“I wish I had this when I was planting was my recurring thought during my boot camp experience,” said Tim Zuck, Mentoring Assistant and former church planter. On November 7-9, Pastor Tim Zuck (from Forks Community Church in Forks Township, PA) and Christian Lefko (Church Planting in Residence at New Life BFC, Oley) Read more…
Christian Lefko is the new Church Planter in Residence at New Life BFC in Oley. Although he has only been at the church since September 1, the Lord has been working on his heart for many years to lead him to this point. Christian grew up in a home with Read more…
If you are involved in church ministry including church planting ministry, you know the feeling of discouragement when yet another Sunday morning verbal announcement for volunteers yields no results. Pastor Wayne Rissmiller from Calvary BFC in Sinking Spring, PA shared a more effective way to recruit volunteers at a recent Read more…
The Holy Spirit is the divine Person of the Godhead that church planters can depend on to lead them to discover their purpose and potential. However, God also uses human agents to assist his children. In church planting, we designate these human agents as “church plant coaches.” How is church Read more…
Aaron Tull prefers working with his hands rather than sitting at a desk in an office all day long. He is creative, not just in his construction job, but also through his side gig of graphic design. God has used Aaron and his creativity in Kingdom work in many places Read more…
At this year’s BFC Conference three new BFC churches were presented by Church Extension and received into the Bible Fellowship Church: Living BFC, Adams County, PA, Harmony Bible Fellowship Church, Harmony NJ – a connectional church, and Redeemer Bible Fellowship Church, Topton, PA – a BFC Berks Reginal Daughter Church. Read more…
Congratulations! You are ready to be a Church Planter or Church Planting Intern! There’s just one more thing to do: raise support. If your stomach just flip-flopped and your skin went clammy, then this is the handbook for you. We will walk with you through this process. Over and over Read more…
Hispanic Ministries Director Carlos Rodriguez gave an update on Hispanic Ministries in the Bible Fellowship Church. Read his update below: Looking Back My family and I moved to Reading, PA twenty years ago to start a Hispanic church. By God’s grace, La Roca de Reading Bible Fellowship Church became a Read more…
Nine-year-old Emma Radcliff spends her days like most kids. She gets up in the morning, eats breakfast, then does school at home with her younger brother, Sam. They watch some television (Bluey is her current favorite show) and play together the rest of the day. Sometimes she goes on hikes Read more…
Director David Gundrum spends a lot of time visiting the particular churches in the Bible Fellowship Church as well as the Mission Churches. Recently he has noticed an increasing need for reliable, solid Biblical and Christian counselors. He asked Bible Fellowship Church pastors and leaders who they send their congregants Read more…