FrontLine: Membership Matters

FrontLine May/June 2018 | VOLUME 28 | NUMBER 3 Membership Matters Church membership, graphically portrayed here as a flock of sheep under their shepherd, is one of the most important and practical areas of theology. Church is where almost all the rest of the “-ologies” are put into practical function. Paul declared that the church—and…

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Audio from the 98th Annual Fellowship Meeting

Last week, I posted a summary of the concluding message delivered at our meeting. Today, I’d like to highlight all the available audio with some highlights from each of them. We have all the files stored here on P&D as well as at the conference site. Monday, June 11 7:00 PM — General Session 1…

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Young Man … Are You in Blood Earnest?

the Foundations Baptist Fellowship Annual Meeting report What an outstanding meeting! We heartily commend Dr. Mike Harding and First Baptist Church of Troy for their excellence and graciousness in hosting us for the meeting. The speakers all did an outstanding job. The music was incredible. The whole meeting a blessing. One of our attendees typed…

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Introducing the P&D Resources Page

Proclaim & Defend recently added a Resources page. The topics we discuss on these pages often are more fully developed in books and resources that we highlight here. Additionally, many members of the Foundations Baptist Fellowship are writers. We want to promote their work here. They are worth reading. You can find links to their…

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Lessons from the Caffyn Controversy

    Can we learn from history? Given the oft-repeated mistakes of men, the adage that answers in the negative seems all too true. In the hope that perhaps we can be an exception, I’d like to draw your attention to Matthew Caffyn and the 17th century. Matthew Caffyn was a General Baptist pastor in…

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The Generation to Come (June 11-13)

We would like to invite you to join us on June 11-13 for the Foundation Baptist Fellowship International Annual Fellowship hosted by the First Baptist Church of Troy in Troy, Michigan. We have a dynamic lineup of speakers scheduled including Dr. David Saxon. Dr. Saxon has served in the local church as a pastor, adult…

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The Fellowship Principle

John Mincy The intention of this article is to explain one of the purposes of the FBFI as briefly described in a 2003 resolution, which reads: The FBFI reaffirms its identity as a fellowship of individuals who hold to the Statement of Purpose and Statement of Faith in the FBFI constitution. We believe that this…

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The 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…

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2017 Central Regional Fellowship

Faith Baptist Church in Manhattan, Kansas is pleased to invite you to the next FBFI Central Regional Fellowship. The theme this year is “Let Us Not Be Weary in Well Doing.” We have a very good line up of speakers.

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New Testament Baptist Fellowship Audio

Last week, we held our Annual Fellowship meeting in conjunction with the New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches in Watertown, WI. Our meeting was jointly hosted by Maranatha Baptist University and Calvary Baptist Church. We now have the audio for all sessions available on P&D, see the links below.

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