Judah Wise Internship Recap
This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to serve at CROSSroads Bible Fellowship Church. It was an experience I will not soon forget. It was a joy to serve with Pastor Timothy Radcliff. He demonstrated…
Called to Make Disciples: An Interview with Josiah and Emma Valentine
When eight-year-old Emma was sent to her room after an argument with her sister, she sat and felt the weight of her sin. Then she understood what she had always heard in church and AWANA.…
Bible Fellowship Church Urban Church Planting
At our last Vision and Strategy Committee meeting we invited Pastor Rick Dobrowolski to be with us and present his thoughts and passion for planting churches in the Large- Metro urban context. Rick pastors one…
BFC Teens Support Church Planter
BFC teens and their youth leaders gathered for two weekends for the Sno Glo youth retreat at Pinebrook Bible Conference in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. They worshipped together, played together, and heard God’s word…
Unexpected Dividends from Investing in Evangelistic Church Planting
The beginning of a new year is not only a time to make resolutions but also time for many people to look at their financial investments and see what kinds of dividends they received in…
Miguel and Jessica Gonzalez: From the Ministry Frontlines to the Fundraising Department
In 2009, Miguel and Jessica were newly married. They packed up and left their home in Virginia Beach, VA to assist Carlos and Alejandra Rodriguez at La Roca de Reading, PA which at the time…
Muhlenberg Day Camp: Living Word Fellowship Summer Outreach
As we prepare for the launch of Living Word Fellowship in the Muhlenberg area near Reading PA this fall (Lord willing!), I wanted to share a little bit about our last outreach. We had the…
Graduation: Christ Alone Fellowship in Lancaster, PA
On Monday, April 28 at BFC Conference, Christ Alone Fellowship, city of Lancaster, PA was received as a Particular Church. Praise the Lord! Church Planting Beginnings Seven years ago, Juan Carlos (Los) and Lynette Morales…
Bold Evangelism: Remembering Gene Smith
On May 23, 1973, Gene Smith was having some fun playing piano duets with his cousin who was a musician for a traveling evangelist. Gene, a young married man with two children, was a gifted…
Healthy Processing of Emotions for Church Planters: Training Day Recap
What do you do when you feel angry, bitter, sad, or offended? Most people, including church planters, go into masking and medicating mode. They deny or cut off their emotion and distract themselves with something…
Close, Revitalize, or Restart? What’s a Struggling Church to Do?
What does a church do when the struggles they are facing are forcing them to consider closing? Churches in this predicament feel as though they are stuck in quicksand. Before the quicksand of closing unexpectedly…
New Meeting Location for Villa Magna Mission Church, New Training for a Mexico Church Planter, and other updates from Hispanic Ministries Director Carlos Rodriguez
As the part-time Director of the BFC’s Hispanic Ministries, I’ve been praying—a lot! Many things are changing for many people around my community and me, even in our home countries. As Director David Gundrum reminds…
First Steps for Beginning a New Church Plant and Becoming a Church Planter with the Bible Fellowship Church
Each church plant has its own unique story in regards to its beginning, its church planter, and its process, but there is a general outline for church planting that Church Extension Ministries (CEM) follows to…
Accidental Churches: The Evolution of Evangelistic Church Planting in the Bible Fellowship Church
Is any church an accident? The men who got together to start what is today called the Bible Fellowship Church did not intend to start churches. They simply wanted to share the gospel, to evangelize…
What is Graduation for a Mission Church? Three Milestones to Becoming a Particular Church in the Bible Fellowship Church
The term “graduation” conjures up an image of a sea of students in long robes and mortarboards thrown in the air with tassels trailing behind like kite tails. But in the Bible Fellowship Church a…
Daughter Church from Redeemer Bible Fellowship Church in Topton
When Shawn Rohrbach and his wife Erin were looking for a house to buy in Topton, their realtor showed them half of a twin house. “The man who lives in the other half of the…
Review of Passion 4 Planting Bootcamp
“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…
From Saving Merchandise to Saving Souls: An Interview with Church Planter Christian Lefko
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…
Volunteer Recruitment Checklist: Step-by-Step Guide to Effective Recruitment
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…
Digging Into Discontentment: Exploring Your Longings to Plant a Church
How to gain clarity on your calling to plant a church. My first home had this lone wash line pole in the yard. My wife and I had no plans on using it, so we…