Bible Baptist Church Celebrates 60Th Anniversary by Cindy Lyons
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BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE MAY FELLOWSHIP WEEK AND GRADUATION SPEAKERS Together All meetings and graduation will be held at Seminole Baptist 4221 S. National Ave. May Springfield, MO 65810 ALEX HIMAYA 8-112017 theChurch.at hosted by schedule Tulsa, OK Seminole Baptist Monday Springfield, MO 6:30 PM - Alex Himaya 8:30 PM - Food trucks @ Seminole Tuesday 7:30 AM - Alumni breakfast ($15) (Classes of 1950-1979) Springfield Tower Club 10:00 AM - Barry White and Ted Cunningham 11:30 AM - Business meeting - Ladies meeting: Shelley Switzer 6:30 PM - Mac Brunson TED CUNNINGHAM Woodland Hills Family Church Branson, MO Wednesday 7:30 AM - Alumni breakfast ($15) Because of serious facility (Classes of 1980-2000s) Springfield Tower Club issues at BBC, we are working 10:00 AM - Missions morning 6:30 PM - Evening session with Pastor Don Baier and Thursday Seminole Baptist Temple to plan 10:00 AM - BBC graduation: Herb Gilbert and host Fellowship Week ‘17. While planning with Pastor Don BARRY WHITE it really hit me, “We are better Complete schedule is Park Valley Church Haymarket, VA together.” available at www.bbfi.org It is our hope that through and on the BBFI mobile app. our time “Together” here in Springfield we can rediscover the power of working together. Please make plans to hear Hotel info: Hilton Garden Inn ($124.00) the great speakers, renew old 4155 Nature Center Way MAC BRUNSON friendships, and have your Residence Inn First Baptist Church heart encouraged as we come ($119.00 – 1-bedroom suite) Jacksonville, FL “Together.” ($169.00 – 2-bedroom suite) 1303 E. Kingsley St. President Mark Milioni Holiday Inn Express ($109.00) 310 E. Montastery St. Sleep Inn ($84.00) 233 E. Camino Alto Dr. Candlewood Suites ($89.00 – studio suite ) DR. HERB GILBERT ($117.00 – King with kitchen) Beacon Baptist Church Taylor, MI gobbc.edu 417.268.6000 1035 E. Republic Rd. O N THE T ABLE Missions VOL. 67 NO. 9 MAY 2017 by Randy Harp | Editor MISSIONS f one word summarizes the BBFI more than any Iother, it is missions. This is true for missionaries, pastors, and church members. This is true for Global Partners 60-year-old churches as well as church plants. For Reaching the world with the Gospel is no small 7 those who attended Baptist Bible College or Boston task, but the load gets lighter when everyone in Baptist College, it is engrained in the educational the church gets involved. requirements. Missions is simply in the DNA of anyone who claims affiliation with our Fellowship. Bible Baptist celebrates 60 years 17 Everywhere I travel representing the Tribune, BBFI The church that grew out of the vision Bob Hughes had to reach the Philippines is missions is always discussed and prioritized. still a ministry powerhouse in Cebu City.. We try to focus on missions in each Tribune, but a few times a year we set aside an entire issue on the Not our lucky day topic. This is one of those issues. Every Christian has Where is the outrage when states ignore the 18 a three-fold responsibility regarding missions — to research and promote legalized gambling? The pray, to give, or to go. In these pages, we give personal payout never comes, but the destructive fallout is a sure bet. examples of each and discuss how we can all be more involved. As you read this, we are likely just days away from the BBFI National Meeting in Springfield. I love the theme President Milioni has chosen for this meeting — “Together.” Probably what I love about the Fellowship more than anything else is COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS we can accomplish so much more together than we can alone. Over the past year, I have spoken in 4 BBFI Leadership Perspectives 20 different churches and in 13 state fellowships. 19 The Right Angle I have seen such a wide variety of methodologies and philosophies of ministry, which I believe is one 20 Baptist History Don’t miss any of the of our strengths. One thing I’ve learned — we are State Fellowship Spotlight: California Tribune’s digital offerings 21 better together. We are stronger together. We can on our website Fellowship News accomplish more together. We can reach more people www.tribune.org. 22 together. I pray this will be a unifying meeting — a 30 AfterWords meeting we will look back on in years to come and celebrate God bringing us all together. 31 The DailyFeed Once again, thank you to those who have partnered with us for the Tribune’s Annual Offering. We are still not where we need to be, but are finalizing our plans and vision for where we believe God wants us to go. Please continue to pray for us at the BBFI Communication Office. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Individual The Baptist Bible Tribune As always, thank you for allowing me to serve (ISSN 0745-5836) is subscriptions are $15 per year anywhere in published monthly, except for a combined July/August the U.S.; $20 per year in foreign countries. issue, by the BBFI, 720 E. Kearney, Springfield, Christ as I serve you. If I can ever be of service to you, Baptist Missouri 65803. Periodical class postage paid at Postmaster send address changes to: please let me know. Springfield, Missouri, and additional entry offices. Bible Tribune, P. O. Box 309, Springfield, Missouri Executive Editor: Randy Harp 65801, 417-831-3996, fax 417-831-1470. Assistant Editor: Rob Walker By-lined opinions expressed in the Baptist Director of Office Services: Karri Joy Perry Bible Tribune are those of the authors and not Email address: [email protected] necessarily those of the editorial staff or the Web site address: www.tribune.org Baptist Bible Fellowship. May 2017 | Baptist Bible Tribune | 3 from the president world missions a missions legacy An urgent message he Baptist Bible Fellowship or nearly 67 years, the Baptist These results stem from a Fellowship for approval where TInternational has, from its FBible Fellowship International proven process that begins with they are screened and prepared inception, been committed to has spread God’s Word globally the local church as the scriptural for the tasks of evangelism, missions. The key has been local — at times in as many as sending agency. The Holy discipleship, and church churches working together. Our 110 different countries. Our Spirit calls faithful members planting. After completing missionaries have transferred our churches and the missionaries to a work he has prepared deputation to raise financial Fellowship’s passion to the leaders they send are involved in the for them. The local church support, they begin their they have trained all over the world. most important endeavor given recognizes their call and begins adventure on the field. Today, the missionary outreach has to man. Realizing this awesome the training and discipleship We must recognize the multiplied as mission fields are now responsibility, we have tried to process, testing and preparing importance of the process that sending their own missionaries. place our best on the front lines them for future missionary begins with God’s calling and Recently, I was privileged to speak — sending those with a passion work by exposing them to an yields well-trained and prepared at the 60th anniversary of the church for the lost and a pursuit of array of ministry experiences. missionaries who will arrive on my wife’s father, Bob Hughes, planted excellence in planting churches. The church then sends them to the field ready to in Cebu City, Philippines. As a result, cross-cultural Bible college to further prepare reach the regions Dr. Armie Jesalva has led this ministry ministries span the globe them for the work to which beyond. for over 40 years. The evangelistic today, and training national God has called them. After a and church planting emphasis came leaders through discipleship one-year internship or through across loud and clear during this great and formal education has the TEAM program, these celebration. This ministry has planted yielded a tremendous outcome, individuals present themselves Jon Konnerup over 400 churches. They have sent multiplying the BBFI’s efforts. to the Mission Office and the bbfi mission director missionaries around the world. I met lay leaders in the church who now also pastor churches on nearby islands. Some of them continue to work in their professions during the week and spend their weekends serving as pastors. Evangelism and church BBFI LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES planting is what makes this Fellowship so outstanding. The same can be said church planting of the many mission fields all over presentation is paramount the world. Our missionaries not only preach the Gospel and plant churches, s a church planter, you need Power: This is an anointing important message in the entire they also instill within the leaders they Ato consider your appearance, of power from the Holy Spirit world. train the DNA of the Baptist Bible attitude, countenance, and the — a power that exhibits the Presentation: Without Fellowship. spirit of your message when presence of God in the individual a doubt, the church planter’s Missionaries approved by our delivering it. The following four life. This allows people to say they most important tool is his Fellowship share their vision and elements of preparation will have been with God when they presentation from the pulpit ask churches to partner with them determine the outcome of your leave the service. We are talking on Sunday morning. Nothing through monthly support. While this message. about an unction and power only is more important for reaching idea can seem quite ordinary, done Prayer: This is not the God can give to the planter as he people and for bringing them over many years, it delivers amazing congenial prayer you give just presents the message.