Excellent work at the food pantry serving about 100+ families a week! They need volunteers on…read moreFriday mornings. Great experience for kids, too.

Asheville Friends Meetings is in a wonderful old house near UNC-A. The main meeting space seats…read morearound 70. There is another room for families with little ones who need to "wiggle" a bit during an hour long meeting, where they can draw, read, or lie on the floor without worrying about disturbing the larger, more still meeting. During the school year, childcare is available for pre-schoolers and there are religious Ed classes for older kids. My fifth-grader sits with me in the main meeting room for the first 15 minutes and then joins the other life upstairs and always enjoys it. This is an unprogrammed meeting, usually with a couple of messages given, but sometimes silent for the whole hour. For those who know a bit about Quakerism, AFM belongs to SAYMA, which is part of FGC. If you've never attended here, or are new to Quakerism, this is a peaceful space that's comfortable for individuals and is run by a group that has established programs that accommodate families with kids of any age.

This church has been my home for 52 years. My husband and I, up until his death, served the Lord at…read morethis church. I am still here and moving forward trying to keep the evil out and honor God's commands and promises. Please join us, we are small but mighty.

Wonderful innkeeper. Great location. Over 100 years old, with a fascinating history. I personally…read morelove to visit as an individual, but it's excellent for church groups.

Great times over many years here for our church retreat…read more Kids love exploring the grounds; adults love rocking on the porch and the great view. Breakfast is one of the ma n events of each day.

We are so excited to find a church family in Asheville that is committed to living the real Jesus…read morein a radical way. Pastor Jay Depoy has called it The Liberation Project or a Revolution of Love, because the mission is to bring love through action to the broken, hungry, desolate, imprisoned, lost and lonely, just as Jesus so profoundly did when He was here. This is a real group of people with hurts, pains, and difficult pasts, who are unified in purpose, humble enough to say they don't have all the answers, but hungry enough to be searching together through open tables of conversation and dialogue.

This is a wonderful community church that embraces people from all walks of life without judgement…read moreor condemnation. The tight-knit group is a family and does not shun newbies but instead embraces them. I have witnessed normal hurts and offenses within the congregation but the way they were handled was with grace, understanding and forgiveness. You will always find conflict within a church but the thing that can set one apart from the rest is how the conflicted is resolved. My experience thus far with Gateway is that conflict is addressed with compassion and maturity and the relationships are stronger for it. No bitterness left behind and more love radiates through the healing than the discomforts of the conflicts. A wonderful representation of the Body of Christ and the power of Christ in the heart of these people.

Gateway Community Church as I have observed while attending since 2003 is the most loving…read morefamily-oriented, Christ-centered place of worship I have ever experienced in my 79 years of attending church. I have attended churches where no one had the opportunity to talk one on one with the pastor, newcomers were not really accepted unless they were related to someone already in attendance or friends of the pastoral staff or sang in the choir. Clicks seemed to rule. I disliked the judgment of others who simply didn't fit in nor wore acceptable clothing or drove the right kind of automobile or whose young folk didn't fit in their youth groups because they attended a school in the wrong side of town. If you were not talented in music or song you didn't fit in either. Politics was preached from the pulpit and praise and worship were looked down on. But...at Gateway Community Church, everyone, no matter their lifestyle, color or income doesn't matter. Everyone is made welcome and everyone has an opportunity to talk to the church leadership or be prayed over at any time they feel a need. Our pastoral staff is always ready to help in any situation. You are their first priority and Jesus Christ is always a part of the solution. Gateway's kids are mighty oaks. The elders of the church are strong towers, always dependable and our young families hold the key to our growth. I must say that I have never learned so much bible in all my life because of the loving and informative way it is taught, without personal opinions, as seen in other places of worship. This is what I love most about Gateway.