Welcome to the Heritage Baptist Church website. I’m so glad you’re here!
My name is Jonathan Burns and I’ve been the pastor here since 2015. I grew up in a Christian home in eastern Ohio. After wrestling with sin and searching for peace and purpose, I accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Savior at the age of 17. I started attending a local college, studying Mechanical Engineering but felt the Lord leading me to Practical Bible Training School (now Davis College) in Binghamton, NY to study Pastoral Ministries. I met my wife Traci while there and we were married in October, 1989. We began our married life and ministry together in western PA where I pastored Calvary Baptist Church for 15 years. In 2004 we were called to People’s Baptist Church in Newfield, NY where I was the Associate Pastor for over 10 years. In 2014 we were called to Heritage Baptist Church and began our ministry here in January, 2015.
God blessed Traci and I with five children: David, Hannah, Christina, Steven and John and we have three precious grandchildren. My dear wife was called home to be with the Lord in 2022 and I look forward to seeing her again at Christ’s coming.
It is our mission here at Heritage Baptist Church to proclaim salvation from sin and the promise of Heaven through Jesus Christ alone. We know that the Bible offers hope and the answer to every problem that we face in life. We encourage believers to mature in the Word of God, yielding to the Holy Spirit so that they might become more like the Lord Jesus Christ and
please Him in all they do.
We would be pleased to have you visit us here at Heritage Baptist Church and I look forward to meeting you in person!