Church Plant Launch with Laypeople
This year has shown the world proof that we don’t need to leave space missions to the paid professionals. This summer, billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos each went to space. This fall Elon Musk’s…
Remembering theCenter: Lancaster City Storefront Outreach
On Saturday April 30, 2016, Pastor Keith Long spent the day with teens from Lancaster BFC scrubbing a vacant storefront tattoo parlor. Shortly after, volunteers from Terre Hill BFC and La Roca BFC and other…
Street Evangelism in Church Planting in the Past and Present
Throughout the history of the Bible Fellowship Church, our church planters have used street evangelism to share the gospel. Here are some ways men and women have used street evangelism in the past and the present.
How Jesus Saved Me: Four Testimonies
The greatest joy in the life of a church plant is when someone trusts in Jesus Christ as their Savior! We are encouraged in our faith when we hear salvation testimonies. Church Extension Ministries recently…
How God is Answering Our Prayers for Salvation
Director David Gundrum felt a burden to see more people being saved not only in our church plants but in our denomination as a whole. There are so many people in our neighborhoods and workplaces…
21 Evangelism Resources to Give You Confidence to Share the Gospel
A big part of the church planters’ responsibility is to share the gospel with unbelievers in the community. But this responsibility is not just for the church planters. All believers have been commissioned by Jesus…
Prayer Outreach Team
Our church planters listen to Lord for how to best reach their community with the gospel, the truth that Jesus Christ loves them and offers salvation from sin. Here is how one of our church…
Why Not?: an Answer of Faith in Church Planting
Brrrinnggg! Pastor Dick Taylor from Grace BFC in Wallingford answered the landline phone. It was Jack Becker of Integrity Missions. He asked, “Would the BFC like to have a church in New Mexico?” Jack and…
New Topton Church Plant
Some men in the Berks and Lehigh Valley region had a burden to see a church planted in Topton. Men from Oley BFC, the Lehigh Valley region, Berks region and others involved in Church Extension…
17 Church Plant Launching Resources
The preparations that go into the public launch or re-launch of your church plant and worship celebration are vitally important. Having a well planned launch will set forth the lasting impressions you want your core…
What Can I Do about Racial Justice?
After George Floyd was killed by a white police officer, a fresh wave of outrage over race relations washed over the United States. This outrage was displayed by peaceful protests, destructive riots, and blacked out…
Church Planting in Mexico
At the moment, the gates of La Roca de Merida are still closed for corporate worship, but praise the Lord, the church continues to worship at home. It is estimated that the churches in the…
A Deep Dive into Technology : How Church Planters Do Church during Quarantine
There are two ways to learn how to swim. You can start in the shallow end and paddle through one swimming lesson at a time. Or your uncle picks you up and throws you in…
The Church is the People; The People Need a Building
“The church is the people and not the building.” Have you heard this phrase before? It is true that the invisible church consists of believers from all places and times. However, the body of Christ…
A Multiplying Success Story
Leave Philadelphia heading south on the concrete ribbon known as I-95. GPS if you like. Pass through Chester and make a note that for most of the 20th century this was the southernmost edge of…
It’s Not Just Church, It’s Family
The goal of church planting is not just about building new places of worship. Church planting provides believers with a church family right in their own community. John “Freddie” Nole and his wife, Susan, are…
Impacting Your Kids for the Kingdom
Parents are always looking for ways to impress their children with the importance of serving the Lord. Bible studies and conversations can communicate this desire, but nothing impacts a kid in the same way as…
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