When do we meet at Crystal Park Baptist Church Benoni?
Sunday Morning Services
Crystal Park Baptist Church Benoni’s Sunday morning services are 8:30-9:45am and 10:30-11:45am. Inbetween the services we serve tea and coffee.
Parking
Visitor parking is available on the church property (1 Clydesdale Road, Crystal Park, Benoni) and on the street (Clydesdale Road).
Disability Access
Parking closest to entryways are enlarged and designated. Our halls have ramps, enlarged doors, and appropriate thresholds. The chairs closest to exits are designated as seating for mobility impaired, and there are chairs in the first row designated as seating for sight impaired. Door greeters with visible identification are available to accommodate other special needs.
Guest Information
When you arrive a door greeter will be on hand to greet you and give you some information regarding the Sunday service. We’re not going to call you up to the front or ask you to stand so do not fear.
What about our kids?
Infants
There is a quiet room for mothers with babies. The room has a video feed, a changing mat, and a toy box. Follow the signage from the main entrance. Many of our mothers sit in the service with their babies unless they become niggly. Chairs at the back of the church are designated as seating for families with small children.
Children
We run a Sunday school program for toddlers – 12-year-olds during the 10:30-11:45am service. You can follow the signage from the main entrance.
What’s our worship like?
Worship
Crystal Park Baptist Church Benoni’s service includes Bible reading, praying, giving, preaching, communion and singing. We sing traditional and modern hymns as well as contemporary worship songs. We have a piano, drums, guitarists and a team of vocalists.
Dress
We’re relaxed. In Winter men wear jeans or chinos with button up shirts or jerseys. In Summer they wear chinos or shorts with button up shirts or t-shirts. Woman wear skirts or dresses, some wear slacks or jeans, all dress modestly. The preacher wears jeans or chinos and may wear a jacket or tie.
Atmosphere
Our worship is joy-filled, our preaching Gospel-centered. We’re a friendly, comfortable and diverse community. We utilize video, imagery and other creative expressions to communicate God’s Word.
Size
We’re about 100-120 people in each service on a Sunday morning. There’s plenty of room for everybody. We have people who attend from all four corners of Benoni and some folk from further afield.
Some other stuff about Crystal Park Baptist Church Benoni
Denomination
In the strictest sense, Baptists are non-Denominational and each local church is autonomous. Crystal Park Baptist Church Benoni does participate in freewill associations. We are a member church of Sola 5 and the Baptist Northern Association. We’re a listed church on 9Marks and The Gospel Coalition. We also participate in a number of fraternals in Benoni and the Eastrand.
Benoni
We love God and have a desire to see His fame and renown resound in our city. To that end we seek to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace by working with other like-minded churches, seek to be a place of peace in the midst of chaos, a place of forgiveness for the guilty, and a place of hope for the hopeless.