It did not begin with a flash of lightning or a thunderous voice saying ‘Go’ – but the Lord was behind the growth of Goodwood Baptist Church from its inception. It is thirty-five years since a group of believers met in the area, began a bilingual Sunday school and constituted as a fellowship. Since then there have only been two pastors before our present one, Roland Eskinazi. Peter Dewberry (now in the US) served faithfully from 1972 – 1982, followed by Bernard Cartledge (1982 – 1998). We praise God for their ministries which laid a solid foundation on which to continue to build.
The church’s constitution was adopted and approved on 6 March 1977. The important distinctives in this document were its references to Elders (unusual for SA. Baptists at this time) and its allegiance to the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith. After meeting for many years in a building in Anderson Street, the Lord enabled the church family to purchase the AGS church building on Milton Road.
Services there commenced in October 1984 and continue to the present day.
It did not begin with a flash of lightning or a thunderous voice saying ‘Go’ – but the Lord was behind the growth of Goodwood Baptist Church from its inception. It is thirty-five years since a group of believers met in the area, began a bilingual Sunday school and constituted as a fellowship. Since then there have only been two pastors before our present one, Roland Eskinazi. Peter Dewberry (now in the US) served faithfully from 1972 – 1982, followed by Bernard Cartledge (1982 – 1998). We praise God for their ministries which laid a solid foundation on which to continue to build.