Last week I (Director Tim Zuck) shared three things I’d tell my 30 year old church planting self to do differently. Today, I’m sharing three things I would NOT do differently. The three items share…
I (Tim Zuck) officially began my church planting journey in 2008 at the age of 33. I was called to minister as the church planter of Saucon Community Church in Hellertown PA where I had…
Your church planters have been busy with baptisms this summer! Praise the Lord! Heritage BFC On July 26, Church Planter Shawn Rohrbach baptized one young adult man in an inflatable baptistry outside of the Grange…
Years ago, Pastor Steve DelDuco attended a conference and while waiting in line struck up a conversation with Manuel Brambila, a church planter in Cannes, France. The two men hit it off and stayed in…
What is the process for becoming a church planter with Church Extension Ministries of the Bible Fellowship Church? 1. Start with introductory phone call with Director Tim Zuck. Even if you are not totally sure…
As a church planter, there are certain considerations you need to think through and take action on regarding your taxes and your financial picture as a whole. Church Extension Board Member and professional financial advisor…
On Saturday, April 11, a group of Church Extension Ministries supporters came to the Meet the Director luncheon at Fellowship Community in Whitehall, PA at the Zentz Center Community Room. Development Manager Mark Morrison opened…
Bible Fellowship Church churches and members in Berks County PA have a lot to celebrate with two Mission Churches launched in March 2026! On March 22nd, Living Word Fellowship, the Mission Church in Muhlenberg Township,…
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.…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…