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 graduation is when a church plant is ready to come out from under the oversight Read more…
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 twin is a pastor who is starting a new church in town,” the realtor said. Read more…
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 church ministry, he was able to try new aspects of ministry that he wouldn’t have 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…
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, but the rituals and ornateness left Caroline feeling far away from God. Caroline didn’t know Read more…
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. This is not the first time that Harrisburg has commissioned a launch team. In 2004 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…
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…
“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 the area surrounding Faith Bible Fellowship Church in Fleetwood PA. The church had reached a Read more…
On April 24-26, 2023, Bible Fellowship Church pastors and elders gathered for BFC Conference to hear reports, have doctrinal discussions, and worship times together. Throughout the three days, three mission churches graduated from Church Extension and are now recognized as particular churches. In addition, Dan Hoffstetter, church planter at Redeemer Read more…