Global Independent Baptist Fellowship

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The Global Independent Baptist Fellowship is a recently formed independent Baptist fellowship arising from doctrinal disputes within the Baptist Bible Fellowship International. For a while it was known informally as the Heartland Baptist Fellowship. Pastors and churches withdrawing from BBFI objected to perceived modernism relating to the Bible, music, worship styles, eccelesiology and other issues. According to their Purpose Statement, the GIBF desires:

  1. To encourage the establishment of New Testament Baptist Churches;
  2. To encourage pastors and missionaries by unifying around a common doctrinal belief;
  3. To encourage Global evangelism by networking our churches, resources and personnel;
  4. To encourage the training of Christian leaders for the fulfillment of the Great Commission; and
  5. To encourage the perpetuity of Historic Baptist Distinctives."

In addition to the missionary and evangelistic work of the churches, GIBF publishes a quarterly, Baptist Times, and supports the Heartland Baptist Bible College.

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I will try in the very near future to update this article. There are notes of the founding meeting and I am the person who called for the vote to establish this fellowship in Cleveland, Ohio ( Cleveland Baptist Church), and served the first two terms as the moderator of this group. This fellowship has never been linked to Heartland Baptist Bible College, though many pastors of this fellowship support that college. The fellowship has never at anytime been formally called or referred to as Heartland Baptist Fellowship.

The dates of the founding meeting can be easily attained by calling Dr. Kevin Folger at Cleveland Baptist Church; Cleveland, Ohio.


I will as I said try to update this site with dates.



Sincerely,


Dr. Bruce E. Turner West Gate Baptist Church of Tampa, Inc. Florida Baptist College

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