Welcome to Heights Christian Church! 
We are a group of Christians who love God, love life and love
people. We are committed to touching our city, our nation and
our world. Heights is a church with a marvellous heritage
spanning 80 years -- and our influence is spanning the world.
We want to help you change your own world, so that together we
can change the whole world, one life at a time.
We have a great range of programmes and activities for you to be
involved in. See below for more
details.
Heights is affiliated with the Australian Christian Churches
(Assemblies of God in Australia).
Pastor Jeremy and Bernice Griffiths
1. History
The origins of Heights
Church can be traced back to the 1920s, when Adelaide was visited by
well-known international evangelists, Smith Wigglesworth and Aimee Semple McPherson. In those days the
church in Australia was experiencing a powerful move of the Holy
Spirit, with many conversions and amazing miracles.
From this outpouring of the Spirit, a number of small churches
began. One of these was known as the Bible Standard Mission.
Meetings were at that time being held in hired facilities; however,
by 1950 the church had purchased land and constructed a building in
the Adelaide CBD and was known as Compton
Street Assembly of God. Over the next 30 years,
thousands of lives were influenced by the ministry of this church,
and it planted several other churches.
During the late 1970s, the church was relocated into the northern
suburbs of Adelaide with the new name of Calvary Community Church. The current site was
purchased, and stage 1 of the building opened in 1982. The
church grew rapidly and by 1989, stage 2 was completed under the new
name Heights Christian Church. Heights Church continues
to be a church with a local and global vision. We have a
passion to connect with the surrounding suburbs, to influence the
city of Adelaide, and to make a difference in our world.
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2. About Us
Our Values
- Liberty: We
respect the freedom that every person should find in a
relationship with God: “It is for freedom that Christ has
set us free.” (Gal. 5:1, NIV) We use our
freedom to inspire and help one another achieve their destiny
and potential in life.
- Dignity: Created
in the image of God, we believe that every individual is a
person of value and significance. Here at Heights Church,
people are our greatest resource. You are unique, with a
unique contribution to make to life.
- Unity: We
believe that every person should be vitally connected to Jesus
and equally connected to a local church. In this church,
every effort is made to build lasting relationships with God and
with one another.
Our Vision
- Local: To be a
genuine representation of Jesus Christ in this community.
To tell everyone that Jesus offers an opportunity to lift
their life. To impact the generations with the message of
Hope, Truth and Love that in turn will make a difference in this
city and this nation.
- Global: To
participate in God’s global plan and, in partnership with other
churches, make a difference in our world.
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3. What We
Believe
Heights Church is affiliated with the Australian
Christian Churches (Assemblies
of God in Australia). The following are our beliefs:
- Our beliefs are fundamental and evangelical -- our sole
textbook being the Bible. (2 Tim. 3:16, 17; 2 Pet.
1:19-21; John 5:39)
- We believe in the Trinity -- the eternal Godhead.
(John 14:16, 17; 2 Cor. 13:4; Matt. 28:19)
- We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and Saviour of
the world. (John 1:14; 14:9; Col. 1:16)
- We believe in the Second Coming of Christ. (John
14:1-3; Acts 1:11; 1 Thess. 4:15-17)
- We believe in the Person and work of the Holy Spirit with His
Fruit and Gifts abiding in the Church. (John 14:26;
Gal. 5:22, 23; 1 Cor. 12, 13 & 14)
- We believe in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit for all believers
with the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues as the
Spirit gives utterance. (Acts 1:1-8; 2:1-38;
8:14-19; 10:9-47; 11:15-18; 19:1-7)
- We believe in the spiritually lost condition of man. (John
3:17, 18, 36)
- We believe in the essential need of the New Birth by faith in
Jesus Christ. (John 3:3, 16; Rom. 10:9, 10)
- We believe in the sacraments of the Lord's Supper and baptism
by immersion for all believers. (1 Cor. 11:23-26;
Matt. 26:26-28; Mark 16:16; Acts 10:48)
- We believe in Divine Healing by personal faith in Jesus
Christ. (Matt. 8:16, 17; Mark 16:17, 18; James
5:14, 15)
- We believe in Everlasting Life -- in either Heaven or
Hell. (John 3:36; 2 Thess. 1:8, 9; Rev. 11:15)
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4. Our Programmes and Activities
Regular
Sunday services: 10am and 6pm
(occasionally there is no evening service; please contact us to check)
Other
programmes and activities include:
- Little Angels (toddlers)
- Kidzone (children)
- Heights Youth
- Simply Divine (women's ministry)
- Heroes (men's ministry)
- Young Marrieds group
- Ladies craft group
- Prayer meetings
- Bible study groups
- Nursing home church service
- Missions programme
Regular
weekly/fortnightly meetings
(Many of these do not run during school
holidays; please contact us to
check.)
- Monday 7.30pm -- Bible class
- Tuesday 10:30am -- Prayer meeting
- Tuesday 7:30pm -- Music practice (fortnightly)
- Wednesday 8:00am -- Pastor's prayer meeting
- Wednesday 10.00am -- Ladies craft group (fortnightly)
- Wednesday 10.30am & 7.30pm -- LINK (home fellowship)
groups (fortnightly)
- Wednesday 7:30pm -- Master Class (preaching school and related
topics) (fortnightly)
- Friday 7:30pm -- Heights Youth
- Saturday 8:00am -- Pastor's prayer meeting
21 Days of Prayer
Several times a year, Heights partners with dozens of
churches around the world to pray for 21 days for revival and
increase, and for one another. It is incredibly
powerful! Please contact the
church for more details about 21 Days of Prayer events and how you
can be involved.
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5. Heights Missions
Heights is a local/global church.
We believe we can make a difference both in our community and
throughout the world. Our Missions programme is at the
heart of Heights. The programme has three main areas:
i. Ongoing Support
Heights sets aside
a tithe of its offerings to support missions and related
programmes. The tithe is
distributed among the following:
- Teen Challenge in South Australia
- Local School Chaplaincy Programme
- The “Dorcas Box”, which provides
funds for urgent needs within the community and other worthy
causes
- South Australian Youth Leadership
Training in the Australian Christian Churches
ii. Missions6
In addition to the
tithe, Heights raises other funds to support a variety of
missions projects. Several
worthwhile projects are nominated, and a total Target is
calculated for the amount to be raised. Once
the Target has been reached, we move on to a new set of
projects. We began in September
2007 with Missions Plus, followed by Missions2, Missions3,
Missions4 and Missions5. Missions6
was launched 12 February 2012.
Projects under Missions6 include:
- Bolivia: Sponsoring 4 children in our After-School
Care Programme (see below)
- Cambodia: Supporting Mother's Heart, a pregnancy
counselling service
- Developing Countries: Supporting Mission World Aid,
which sends shipping containers of relief aid
- Georgia: Supporting Teen
Challenge, run by Doug and Anna Boyle, field workers with the Australian
Christian Churches
- Indonesia: Sponsoring 10
orphans and helping fund a missions trip
- Israel: Supporting a Jewish Ethiopian student
- Kazakhstan: Supporting Doug and Anna Boyle, field workers with the Australian
Christian Churches
- Mozambique: Supporting Greg and Kim Hart, field
workers with the Australian Christian Churches
- Philippines: Supporting
Phillip Porcheron, a field
worker with the Australian Christian Churches
- Poland: Supporting
church planting
- Southeast Asia: Supporting Craig and Rebecca, who
supply water filters for
clean water to villages, and purchasing several water
filters
iii. Bolivian After-School Care Programme
In November 2009,
through a series of miracles, Heights was able to provide the
funds to begin an after-school care programme in Bolivia. Up to sixty children from
disadvantaged backgrounds are enrolled in a special afternoon
school at the Assemblies of God church in Alto Cochabamba. This programme gets the children off
the streets and equips them with much-needed skills for their
future. It provides:
- Bible study lessons
- English lessons
- Help with regular school work
- Lessons in hygiene and related
matters
- A hot meal every week day
This care programme was a vision of both the pastor of the
church in Bolivia and of members of Heights, and is the answer
to twelve years of prayer. Through
God’s grace and the generosity of many people, Heights is able
to fund the school on an ongoing basis. We are
believing God for further schools to open in the future.
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6. Contacting Us
Senior Pastor: Jeremy
Griffiths
Address: 231 Milne Road, Modbury North SA
5092, Australia
Postal address: PO Box
168, Modbury North SA 5092, Australia
Phone: (within
Australia) (08) 8265 1644; (international) +61 8 8265 1644
Email: office@heights.cc
Web:
www.heights.cc
Facebook: Heights
Church, South Australia
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Last
update
20 May 2012
Wen and Sue Soong
