Eden Baptist Church was incorporated in 1985 as Burnsville Baptist Church. Dr. Wendell Mullen founded the church while serving as a professor at Pillsbury Bible College (Owatonna, MN). Pastor Mullen gathered a few students from the college and eventually invited his son, Paul, to lead the work. The Mullens nurtured the young flock in those early days, establishing a base on which to build.
After the Mullens returned to the East Coast to continue pastoral ministry there, the assembly of 20 members extended a call to Dan Miller to pastor the flock. Pastor Dan and his wife Beth accepted that call in September of 1989.
Renting several facilities over the next few years, the fledgling church continued to grow numerically and spiritually. In 1996 the assembly purchased its first building in northeast Savage, changing its name to Eden Baptist. The church continued to grow there, and its ministry expanded. In 2002 the church purchased four acres of prime real estate on Highway 13 in Burnsville, then purchased an adjacent building on two acres in 2009. By God’s gracious provision through the sacrifice of his people, the church first gathered for worship in its current building on April 8, 2012.
Over the years, Eden Baptist has grown as a Bible-hungry, praying, giving, missions-minded church. Diligently prepared expository sermons, doctrinally rich biblical teaching, and purposefully ordered worship distinguish its gatherings.
A shepherding philosophy fuels the pastoral ministry. A discipleship emphasis has been used by God to add new believers to the assembly and edify members. A devotion to raise up the next generation of Christ’s church, and a zeal to support the spread of the gospel to all nations, further fuel the church’s vibrancy.
Witnessing the Lord’s intervening hand at crucial points in our past, EBC looks to the future with confident hope. Our story bears the stamp of God’s grace, provision, sanctifying nurture, and kingdom advance. We keenly anticipate the next chapter together.