Ministry Reports
Why the name change to Foundations?
In February of 2017 at the winter board meeting of the FBFI, the board voted unanimously to change the name of the FBFI from Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International to Foundations Baptist Fellowship International. The movement for the name change was led by John Vaughn and at the urging of the most senior members of the…
Read MoreThe FBFI statement on the Nashville Statement
Kevin Schaal On Tuesday, August 29, the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood released the Nashville Statement publicly identifying and proclaiming the basic tenets of biblical sexuality. While the FBFI has no particular connection with this organization, we would agree with the 14 articles of the Nashville Statement both in substance and tone. They reflect…
Read More2017 NYC Regional Fellowship of the FBFI
Tuesday, September 12 Location: Grace Baptist Church 798 Hempstead Turnpike Franklin Square, NY 11010 Hosted by: Heritage Baptist Church in NYC Guest Speaker: Chaplain Joe Willis We are thrilled to welcome Chaplain Joe Willis to New York City for the Regional Fellowship of the Foundations Baptist Fellowship & our New York City Fellowship Meeting on…
Read MoreCivil Air Patrol: A Pastor’s Opportunity
Daryl S. Jeffers FrontLine • May/June 2009 On a beautiful summer day in 1996 I stood on the porch of the old terminal building at the Jimmy Stewart Municipal Airport in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and watched a challenging competition taking place between some highly skilled aviators. Another spectator observing the same contest saw my interest in…
Read MoreComforting the Brethren
Roger Rodriquez FrontLine • July/August 2006 I am reminded of Matthew 25:40, which reads, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” When our battalion was deployed to Afghanistan, little did I realize the remoteness of where we would be located. Our…
Read More2017 Annual Fellowship Meeting – Watertown, WI
Our Annual Fellowship this year is a combined meeting with the New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches. Our meeting is hosted by Maranatha Baptist University in Watertown, WI.
Read MoreLeading Servants
John C. Vaughn FrontLine • September/October 2007 For part 1, see here. Every minister is to be a servant (Matt. 20:26, 27), and every Christian is to be in the work of the ministry (Eph. 4:12). Servant-leaders are to be “leaders of servants” as well as servants themselves. On the Front Line introduced the lesson…
Read MoreServant Leaders
John C. Vaughn FrontLine • September/October 2007 A Christlike, servant’s heart is the antidote to selfish ambition. Matthew 20:17–28 makes this clear. Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem for the last time. The roads were filled with travelers on their way to the Passover. Jesus took the twelve aside and told them plainly that…
Read MoreJohn Vaughn–Winter Update 2017
The most important news we have to share concerns a ministry transition for me in my role with the FBFI. … Read on for more. Winter in South Carolina Officially, there are two more weeks of winter, but it seems to have come and gone one weekend in January! The grass has been green, the…
Read MoreWinter Is Past
John Vaughn FrontLine • March/April 1999. It seems like everyone loves spring. We can say with the Shulamite in the Song of Solomon, “For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come.” What a blessing is this…
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