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FBFI National Fellowship Meeting begins
Our National Fellowship Meeting began tonight in Chandler, Arizona at Tri-City Baptist Church. We enjoyed a tremendous service with wonderful singing from the choir, special numbers and congregation. The preacher for the opening night was Evangelist Steve Pettit, delivering one of his usual fine messages, “Union with Christ: The Foundation for Spiritual Growth”. (Click the…
Read MoreFrontLine Magazine–Islands of the Sea
The subject of our current issue is missionary effort around the world on the Islands of the Sea – Yap in Micronesia, New Zealand, Japan, Guam, and the Philippines. Veteran missionaries and some of our bright young men contribute articles on missions. This issue is well worth your time. In addition our regular feature, The…
Read MoreAround the Web–6/1/12
A few items of interest this week: Quebec: Canada’s Prodigal Province. Independent Baptists will not agree with many of the statements made in this article by some of the interviewees, but the article highlights the challenges of ministering to the secular culture. A crying need of the day is to reach the unchurched secularist who…
Read MoreAlaska Regional Fellowship, 2012
July 30 to August 1, 2012 • More Information Here Speakers: Dr. John Vaughn, President, Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International Mel Kendall, Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Ottumwa, Iowa Tom Nieman, Director, Northwest Baptist Assistance Ministries
Read MoreAround the Web – May 11, 2012
This week, we found an interesting chart on why pastors and churches are heading toward conflict that often results in pastoral dismissal: “Pastor’s Fight and Flight”. Top two reasons: ‘recent church fights and shrinking congregations’… the next six: Short Sermons (seriously!) Almost no men in attendance Women pastors Young pastors Old congregants A slight majority…
Read MoreAround the Web–May 4, 2012
These items caught our interest this week: Nikki Haley on Faith – the governor of South Carolina was raised Sikh, claims now to be a Christian. Are her answers spiritual or political? Yesterday, Christianity Today published an astonishing article, The Passion of George Harrison – but we don’t merely wish to shake our heads at…
Read MoreAround the Web–April 27, 2012
From the ‘items you may have missed’ category: In keeping with our recent theme on alcohol, LaShawn Barber writes in World Magazine about sobriety. (Article behind a subscription wall.) Marriage turning upside down? Consider these articles from Great Britain: Polygamous Muslim unions on the rise in Britain and Leave definition of marriage alone, Muslims warn.…
Read MoreAround the Web – Alcohol
Alcohol use: If you drink, keep it moderate – from the Mayo Clinic. Red carefully, the article is hardly a ringing endorsement for moderation. The article defines moderation as ‘one drink a day for women or two drinks a day for men’ – and it defines that one drink … which doesn’t sound like very…
Read MoreFBFI National Conference 2012
Make your plans to attend! Speakers include: Steve Pettit Mark Minnick Marty Marriott James Maxwell Kevin Schaal Jim Berg
Read MoreAround the Web–3.30.12
Taking God’s name in vain – how often do you do it? No one ever says, “Oh my Satan,” or a watered-down “Oh my Santa.” Or, for that matter, “Oh my spaghetti” or “Oh my desk”? Why do unbelievers always use “Oh my God”? We know why — the god of this world is influencing…
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