BAPTIST CHURCHES
Churches in Randburg

The family of Claremont Baptist Church is committed to: To developing a worshiping community that is Bible-based and in which the caring, saving and healing love of Christ can be demonstrated and shared. To reach out to our community and beyond and make disciples of all people. To bring the love of Christ into relationships, particularly family relationships. We recognise that not everyone lives with their family and we also want them to feel warmly welcomed into our church family. To fulfill our special responsibility to pass on the message of Christ to children. We aim to be a children-inclusive church, drawing on members of all ages. That means our family is part of a much larger family of believers who all live by the same beliefs as we do. Our family nature is based on a common understanding of the Bible and of God. We don't recognise any other book or message other than that given to us by God. Another belief we share which is not shared by all denominations of Christians is that of a personal faith. Anyone who shares these three beliefs is well on their way to understanding us, and would fit right in as part of our family. We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true human. We believe in the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that all who receive the Lord Jesus Christ by faith are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God. We believe that the one true Church is the whole company of those who have been redeemed by Jesus Christ and regenerated by the Holy Spirit; that the local Church on earth should take its character from this conception of the Church spiritual and therefore that the new birth and personal confession of Christ are essentials of Church membership. PREAMBLE: We as Baptists share many areas of our faith with other members of the professing Christian Church. These include a belief in one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; in the supreme Lordship of Jesus Christ as Head of the Church; and in the Bible as the inspired Word of God, and as the final authority in all matters of faith and practice. It is to clarify these that the following statement is made. By this we understand that Christ exercises His authority over the believer and the local Church directly, without delegating it to another. The CHURCH as the whole company of those who have been redeemed by Jesus Christ and regenerated by the Holy Spirit. The local church, being a manifestation of the universal church, is a community of believers in a particular place where the Word of God is preached and observed. BELIEVER'S BAPTISM as an act of obedience to our Lord Jesus Christ and a sign of personal repentance, faith and regeneration; it consists of the immersion in water into the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The CONGREGATIONAL PRINCIPLE, namely that each member has the privilege and responsibility to use his/her gifts and abilities to participate fully in the life of the Church. We recognise that God gifts His Church with Overseers (who are called Pastors or Elders) whose primary function is to lead in a spirit of servanthood, to equip and provide spiritual oversight, and Deacons whose primary function is to facilitate the smooth functioning of the Church.