When you arrive at Ardmore Baptist, you’ll find members of our church ready to greet you and welcome you into our building. Our Welcome Center, located in the main lobby, hosts information regarding Bible Studies, upcoming events, and information about our staff. Our friendly greeters at the Welcome Desk are also available to direct you where you need to go; Sunday Bible Study, childcare services, or worship.
Ardmore Baptist Church is a moderate Baptist Church located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Our Sunday services focus on biblical teaching, music, and prayer. Together, we lift our hearts to God! Come as you are—all are welcome!
During the service we encourage you to fill out a guest connections card and place it in the offering plate as it comes around later in the service. This way, we can reach out to you, get to know you a little better, and connect you with all things Ardmore Baptist!
Our Coordinator of Invitation and Hospitality, Kathryn Packett, is available in the Narthex, right outside the sanctuary, after each service. She would love the chance to meet you and answer any questions you may have about the church.
for all ages begins at 9:30 AM
begin at 8:15 AM and 10:45 AM
is available for ages birth through 4 years.
Our Welcome Center is located inside of the main lobby. Our friendly staff will be available to direct you to Sunday Bible communities, childcare services, or worship. At the Welcome Center, you’ll find folders which include information about Sunday Bible Studies, upcoming events, and information about our staff.
Kathryn Packett is also available to meet you on your first Sunday, walk you to a Bible Study Class, or answer any questions you may have about our church. You can reach her at kpackett@ardmorebaptist.org to set up a time to meet together.
At both worship services you will find people dressed in jeans or shorts and a collared shirt, dresses, and suit with a tie. The 8:15 AM service is a little more informal and most of the ministerial staff is a little more dressed down. At the 10:45 AM service you will find more people dressed up in business to business casual attire. We encourage you to wear what makes you feel comfortable in that space, whether you are dressed more formally or informally.
Each service begins promptly at 8:15 AM and 10:45 AM. The services have live gathering music around ten minutes before the worship service begins. The 8:15 AM worship service begins with a minister welcoming the attenders. The 10:45 AM worship service begins with the chiming of the trinity and the lighting of the Christ candle.
We would encourage you to arrive 5-10 minutes ahead of the worship service starting time. If you arrive late, don’t worry, we have a great team of ushers who will be glad to find you a great place to sit in the sanctuary.
Our ministers would love to meet you! If you would like to meet with a minister, please call the church office at 336-725-8767, Monday-Friday to set up a time for a personal visit or phone call.
If you have other questions, or would like additional information about our church, we encourage you to fill out a guest connections card or reach out to our Coordinator of Invitation and Hospitality, Kathryn Packett. She is available to answer any additional questions and connect you with the appropriate staff member.
Please feel free to email Kathryn at kpackett@ardmorebaptist.org or call at 336-725-8767, Ext. 130.
Everyone is encouraged to take part and experience God’s presence.
We would love to help you connect! On the webpage, you’ll find a tab that says “Serve”. This page hosts information on our various ministry areas, committees, and volunteer opportunities. By clicking on the icon “Ways I Can Serve” you’ll be prompted to take a short survey indicating your interests and strengths. From there, our Coordinator of Invitation and Hospitality, Kathryn Packett, will reach out to you to determine which area of service you’d like to pursue.
If you have teenagers or children and would like to know more about these ministries please reach out to Dane Martin, Minister with Students or Lee Ritchie, Minister with Children and Families. Both the children’s and youth ministries aim to create space for all children and teens. They would love to share more about the ministry and the best ways to welcome your children and teens into connecting with the ministry.
We have several reserved “Guest Parking” spaces for visitors available directly in front of the sanctuary for your convenience.
If you cannot find a spot in the parking lot or on the nearby streets, parking is also available in a remote lot north on Miller Street. The Ardmore Express offers shuttle services to and from this lot between 9:30 AM – 12:15 PM.
The remote lot is located behind 2200 Cloverdale Avenue, between Miller Street and Melrose Avenue. To enter from Melrose Avenue:
Yes! The church has 2 elevators and accessible ramps where appropriate to make sure those that have mobility challenges can get to any room in the facilities. We do have wheelchairs and walkers available at the Welcome Center near the main entrance and at the basement entrance where the Parking Shuttle drop-off and pick-up occurs.
Our Sanctuary is equipped with hearing devices for the service. They can be found in the lobby near the doors to the Sanctuary. The ushers will be happy to help with any questions you might have.
Bathrooms are right off the main lobby, right by the Sanctuary. We also have two individual bathrooms that are both equipped with baby changing stations and offer more privacy. These bathrooms are located at the back of our main lobby, near the fellowship hall.
We would encourage you to arrive 5-10 minutes ahead of the worship service starting time. If you arrive late, don’t worry, we have a great team of ushering who will be glad to find you a great place to sit in the Sanctuary.
Ardmore Baptist Church provides its facilities for weddings of members and their families (children and grandchildren). We welcome you to consider membership and all that entails including the supportive community you will find here. To request a copy of our Wedding Booklet that explains everything from scheduling a wedding to arranging for a wedding reception, please contact the church office at (336) 725-8767.
All children are welcome to come into the worship service. We are an inter-generational congregation and are delighted when families bring their child/children to worship with them. We also offer childcare for birth to Pre-K children during the service. Please come to the Welcome Center at the Preschool Entrance to register your child. Any greeter can help show you the way. Everyone who works with children at Ardmore Baptist regularly completes a background check and has been trained to care for the children. Children who are Kindergarten-age and older stay with their parents during the service. We have a children’s worship cart in case your child would like options for activities during the service that any greeter can show you.
The church facility is contained on a full block in the Ardmore neighborhood. The Sanctuary is built to hold 750-800 people for worship and special events. We hope the architecture of the worship space enhances your worship, from the stained glass windows to the wood slatted ceiling.
During Sunday morning worship we will have around 75 people at the 8:15 AM service and around 400 people at the 10:45 AM worship service. We have a membership of about 900 people. We look to create an atmosphere in worship and through small groups and Sunday Bible study where people feel connected, welcomed, and like they have a place where they belong.
The 8:15 AM worship service is a more contemplative setting illuminated with candles that feels intimate and informal. This service provides an opportunity for us to pray, light a candle for a loved one, sing together, hear God’s Word read and interpreted, and grow closer to God. The music ranges from contemporary Christian songs to ancient hymns and is led by a small group of acoustic musicians and singers.
The 10:45 AM worship service incorporates more traditional worship elements with the hymns and music led by the pipe organ and choir (and sometimes an orchestra). Through music, prayer, scripture, and the spoken word, this service offers the opportunity to focus on God’s glory and offer praise and thanksgiving that will lift our hearts to God.
We practice open Communion which means that anyone is able to take Communion. As a faith community we know that God speaks to people through worship, and Communion is an important element of worship where someone can experience God. We ask that in Communion all are reverent and spend time reflecting, silently talking to God, and listening for the Holy Spirit.
Ardmore Baptist Church is blessed to partner with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. CBF is a Christian network of individuals and churches working together to spread the hope of Christ. Our diverse community includes partners all over the globe, and our fellowship supports a wide range of missions and ministries that give people meaningful opportunities to put their faith into action.
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is not a denomination in the traditional sense. For example, CBF cannot tell Ardmore Baptist Church what to do, how to worship, or even what to believe. Instead, we belong to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship because it connects us to a wider, global community of faith so that we might do more together than we could alone. You can find out more about the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship here: www.cbf.net
At Ardmore Baptist Church, we practice what is called “believer’s baptism.” Basically, we believe that baptism is reserved for those who have made an autonomous, intentional decision to follow Jesus Christ. However, we also recognize that not everyone’s tradition is going to look the same. So, we recognize other forms of baptism as an important part of other people’s stories and we do not require someone to be rebaptized in order to become a member. However, if someone has never been baptized, we invite them into the immersive waters of baptism to experience the newness of life from following Jesus.
For those who wish to become members of Ardmore Baptist Church, we encourage you to begin by speaking to our Coordinator of Invitation and Hospitality, Kathryn Packett. She can answer all things Ardmore for you.
The actual joining of the church takes place on a Sunday morning. Like many other Baptist churches, we offer a Time of Response (others call it an Invitation) at the end of our worship. This is a dedicated time for people to respond to the Holy Spirit speaking to them. If they are feeling led to become a member, they can walk to the front of the Sanctuary to pray with a minister. However, if they would prefer to simply stay in their seat and be acknowledged as a new member at the end of the service, that is fine as well. The congregation will welcome you with words that we call “the Ardmore welcome”: “We Welcome You!”
Once you become a member, we will send you more information on spiritual formation opportunities, missional ways of serving, and other information about our church.
Coordinator of Invitation & Hospitality
I would love the chance to meet you and answer any questions you may have about the church.
Church Office: 336-725-8767
