“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…
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…
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…
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…
When Church Planter Josh Dupiche was feeling the Lord calling him into church planting ministry, he knew he needed ministry experience. So he found a small church and he got involved. By participating in small…
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.…
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…
As a child, Caroline moved from state to state and wherever they lived, her mom would take her and her siblings to the Catholic church nearby. The Catholic church taught Caroline the importance of Jesus,…
Church Extension Ministries of the Bible Fellowship Church is seeking one English-speaking man and one Spanish-speaking Latino man to work together to plant a church in Selbyville, DE. Why Selbyville? Qualifications If you are interested…
On Sunday, April 28, 2024 Grace Bible Fellowship Church in Harrisburg, PA commissioned Pastor Steve DelDuco and the Core Group Launch Team to go out and plant a church in the West Shore of Harrisburg.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Board of Church Extension approved the opening of the Harmony Mission Church in Harmony, New Jersey. Over a year ago the former Sovereign Grace Baptist Church contacted Church Extension regarding how the church could connect with…
When Church Planter Josh Dupiche arrived at Hope Church, Milford, DE in 2020, he discovered that one of his big weekly tasks would be finding music on YouTube for the weekly worship gathering. He says,…
At Training Day held on September 12, Keith Seary form Harvest USA shared with your Church Planters, and some guests information about “Ministry to Sexual Strugglers” and “Gender and Transgender Identity.” Keith is on the Staff…
Some of our Bible Fellowship Churches began in the late 1880s. When these stalwarts of our denomination began there was no internet, no television, no cars, no vacuum cleaners. We were called the Mennonite Brethren…
“What responsibility does this church have to non-churched people in the communities surrounding it?” The challenge was straight forward and clear as then Pastor Austin Shelly handed out a map with a ten-mile radius outlining…