Churches in Winston-Salem

Active churches in Winston-Salem

1046 Miller St, Winston-Salem
redeemerws.org
69 sermons · 4 days ago
3395 Peters Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem
pinedale.church
3 sermons
4989 University Pkwy, Winston-Salem
rescuehousechurch.org
3 sermons
1350 Jonestown Rd, Winston-Salem
renewalfellowshipucc.org
1 sermon
930 East 14th Street, Winston-Salem
mtcalvaryws.org
1 sermon

Types of churches in Winston-Salem

Moravian Heritage Churches

Rooted in Old Salem’s Moravian legacy, these congregations emphasize liturgical simplicity, choral and brass music, and seasonal traditions like candlelight lovefeasts and sunrise services. They draw neighbors from West Salem, Washington Park, and the Historic District, offering close-knit community life grounded in the city’s earliest history.

Spanish and Multicultural Churches

Responding to the city’s growing Latino population—especially in Waughtown, Southside, and along Sprague Street—these churches offer Spanish or bilingual worship. Expect lively music, family-centered ministries, and practical support like ESL classes, pantry assistance, and immigration-resource referrals.

Winston-Salem Young Adult Churches

Centered near Wake Forest, WSSU, Salem College, and the Innovation Quarter, these congregations design late-morning or evening services, small groups, and volunteer projects for students and twenty-somethings. Many meet or serve in neighborhoods such as Reynolda, Ardmore, Buena Vista, and downtown to fit campus and work schedules.

Winston-Salem Black Churches

Anchored in East Winston, Boston-Thurmond, and the Liberty Street corridor, these congregations blend gospel choirs, call-and-response preaching, and strong neighborhood outreach. Many host food distributions, voter registration drives, and mentoring for youth while maintaining deep ties with WSSU and long-standing civic leadership.

Sermon clips from Winston-Salem churches

57s
#FreedomInSurrender
“And this is why repentance can feel like dying. The gospel says to you, am more loved than I ever dreamed, but it also says, you are not self created, self owned, or self saving. I belong to another. And for modern people, that can sound terrible until you begin to realize the alternative. If I am my own lord, then I also have to save myself. And I have to justify my existence and I have to make the my life matter. I have to construct an identity strong enough to hold me together out there in the world. Defend my kingdom because if it falls, I fall with it. And so Jesus' lordship dethrones us and then frees us from a burden that we were never made to carry.”
63s
“But what's fascinating is Jesus isn't a ghost. He eats with them. He talks with them, he walks with them, he's physical and yet different, glorified, unlocked, operating beyond the limitations of this broken world and I think that's a glimpse of what's actually coming for us because heaven isn't us just floating around in a jamming heart party for eternity. The Christian hope is resurrection, real bodies, real life, real joy, a restored creation fully saturated with the presence of God, which means the best things that you and I have ever experienced in this life, things like beauty and music and laughter and wonder and adventure and joy, They are not disappearing in eternity, they're being perfected. C. S. Lewis basically said, All the beauty that you and I experience here are just echoes, right, of something greater, something better.”
38s
“But when we find out that Jesus actually, when he came in human form, he gave up his divine rights. And everything that he did I want you to think about what he did. Feeding the 5,000, raising the dead, calming the storm. He did all of that not as fully God only. He did it as a human being submitted to God by the power of the Holy Spirit. Do you see the difference there? And now the reason that he's he did that was to give an example for us because now no longer can I go, well, I'm not Jesus?”
33s
#TruthWithoutDomination
“So I would not simply say judgment does not work and witness does. The trumpets matter, judgment warrants, it exposes our idols, it reveals where rebellion leads, but judgment alone cannot produce repentance. The witnesses show the world something else. Who do they show? The lamb. Truth in sackcloth, conviction without domination. A people who refuse the beast without becoming the beast. The grain falls and bears fruit.”
43s
#RepentanceIsAGift
“We have been brought to repentance and God keeps bringing us there. Repentance is not the humiliating entry fee we pay once we... Before graduate... Graduating into the people who have life all figured out. We get to repent. It's a gift to repent. The gospel gives us enough security to say what? I was wrong. I wanted control and I hurt you. I sinned. Forgive me. Our standing with God does not depend on our defending ourselves successfully because Jesus is our righteousness.”
42s
#JesusIsLord
“Because the gospel is good news and it also contains an absolutely devastating announcement. Jesus is Lord and you are not. Caesar's not. The king's not. The president's not. I mean, neither are you. And that last one is the hardest. There's something deep in us that does not merely want freedom from bad rulers. We wanna be our own ruler. Nobody gets to tell me who I am. My desires, they're mine. My time is mine. My body is mine. My future is mine. My truth is mine.”
34s
#LambOverBeast
“So Revelation 11 is political but it's not, hear this, it's not a Christian grievance text. John is not teaching the church how to seize the machinery of the beast before somebody else does. He is teaching the church how to remain faithful to the slain lamb when beastly power demands its allegiance. There is a difference between being against the beast and walking in the way of the slaughtered lamb.”
32s
#PursuedByGrace
“Before you ever become a witness, Jesus has pursued you. He tells the truth about you. He loves you enough to dethrone you because he knows the unbearable weight of you being your own God. And then he gives you himself and repentance becomes a gift. I can stop defending my little kingdom. I can come out of hiding. I can say I was wrong. I can cry out I need mercy. I can say Jesus is Lord.”
43s
#ResurrectionLife
“And this is where the rub is for most of us. The rub is really belief in resurrection. can believe Jesus rose from the dead in abstract and still struggle to believe that God will take our little deaths and bring resurrected life from them. That a desire laid down, a need to be right surrendered, a cost absorbed for another person, forgiveness offered when we would rather protect ourselves. That God can do something with all of those little deaths. And the battle is for us to believe that a life laid down is a life resurrected.”
40s
#FaithfulWitness
“If the beast is coming, perhaps we need to get tougher, more ruthless, less concerned about the means. Maybe domination becomes self defense. But Revelation won't let Christians hear the text in that way. The witnesses are in sackcloth. They they receive authority, they don't seize it. The the beast coerces and the witnesses do what? They just testify and of course, the beast then kills. The witnesses refused to become a larger beast.”

Why Winston-Salem churches are unique

With roots in the Moravian community of Old Salem, churches in Winston-Salem blend historic liturgy, choral music, and seasonal traditions with a practical, neighborly ethos. Services often pair reverent practices with accessible teaching and music, from brass and organ to acoustic and band-led praise. Many offer traditional liturgy and hymns, seasonal candlelight services, and modern worship with contemporary band under the same umbrella across different gatherings.
As a “City of Arts and Innovation” anchored by major universities, Winston-Salem churches invest deeply in students and creative expression. You’ll find rehearsal spaces and galleries used for ministry, internships that bridge faith and vocation, and weeknight gatherings timed around academic calendars, including robust college student ministries, creative arts in worship, and opportunities for young adults and professionals.
Neighborhood diversity—from historic districts to revitalizing corridors and family-friendly suburbs—shapes outreach and rhythms across Winston-Salem. Congregations respond with practical care, cross-cultural worship, and flexible schedules for healthcare and shift workers, often prioritizing bilingual Spanish-English services, urban community outreach and food support, and strong kids programs for young families.

Recent sermons from Winston-Salem churches

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