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An Analysis of the Evangelistic Impact of the Baptist Bible Fellowship International LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AN ANALYSIS OF THE EVANGELISTIC IMPACT OF THE BAPTIST BIBLE FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL A THESIS PROJECT SUBMITTED TO LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE DOCTOR OF MINISTRY BY BILLY HAMM LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA MAY 2010 Copyright © 2010 Billy R. Hamm All Rights Reserved ii LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY THESIS PROJECT APPROVAL SHEET ______________ GRADE ____________________________________ DR. DAVID EARLEY, MENTOR ____________________________________ DR. TROY MATTHEWS, READER ____________________________________ DR. ELMER TOWNS, READER iii DEDICATION To Jo, my wife for life, and a gift from God. iv ABSTRACT AN ANALYSIS OF THE EVANGELISTIC IMPACT OF THE BAPTIST BIBLE FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL Billy Hamm Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010 Mentor: Dr. David Earley A review of current literature demonstrates that very little material is available to describe the mission and effectiveness of the Baptist Bible Fellowship International. Research reflects that for the last half of the 20th Century, BBFI was a formidable movement among Fundamentalists in its independent Baptist doctrinal position and its evangelistic zeal. It was also determined that the BBFI has struggled to maintain its growth patterns and should reassess its original purpose and identity though it still appears to be the largest expression of Fundamentalism in America. Both historical and empirical research methods are used. Abstract length: 95 words. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to Greg Baxter, Keith Bassham, Diana Blankenship, James Combs, Mike Randall, Rick Shrader, and Neal Weaver for their expertise and encouragement. vi CONTENTS CHAPTER ........................................................................................................................ PAGE ABSTRACT ...............................................................................................................................v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................... vi CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................ vii 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................1 2. BEGINNINGS .....................................................................................................................15 3. EXPANSIONS .....................................................................................................................43 4. ADJUSTMENTS .................................................................................................................63 5. CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................85 6. BIBLIOGRAPHY ..............................................................................................................101 7. APPENDICES ...................................................................................................................110 Structure .....................................................................................................................110 Missions .....................................................................................................................122 Colleges......................................................................................................................150 Doctrine......................................................................................................................153 Church Planting .........................................................................................................161 Methods......................................................................................................................162 Illustrations ................................................................................................................163 Research Tool ............................................................................................................166 CURRICULUM VITAE ........................................................................................................167 vii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Baptist Bible Fellowship International is the heir apparent and a direct descendant of the Revivalism and Fundamentalist movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It has been instrumental in advancing the American evangelical stream through dispensational premillennialism1 in the last half of the 20th Century. How has the BBFI done it? It was through missions, evangelism, Bible colleges, church planting, and national political involvement.2 Within the BBFI, the term ―evangelistic‖ means, ―a zealous enthusiasm for winning people to Jesus Christ.‖3 Evangelistic methods involve presenting the gospel of Jesus Christ to everyone until all have heard and received its truth. Perhaps, the best slogan used by a BBFI pastor was the one Jerry Falwell used for his Saturation Evangelism, ―Using every available means, at every available time, to reach every available person.‖4 This project will introduce the philosophy of ministry and missions of the BBFI, the largest of the independent, fundamental Baptist groups (Table 1) from 1950 to the present. The evidence will be presented in the research and explained for each generation. 1 Thomas Ice et al., ―A History of Dispensationalism,‖ in What on Earth is a Dispensation?, (Springfield, MO: Tribune Publishers, 1994), 20. 2 Duke Westover, ―Moral Majority,‖ in Wow, What a Ride, (Springfield, MO: 21st Century Press, 2010), 62f. 3 Keith Bassham, interview by phone, June 15, 2010. 4 Elmer L. Towns, Worktext for 21st Century Tools and Techniques, (unpublished, n.d.), 53 1 2 There is also a need to present the strengths and weaknesses of such a unique movement to student pastors and church planters today. The BBFI was highly successful in the last half of the 20th Century, but it has declined as many of its constituents have failed to face changes in American culture. From the early days of the movement, graduates have gone out from BBFI colleges to plant churches around the world. They are documented in the Baptist Bible Tribune. Their stories will boost the vision and the morale of church planters today. There is a new breed of church planting pastor in the BBFI and to their benefit there should be a well documented book to show them their roots and give encouragement to build on those roots with new strategies. It is planned that this paper is the beginning of such a project. Table 1 – Various Independent Baptist Groups Independent Baptist Groups Office Founded Pastors/Churches Fundamental Baptist Fellowship Virginia 1920 429 World Baptist Fellowship Texas 1928 852 General Association of Regular Baptists Illinois 1932 1,532 Baptist Bible Fellowship International Missouri 1950 4,352 Southwide Baptist Fellowship Georgia 1956 1,334 Independent Baptist Fellowship Int‘l Texas 1984 539 Ind. Bapt. Fellowship of North America Pennsylvania 1991 110 Source: A Profile of Independent Baptist Pastors and Churches5 5 Mike Randall, A Profile of Independent Baptist Pastors and Churches, (Springfield, MO: Baptist Bible College, 1993), 2. 3 Since 1950, global church planting has been an ongoing enterprise of the BBFI. The Fellowship is not a church, but rather a parachurch organization with the sole purpose of helping local churches do together what they could not do alone. The great commission of Christ is to the church, and the Fellowship makes it possible for its supporting churches to have a cooperative impact on the world. In 2007, author Albert Wardin, Jr. wrote about the Baptist Bible Fellowship International, ―Its growth has been due to a number of factors, including the evangelistic fervor of its pastors, its church planting, the growth of the Baptist Bible College, its extensive bus ministry, and its ability to grow large Sunday schools, some of the largest in the nation.‖6 In 1968, Dr. Elmer Towns put the BBF on the map with his book, The Ten Largest Sunday Schools and What Makes Them Grow. In his introduction he states: Six of the Sunday Schools among the ten largest are listed in the yearbook of The Baptist Bible Fellowship, Springfield, Missouri. Only one of the ten largest Sunday Schools is from a Southern Baptist Church. May we conclude that the Baptist Bible Fellowship has better laws for Sunday School growth, or that perhaps the laws for Sunday School growth as expressed by the Southern Baptist Convention are not as effective as once believed? Maybe the youthful enthusiasm of the Baptist Bible Fellowship produces more dedication and hard work than the older, more formal Southern Baptist Denomination. The Baptist Bible Fellowship does seem to be more effective in building larger Sunday Schools.7 6 Albert W. Wardin, Jr., The Twelve Baptist Tribes in the USA (Atlanta, GA: Baptist History and Heritage Society, 2007), 69. 7 Elmer L. Towns, The Ten Largest Sunday Schools And What Makes Them Grow, (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1968), 12 4 Towns also included in his introduction this comment from one of the founding fathers of the BBFI and a megachurch pastor: An interesting prediction was made by Dr. John Rawlings, minister of Landmark Baptist Temple, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Vice President of Baptist Bible College, Springfield, Missouri. He feels that in the next ten years the Baptist Bible Fellowship will have between
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