Heritage Baptist Church Wallingford CT

WHAT WE BELIEVE

The Holy Scriptures

We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired Word of God. The Scriptures are infallible and God-breathed; and therefore the final authority for faith and life. The 66 books of the Bible are the complete and divine revelation of God to man. The Scriptures shall be interpreted according to their normal grammatical-historical meaning. We believe that the words of divine inspiration have been preserved in the King James Version which shall be the official and only translation used by the church. (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Psalm 12:6-7)

The Godhead

We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; each co-eternal in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections. (Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; John 14:10, 26)

The Person and Work of Christ

1. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of Mary, in order that He might reveal God, and redeem sinful man. (Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2; 2 Cor. 5:19-21; Gal. 4:4-5; Phil. 2:5-8) 2. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead. (Acts 2:18-36; Rom. 3:24-25; 1 Peter 2:24; Eph. 1:7; 1 Peter 1:3-5) 3. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven, and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate. (Acts 1:9-10; Heb. 9:24; Rom. 8:34; 1 John 2:1-2)

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit

1. We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling, and sealing them unto the day of redemption. (John 16:8-11; Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; 2 Cor. 3:6; Eph. 1:13-14) 2. We believe that He is the Divine Teacher who assists believers to understand and appropriate the Scriptures and that it is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit. (Eph. 1:17-18, 5:18; 1 John 2:20, 27) 3. We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowal of spiritual gifts to every believer. God uniquely uses evangelists, pastors, and teachers to equip believers in the assembly in order that they can do the work of the ministry. (Rom. 12:3-8; 1 Cor. 12:4-11, 28; Eph. 4:7-12) 4. We believe that the sign gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in tongues and the gift of healing were temporary. We believe that speaking in tongues was never the common or necessary sign of the baptism or filling of the Holy Spirit and that ultimate deliverance of the body from sickness or death awaits the consummation of our salvation in the resurrection, though God frequently chooses to answer the prayers of believers for physical healing. (1 Cor. 1:22, 13:8, 14:21-22; Heb. 2:4; James 5:13-16)

Salvation

We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins. (John 1:12; Eph. 1:7, 2:8-10; 1 Peter 1:18-19)

The Eternal Security of the Believer

1. We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ forever. (John 6:37-40, 10:27-30; Rom. 8:1,38-39; 1 Cor. 1:4-8; 1 Peter 1:4-5) 2. We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God’s Word, which, however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh. (Rom. 13:13-14; Gal. 5:13; Titus 2:11-15)

The Church

1. We believe that the local church, which is the body and the bride of Christ, is solely made up of born-again persons. (1 Cor. 12:12-14; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 1:22-23, 5:25-27) 2. We believe that the establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures. (Acts 14:27; 20:17, 28-32; 1 Tim. 3:1-3; Titus 1:5-11) 3. We believe in the autonomy of the local church free of any external authority or control. (Acts 13:1-4, 15:19-31, 20:28; Rom. 16:1,4; 1 Cor. 3:9, 5:4-7,13; 1 Peter 5:1-4) 4. We recognize water baptism and the Lord’s Supper as the Scriptural ordinance of obedience for the church. (Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-44, 18:18; 1 Cor. 11:23-26)

The Second Advent of Christ

We believe in the personal, imminent return of Christ, Who will rapture His church prior to the seven-year tribulation period. At the end of the Tribulation, Christ will personally and visibly return, with His saints, to establish His earthly Messianic Kingdom which was promised to the nation of Israel. (Psalm 89:3-4; Dan. 2:31-45; Zech. 14:4-11; 1 Thess. 1:10, 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; Rev. 3:10, 19:11-16, 20:16)

Creation

We believe that God created the universe in six literal, twenty-four hour periods. We reject evolution, the Gap Theory, the Day Age Theory, and Theistic Evolution as unscriptural. (Gen. 1-2; Exodus 20:11)

Civil Government

We believe that God has ordained and created all authority consisting of three basic institutions; the home, the church, and the government. Every person is subject to these authorities, but all (including the authorities themselves) are answerable to God and governed by His Word. God has given each institution specific Biblical responsibilities and balanced those responsibilities with the understanding that no institution has the right to infringe upon the other. The home, the church, and the government are equal and sovereign in their respective Biblically assigned spheres of responsibility under God. (Rom. 13:1-7; Eph. 5:22-24; Heb. 13:17; 1 Peter 2:13-14)

Missions

We believe that God has given the Church a great commission to proclaim the Gospel to all nations so that there might be a great multitude from every nation, tribe, ethnic group, and language group who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. As ambassadors of Christ, we must use all available means to go to the foreign nations and not wait for them to come to us. (Matt. 28:19-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8; 2 Cor. 5:20)

Giving

We believe that every Christian, as a steward of that portion of God’s wealth entrusted to him, is obligated to support his local church financially. We believe that God has established the tithe as a basis for giving but that every Christian should also give other offerings sacrificially and cheerfully to the support of the Church, the relief of those in need, and the spread of the Gospel. We believe that a Christian relinquishes all rights to direct the use of the tithe or offering once the gift has been made. (Gen. 14:20; Prov. 3:9-10; Acts 4:34-37; 1 Cor. 16:2; 2 Cor. 9:6-7; Gal. 6:6; Eph. 4:28; 1 Tim. 5:17-18; 1 John 3:17)

 

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Filipino Ministry

Our Filipino friends meet every Sunday morning for Sunday school at 10 A.M. Meetings are located on the lower level of our building.

Spanish Ministry

Each Sunday our Spanish-speaking members meet for Sunday school at 10:00 A.M., morning worship service 11:00 A.M., and an evening service at 6:00 P.M. On Wednesday evenings at 7:00 P.M. they meet for a Bible study and prayer time. Services are located on our lower level in the Spanish Chapel.  

 

Heritage Baptist Church held its first service on Wednesday, July 12, 1978 with 17 people in attendance. The first Sunday service was held in a rented building located at 12 Chapel Street in Yalesville, CT. There were 20 present in both the morning and evening services. In August of 1982 the church began to lease the Whittlesey Ave. Elementary School from the city of Wallingford and in 1984 they were able to purchase the building and property, where the church continues to function.

Heritage Christian Academy, now known as Heritage Baptist Academy, began in August 1981 with 42 students, K-4 through 12th grade. The school has run continuously since that time with graduates living and serving around the world. Our school offers a traditional classroom setting with top quality

Over the years the church has developed a heart for Missionaries and currently supports 71 missionaries on almost every continent around the world. Our annual Missions Budget is over $89,000 per year and is supported through the Faith Promise Giving of our members.

Our current pastor arrived in Wallingford with his family in May 1998. Along with his wife, Trina, and three children, Tim, Sarah, and Anna, they began their ministry on the last Sunday of May. Today Tim is an Assistant Pastor at Heritage serving as School Administrator and Young Married Couples Pastor. Anna’s husband is also an Assistant Pastor of the Church serving as Youth and Music Pastor. Sarah is married to Dillon Meister, who grew up at Heritage and serves in the United States Army. They are currently stationed at Fort Campbell, KY.

In May 2006, Pastor Bish became deathly ill while on a preaching trip to North Carolina. For the next two years he battled pneumonia and cancer resulting in a below the knee amputation of his left leg. Our church rallied around the pastor and his family, and he remained as steadfast in his work as his health allowed. During that time the church experienced miraculous growth as the Lord blessed a praying people. As a result of his struggles our pastor authored the book, When the Touch of God Hurts, which has gone around the world and has been a help to thousands of people going through trials in

Today Heritage Baptist church has a great number of ministries: Nursing Home Ministry, Prison Ministry, Filipino & Spanish Ministries, Teens, Children, Young Adult, Young Married Couples, and Senior Saints Ministries, Missions, Academy, Music, Bus Ministry, and an Addiction Ministry, to name a few.

The church has a vision for the future and is always sensitive to the leadership of the Lord in establishing new ministries to reach and minister to new groups of people.

Heritage Baptist Church has and always will be an Independent Fundamental Bible Believing Baptist Church! The Bible is the foundation of every lesson, every song, and every sermon. We believing in “speaking the truth in love” and as a called out assembly of believers we have made it our mission to “preach the Gospel to every creature” both here and around the world!