Heritage Baptist Church
Churches in Johannesburg

Heritage Baptist Church is a growing family of believers committed to glorifying God by faithfully expounding God's Word and by helping others see “the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ.” Pay us a visit or check out our website to discover who we are, why we exist and what we have to give. We are a Church that seeks to minister to the spiritual and social needs of the people in our city and to the furtherest reaches of the world as God gives us opportunity.We hope to plant many churches that are faithful to the Word of God and love people. For further information (including what it means to be a Christian) please contact us. Our desire is to serve you!Our leadership holds to the 1689 Baptist Confession of faith.

Therefore we affirm that our lives in their entirety must be lived before God, under his authority, and for his glory alone. God has created human beings as rational creatures in his own image. We further affirm the responsibility of civil government to execute the death penalty for premeditated murder in order to demonstrate the sanctity of life and to deter such crime. We deny that the just execution of a murderer by the God-ordained authorities is itself murder and that such criminals have a right to life. God created mankind male and female and ordained marriage as a lifelong union between a natural man and a natural woman. We affirm that there are certain circumstances in which Scripture permits divorce; nevertheless, divorce always grieves the Lord and hurts those involved. Divorce is permissible only for a cause permitted in Scripture. God is a God of order and justice who disciplines those he loves for their good. We further affirm the responsibility of parents to discipline their children in the spirit of loving correction. We deny that all such discipline in the church and the home is un-loving or harmful to its recipients when done according to the principles of Scripture and in the spirit of Christ. God, our Creator, has established a difference in the creation and roles of men and women which we are not at liberty to change. God calls each of his people to serve him in various ways in this world. We deny that there is any basis in reason or in the Bible for racial discrimination by any person against other people. The only true and living God is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit who has revealed himself in Holy Scripture. God has ordained civil government for the ordering of society in order to ensure the peaceful co-existence of all citizens irrespective of race or creed. God has revealed all that is necessary for life and godliness in his Word. We deny that things such as films, drama and musical programs, while having a place in life in general, should take the place of the preaching of the Word in corporate worship. God is a living God who dwells among his people in covenant relationship. God has created his people in Christ for good works, which are to be done in obedience to God's commandments as the fruit and evidence of a true and lively faith, for the glory of God. God has instituted the local church as a self-governing body through which his people will be evangelized, edified and engaged in good works for his glory. We also deny that any local church should ignore its relationship with other local churches; in particular no church should receive members from another local church without regard for disciplinary measures taken by that church. God's Word teaches the essential unity of God's people based upon union with Christ, truth and righteousness. Therefore we affirm a biblically and doctrinally based co-operation among true churches of Jesus Christ for the purpose of reaching the whole world with the gospel of Christ. We further believe that no church, or its leaders, has a right to expect obedience from members when their teachings are contrary to, or additional to, God's word.