OUR HISTORY

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The origins of our church stretch back to 1895. That was the year a Sunday School for children in the community began meeting from house to house. Sermons from various ministers in the area were given after Sunday School.

 

The need for a permanent place of worship became increasingly apparent. Because many denominations were represented in the early days, the name Bethany Union Congregation Community Church Of San Antonio Heights was adopted in the fall of 1915, the year the church was officially formed. The first building (what is now the Romanian Orthodox Church) was dedicated on June 11, 1916.  The first full-time minister of the Bethany Union Congregation came in 1946.  

 

In 1958 Bethany Union Congregation Community Church Of San Antonio Heights became First Baptist Church of San Antonio Heights (American Baptist).  A new location, just up Euclid Avenue was acquired and new church sanctuary was built.  On July 24, 1966 our church family moved up the street to its current residence. Addition buildings were later built. On July 24, 2016 we celebrated our 50th year at our current location.

 

In 2001, although officially we are still Frist Baptist, we changed our name once again to a DBA San Antonio Heights Community Church. We believe in the virgin birth and Jesus Christ and in the inerrancy of the Word of God, and since the American Baptist was not firm in these doctrinal issues, in 2007 we changed our affiliation to the Conservative Baptist Association of Southern California, which in now called Pacific Church Network. PCN exists to strengthen and establish churches to reach their world for Jesus Christ.  In 2014, Pastor Jim Smith became our Pastor.

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