Our teaching

The Bible is the Word of God. Because it is, it is not our

business to critique it but to do our best to understand it in

order to obey it. This is the understanding behind all Bible

teaching at Heritage Baptist, but not the ultimate goal.  

      In 1st Timothy 1:5 we are taught that the goal of all Bible

 teaching is love. Our goal is to teach believers to love God as

 they never thought they could, and their neighbor as them-

selves which our Savior said was the greatest commandment.

 (Matther22:36)

Our music

is a mix of historic and

current hymns with

occasional choruses. The

music is conservative,

chosen for its doctrinal

content rather than its

emotive appeal. We believe

that music should direct our

thoughts toward the

attributes of God rather than

our feelings about Him.

Music should never be used

to entice people to a worship

service. When that happens,

the worship becomes more

about the people than about

God.

Our youth

We do our best not to usurp

 the role of the parents with

the youth of our church, by

 leaving most of the “youth

 activities” to the parents.

We treat our teens with respect, expecting the same from believing teens that we

expect from believing adults,

faithfulness to God’s Word

and purity in their personal

lives.

Many churches entertain

their youth from junior high

through college, enticing

them with extravagant

activities. Then these same

churches wonder why their

young people drop out of

church after high school or

college when the entertain-

 ment stops.

The answer is clear. The 

church has not taught them

how to minister to the body

of Christ; they have taught

them to be entertained.

We do our best to prepare

 each young person for the

 ministry God has for them.