Finally joined

[jakethebaptist]

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I have been a lurker here for many years, but just now joining. Because of that, I feel like I kind of know many of you, but you don't know me, so here is my quick bio:

I was raised in relatively conservative BBFI churches, and came to faith in Christ at a young age. I felt called to ministry early on, and have been active in service ever since. I graduated in 2000 from BBC in Springfield, MO (now Mission University) with a B.S. in Pastoral Ministry, and 21 years later was finally able to complete a Master's in Church Ministry from there. I have served as youth pastor, associate pastor, and bi-vocational pastor in SW MO and SE CO, and am currently teaching in our church's Bible institute and preaching as pulpit fill when asked here in central VA. To pay the bills I am currently and frequently have worked as a computer support technician. Unlike many of my pastoral brethren, I do not like coffee and I DO NOT play golf. I drink tea, Dr. Pepper, and prefer time at the gun range for recreation.

I thorough enjoy constructive debate and discussion as "iron sharpening iron" so I'll go ahead and put out some of my positions, as I expect to be engaging in some of those discussions. I am unashamedly Baptist (as if my username doesn't give you a clue) and Dispensationalist. I consider myself to be an independent fundamentalist (note the lower case, not IFB). Most of all, for what I believe I strive to abide by my late professor Dr. James Sewell's mantra of "What does the Bible say?"

I hope that I can be an encourager and a positive contributor to this fellowship, and look forward to engaging in the conversations!

 

[Zaatar71]

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I have been a lurker here for many years, but just now joining. Because of that, I feel like I kind of know many of you, but you don't know me, so here is my quick bio:

I was raised in relatively conservative BBFI churches, and came to faith in Christ at a young age. I felt called to ministry early on, and have been active in service ever since. I graduated in 2000 from BBC in Springfield, MO (now Mission University) with a B.S. in Pastoral Ministry, and 21 years later was finally able to complete a Master's in Church Ministry from there. I have served as youth pastor, associate pastor, and bi-vocational pastor in SW MO and SE CO, and am currently teaching in our church's Bible institute and preaching as pulpit fill when asked here in central VA. To pay the bills I am currently and frequently have worked as a computer support technician. Unlike many of my pastoral brethren, I do not like coffee and I DO NOT play golf. I drink tea, Dr. Pepper, and prefer time at the gun range for recreation.

I thorough enjoy constructive debate and discussion as "iron sharpening iron" so I'll go ahead and put out some of my positions, as I expect to be engaging in some of those discussions. I am unashamedly Baptist (as if my username doesn't give you a clue) and Dispensationalist. I consider myself to be an independent fundamentalist (note the lower case, not IFB). Most of all, for what I believe I strive to abide by my late professor Dr. James Sewell's mantra of "What does the Bible say?"

I hope that I can be an encourager and a positive contributor to this fellowship, and look forward to engaging in the conversations!

Welcome JTB.

 

[Charlie24]

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I have been a lurker here for many years, but just now joining. Because of that, I feel like I kind of know many of you, but you don't know me, so here is my quick bio:

I was raised in relatively conservative BBFI churches, and came to faith in Christ at a young age. I felt called to ministry early on, and have been active in service ever since. I graduated in 2000 from BBC in Springfield, MO (now Mission University) with a B.S. in Pastoral Ministry, and 21 years later was finally able to complete a Master's in Church Ministry from there. I have served as youth pastor, associate pastor, and bi-vocational pastor in SW MO and SE CO, and am currently teaching in our church's Bible institute and preaching as pulpit fill when asked here in central VA. To pay the bills I am currently and frequently have worked as a computer support technician. Unlike many of my pastoral brethren, I do not like coffee and I DO NOT play golf. I drink tea, Dr. Pepper, and prefer time at the gun range for recreation.

I thorough enjoy constructive debate and discussion as "iron sharpening iron" so I'll go ahead and put out some of my positions, as I expect to be engaging in some of those discussions. I am unashamedly Baptist (as if my username doesn't give you a clue) and Dispensationalist. I consider myself to be an independent fundamentalist (note the lower case, not IFB). Most of all, for what I believe I strive to abide by my late professor Dr. James Sewell's mantra of "What does the Bible say?"

I hope that I can be an encourager and a positive contributor to this fellowship, and look forward to engaging in the conversations!

Welcome to BB, look forward to your participation!

 

[Dr. Bob]

Glad to have you on board, lurker!! Some of my BBF friends go to extremes (instead of normal Baptists, like me ) but we agree on most issues. I visited the Springfield campus decades ago and found a good spirit among the faculty and students. Praise God for your work and service to our Savior and look forward to good discussions ahead!

 

[Hutch]

Welcome, Jake!

 

[Cathode]

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I have been a lurker here for many years, but just now joining. Because of that, I feel like I kind of know many of you, but you don't know me, so here is my quick bio:

I was raised in relatively conservative BBFI churches, and came to faith in Christ at a young age. I felt called to ministry early on, and have been active in service ever since. I graduated in 2000 from BBC in Springfield, MO (now Mission University) with a B.S. in Pastoral Ministry, and 21 years later was finally able to complete a Master's in Church Ministry from there. I have served as youth pastor, associate pastor, and bi-vocational pastor in SW MO and SE CO, and am currently teaching in our church's Bible institute and preaching as pulpit fill when asked here in central VA. To pay the bills I am currently and frequently have worked as a computer support technician. Unlike many of my pastoral brethren, I do not like coffee and I DO NOT play golf. I drink tea, Dr. Pepper, and prefer time at the gun range for recreation.

I thorough enjoy constructive debate and discussion as "iron sharpening iron" so I'll go ahead and put out some of my positions, as I expect to be engaging in some of those discussions. I am unashamedly Baptist (as if my username doesn't give you a clue) and Dispensationalist. I consider myself to be an independent fundamentalist (note the lower case, not IFB). Most of all, for what I believe I strive to abide by my late professor Dr. James Sewell's mantra of "What does the Bible say?"

I hope that I can be an encourager and a positive contributor to this fellowship, and look forward to engaging in the conversations!

Welcome mate. Gun range? Pistol? Rifle? Shotgun?

Any hunting, fishing?

Tea? Green, Black? Don’t say green.

I am unashamedly Baptist (as if my username doesn't give you a clue) and Dispensationalist.

Sorry to hear it mate. I’ll say a Hail Mary and throw another shrimp on the barbie for you.

No seriously, be good to have a Masters graduate debating in discussions, you have to be well read to get there.

 

[jakethebaptist]

Welcome mate. Gun range? Pistol? Rifle? Shotgun?

Rifle, then pistol. Not very good with a shotgun. I started collecting vintage military rifles in the early 00's when they were cheap.

Any hunting, fishing?

I've spent some time in the woods while holding a rifle, if you can count that hunting! Never did get into fishing, but I could give it another go.

Tea? Green, Black? Don’t say green.

Black. Preferably strong Irish Breakfast. But I'll take just about any standard tea. Green tea just tastes off to me.

Sorry to hear it mate. I’ll say a Hail Mary and throw another shrimp on the barbie for you.

No seriously, be good to have a Masters graduate debating in discussions, you have to be well read to get there.

If food's involved, you're on your way to full-fledged Baptist fellowship anyway, so watch out!

Glad to have you on board, lurker!! Some of my BBF friends go to extremes (instead of normal Baptists, like me ) but we agree on most issues. I visited the Springfield campus decades ago and found a good spirit among the faculty and students. Praise God for your work and service to our Savior and look forward to good discussions ahead!

Normal is just a setting on a dryer! I'm probably more aligned with GARBC now, as that was the primary fellowship of the churches I was involved with in CO. They have very little presence in my home state of MO, and effectively zero presence here in VA. Thankfully I'm not partisan when it comes to fellowships!

 

[JonC]

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I have been a lurker here for many years, but just now joining. Because of that, I feel like I kind of know many of you, but you don't know me, so here is my quick bio:

I was raised in relatively conservative BBFI churches, and came to faith in Christ at a young age. I felt called to ministry early on, and have been active in service ever since. I graduated in 2000 from BBC in Springfield, MO (now Mission University) with a B.S. in Pastoral Ministry, and 21 years later was finally able to complete a Master's in Church Ministry from there. I have served as youth pastor, associate pastor, and bi-vocational pastor in SW MO and SE CO, and am currently teaching in our church's Bible institute and preaching as pulpit fill when asked here in central VA. To pay the bills I am currently and frequently have worked as a computer support technician. Unlike many of my pastoral brethren, I do not like coffee and I DO NOT play golf. I drink tea, Dr. Pepper, and prefer time at the gun range for recreation.

I thorough enjoy constructive debate and discussion as "iron sharpening iron" so I'll go ahead and put out some of my positions, as I expect to be engaging in some of those discussions. I am unashamedly Baptist (as if my username doesn't give you a clue) and Dispensationalist. I consider myself to be an independent fundamentalist (note the lower case, not IFB). Most of all, for what I believe I strive to abide by my late professor Dr. James Sewell's mantra of "What does the Bible say?"

I hope that I can be an encourager and a positive contributor to this fellowship, and look forward to engaging in the conversations!

Welcome to the club!!!!