Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Those of you who follow Facebook may have seen my brief post recording the first meeting of the Bible Prophecy Foundation Executive, listing the current, initial members and stating that "the Show is on the Road!". This email will briefly outline the content of the meeting and in the interests of transparency you are free to circulate it at will.
The mission of the Bible Prophecy Foundation is to proclaim the soon-return of the Lord Jesus Christ to the Church and to the World. The Exec. agreed that there should always be an evangelistic emphasis to our endeavours and the the call to holiness within the church should be clearly part of our message. Our eschatological position is affirmed as pre-millennial and we will steadfastly teach from the Scriptures that the Rapture of the true Church of Jesus Christ is before the tribulation. We will, however, maintain close fellowship with other Bible teachers who hold a different point of view on the timing of the Rapture, Jacob Prasch and Bob Mitchell being two dear brothers who are examples of this, and we will be happy to have them address meetings held under the egis of B.P.F.
The first meeting of this six person Executive met at my home on the 13th July for prayer, discussion and fellowship over dinner. David Hoyle was selected as Chairman, Roy Cook as Vice-chairman and Treasurer, and Steve Lloyd as Secretary and Web Manager. The appointments were by unanimous decision. Geoff Farnell, Donald Cameron and Brian Gemmell were selected as Executive members. The Rev Bill Freel has been unanimously invited to be our President. Two or Three Vice-Presidents will be invited in due course after we have submitted the matter to the Lord in prayer.
These are the initial members of the Executive and others will be added as the Holy Spirit leads. A larger group, known as the Reference Group, of like-minded brethren will be drawn together over the next few months and this group, with the Executive will provide the organising and leadership personnel aided by a substantial number of Area Representatives throughout the world. Renato Advento in Dipalok City in the Phillipines has already taken up the banner of B.P.F. there and is our official contact in that nation. There are a number of regional/area representatives that have come to our notice including a number of you who have already volunteered. This matter is in hand so "watch this space "!!!!! The leadership of the Foundation is co-equal and plural. We believe that the best description of the leadership role is as facilitators. The pursuit of personal ministry objectives and ambitions is to be avoided at all cost.
The object of this organisation is the widespread proclamation of the end times message which is heard so little in the pulpits of the land by meetings, literature, use of the secular media (including internet TV) and the various social media facilities available. Our website, which is accessible but still being developed, is www.bibleprophecyfoundation.org and we have established a Facebook page. We are specifically seeking to inform and enlighten the "under 50's". By the provision of speakers, literature and other resources we seek to encourage preachers and pastors outside of the B.P.F. to preach/teach the message of the Second Coming and devote particular time to the study of eschatology within the whole counsel of God. We commit ourselves to a ministry of prayer in all these matters.
We decided not to become an official Charity. In our approach to raising funds we wish to emulate George Muller as much as our weak flesh allows. When the time is appropriate and funds are available we will open a simple current a/c with a High St. Bank. We will not hold investments, Bonds, Stocks and Shares and the like. As much as we are able we will self fund Executive meetings but provide help for any brother seeking to assist the B.P.F. but lacking the personal funds to cover his own expenses. Our B.P.F. finances will be open to scrutiny by all those involved with the Foundation. The Executive agreed to operate in a transparent and open manner not only in the area of finances but in all our business. We will not subject our meetings to caveats of secrecy and operate as an elite above the Foundation as a whole.
The above notes do not aspire to be complete and exact minutes of the meeting but are offered to give you a sense and "flavour" of what we are about and how we operate. We will meet again on the 2nd Thursday in September and thereafter at least every two months and aim to have a public launch meeting in Blackburn (Lancs) on Saturday 24th November in a local Baptist Church. Exact details nearer the time.
Maranatha, Brian.
Those of you who follow Facebook may have seen my brief post recording the first meeting of the Bible Prophecy Foundation Executive, listing the current, initial members and stating that "the Show is on the Road!". This email will briefly outline the content of the meeting and in the interests of transparency you are free to circulate it at will.
The mission of the Bible Prophecy Foundation is to proclaim the soon-return of the Lord Jesus Christ to the Church and to the World. The Exec. agreed that there should always be an evangelistic emphasis to our endeavours and the the call to holiness within the church should be clearly part of our message. Our eschatological position is affirmed as pre-millennial and we will steadfastly teach from the Scriptures that the Rapture of the true Church of Jesus Christ is before the tribulation. We will, however, maintain close fellowship with other Bible teachers who hold a different point of view on the timing of the Rapture, Jacob Prasch and Bob Mitchell being two dear brothers who are examples of this, and we will be happy to have them address meetings held under the egis of B.P.F.
The first meeting of this six person Executive met at my home on the 13th July for prayer, discussion and fellowship over dinner. David Hoyle was selected as Chairman, Roy Cook as Vice-chairman and Treasurer, and Steve Lloyd as Secretary and Web Manager. The appointments were by unanimous decision. Geoff Farnell, Donald Cameron and Brian Gemmell were selected as Executive members. The Rev Bill Freel has been unanimously invited to be our President. Two or Three Vice-Presidents will be invited in due course after we have submitted the matter to the Lord in prayer.
These are the initial members of the Executive and others will be added as the Holy Spirit leads. A larger group, known as the Reference Group, of like-minded brethren will be drawn together over the next few months and this group, with the Executive will provide the organising and leadership personnel aided by a substantial number of Area Representatives throughout the world. Renato Advento in Dipalok City in the Phillipines has already taken up the banner of B.P.F. there and is our official contact in that nation. There are a number of regional/area representatives that have come to our notice including a number of you who have already volunteered. This matter is in hand so "watch this space "!!!!! The leadership of the Foundation is co-equal and plural. We believe that the best description of the leadership role is as facilitators. The pursuit of personal ministry objectives and ambitions is to be avoided at all cost.
The object of this organisation is the widespread proclamation of the end times message which is heard so little in the pulpits of the land by meetings, literature, use of the secular media (including internet TV) and the various social media facilities available. Our website, which is accessible but still being developed, is www.bibleprophecyfoundation.org and we have established a Facebook page. We are specifically seeking to inform and enlighten the "under 50's". By the provision of speakers, literature and other resources we seek to encourage preachers and pastors outside of the B.P.F. to preach/teach the message of the Second Coming and devote particular time to the study of eschatology within the whole counsel of God. We commit ourselves to a ministry of prayer in all these matters.
We decided not to become an official Charity. In our approach to raising funds we wish to emulate George Muller as much as our weak flesh allows. When the time is appropriate and funds are available we will open a simple current a/c with a High St. Bank. We will not hold investments, Bonds, Stocks and Shares and the like. As much as we are able we will self fund Executive meetings but provide help for any brother seeking to assist the B.P.F. but lacking the personal funds to cover his own expenses. Our B.P.F. finances will be open to scrutiny by all those involved with the Foundation. The Executive agreed to operate in a transparent and open manner not only in the area of finances but in all our business. We will not subject our meetings to caveats of secrecy and operate as an elite above the Foundation as a whole.
The above notes do not aspire to be complete and exact minutes of the meeting but are offered to give you a sense and "flavour" of what we are about and how we operate. We will meet again on the 2nd Thursday in September and thereafter at least every two months and aim to have a public launch meeting in Blackburn (Lancs) on Saturday 24th November in a local Baptist Church. Exact details nearer the time.
Maranatha,
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