Feature Article
A. V. Henderson (1919-2015)
Founding BBFI leader A. V. Henderson went home to meet his Savior December 28, 2015, at the age of 96. Born September 18, 1919, in Anson, TX, Henderson spent more than 75 years in ministry […]
Year: 2016
Feature Article
Eli Harju (1920-2015)
Lifelong BBFI educator Eli Harju met his Savior face to face December 31, 2015, at the age of 95. He was born November 2, 1920, in Rudyard, MI, to Finish immigrants. He was the youngest […]
Feature Article
Wendell Correll (1923 – 2015)
Longtime BBFI pastor Wendell Correll left this life December 31, 2015, at the age of 92. He was born August 31, 1923, in Strawberry, KY. He committed his life to Jesus at an early age […]
The Right Angle
Q. How can social media help our missionary work?
by Kevin Carson A. Social media provides opportunities to help or hurt both God’s work and God’s people. Because of personal safety issues and global location, some missionaries cannot engage supporting churches, friends, and pastors […]
Baptist History
Andrew Fuller — Missionary Advocate, Writer, and Pastor
by Doug Kutilek The dominant perspective of English Baptists when Andrew Fuller was born in Wicken, England, in 1754 was that of “high Calvinism.” By a rigid application of “logic” founded on highly defective premises, […]
Urban Current
Against the tide
by Charles Lyons Son of slaves, African American father, Cherokee mother, he read the Gospel of John 20 times before he was ten years old. At age 20, the testimony of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. […]
Feature Article
Tributes to A. V. Henderson, Eli Harju, and Wendell Correll
A. v. Henderson, Eli Haju, and Wendell Correll were foundational in the beginning days of our Fellowship. They were each very different and will be remembered for different things, but there is no doubt each […]
On the Table
Short-term mission trips
by Randy Harp Three weeks after arriving in Orlando, FL, to begin serving as student pastor at Orlando Baptist Church I participated in my first short-term mission trip. It was just four months earlier when […]
President Perspective
Mission trips
by Eddie Lyons I went on my first mission trip as a six-year-old boy when my missionary family moved to the Philippines. I still remember getting on the large passenger ship in San Francisco and […]
February
With purpose and planning, mission trips can yield great results
by Jon Konnerup If you read Christian youth magazines, visit church websites, or follow Christian social media, you will find many organizations promoting mission trips. Even Bible colleges are actively planning trips for experience, training, […]