-488-4648
St. Ann Catholic Church, 357 N. Cool Spring St.; 910-483-3216
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 1000 Andrews Road; 910-488-1797
St. James Lutheran Church, 1424 Morganton Road; 910-484-8052
St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, 509 Ramsey St.; 910-323-0161
St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, 202 Hope Mills Road; 910-425-0401
St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, 806 Arsenal Ave.; 910-484-1531
St. Nicholas Eastern Orthodox Church, 735 Southern Ave.; 910-484-7771
St. Patrick Catholic Church, 2844 Village Drive; 910-323-2410
St. Paul’s in the Pines Episcopal Church, 1800 St. Paul Ave.; 910-485-7098
Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 614 Oakridge Ave.; 910-484-2010
Second Missionary Baptist Church, 522 Old Wilmington Road; 910-483-5925
Shekinah Faith Temple, 2060 Goins Drive; 910-339-9337
Simon Temple AME Zion Church, 5760 Yadkin Road; 910-867-1182
Smith Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, 19 Boundary Lane; 910-483-4437
Snyder Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Westmont Drive; 910-484-3191
Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2601 Lone Pine Drive; 910-484-5397
Temple Baptist Church, 3159 Sanderosa Road; 910-483-7620
Trinity Christian Church, 3727 Rosehill Road; 910-488-6779
Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 669 Country Club Drive; 910-429-8399
Village Baptist Church, 906 S. McPherson Church Road; 910-678-7178
Walstone Memorial Baptist Church, 260 Walstone Road; 910-488-6311
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2505 Village Drive; 910-485-8128
