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Date Posted: 05/ 5/05 9:30am
The post below was censored by Pastor Steve Bil's and "his" Florida
Bible College Alumni Association www.floridabiblecollege.com message
board.
Is it any wonder I have taken a hard stand against Pastor Bil's and
www.floridabiblecollege.com's censorship of ME.
Remember, Pastor Steve Bil's (who still calls himself the current FBCAA
President after his term expired 7 years ago) is against Florida Bible
College re-opening and
Pastor Bil's has said "I do not believe it is God's will to re-open
Florida Bible College...nor do I believe that it is God's will to open
a new school in the tradition of Florida Bible College...My plan for
Florida Bible College? I don't have one because I do not believe that
Florida Bible College should exist...I believe that the Florida Bible
College Alumni Association should only exist to help past students
reconnect".
See the post that Pastor Steve Bil's CENSORED from the Florida Bible
College Alumni Association's Message Board below...
___________________________________________________________________
The Trumpet of the Lord Ministry wrote:
> THE VISION
> God's vision for the future of Florida Bible College :Believe God for
> great things for Florida Bible College
> Dear FBC Family:
> I am sorry if anything that I said upset you in any way. I am sorry
if
> my passion for the future of Florida Bible College has upset anyone.
> We as a family of faith must be doers of the word.
> If Florida Bible College has "become a soap opera", we all as a
family
> of faith need to change. So let us all change. Let's give, let's
> believe God, and let's get about doing the work of the ministry of
> Florida Bible College.
> We do not need to remain a school that lives in doubt.We must not
> remain defeated.
> God wants for Florida Bible College to have bigger and better things,
> to be alive.
> We are the Saints, we are not the devil's dead aints! We are alive
and
> we are not dead! We must move forward for the sake of Florida Bible
> College, for the sake of the lost, for the sake of those who need
> quality biblical training, for the sake of our FBC loved ones gone
> before, for the sake of missions and missonaries, for the sake of the
> crystal clear gospel, for our Lord and our Savior the Lord Jesus
> Christ.
> Let's keep our torch lit! As a gospel lighthouse you and I must keep
> FBC's lights bright.It is our duty.
> We as FBC alumni need to become more active in securing the future of
> Florida Bible College. Florida Bible College deserves to have a
healthy
> future.
> That is why I do what I do.
> We must be a family of faith that has a vision for Florida Bible
> College.
> Without a vision we will die.
> Below is most of what I believe is the vision for a Florida Bible
> College: ___________________________________________
> Although it IS true that we have re-started Florida Bible College and
> that we are offering classes online, we all hope that FBC will one
day
> have a physical campus(without debt), in perhaps a new location ,
with
> new leadership, that continues with all of the things that are great
> and biblical about Florida Bible College. Although we appreciated the
> many fine sacrifices that so many have made for FBC in the past, we
> also must need to be a school that
> learns from our past mistakes and improve to the best that we know
how.
> FBC made many mistakes and it was once
> closed. As a result of our sins and past mistakes, we as a family
> became bitter. It is now time that we become better and learn to
> forgive and to love one another. I am not perfect. None of us are.So
> let's all stop throwing stones. We do not justify sin, sin separates
us
> from God. I repent of my sins and I ask all of you to forgive me and
> all the rest of our FBC family. We must be a people who love and
> forgive one another. God does not honor unforgiveness, and
> unforgiveness is just as bad of a sin as adulty is. We must learn to
> love one another, and to be ye kind one to another.
> FBC must be:
> An Evangelistic school that teaches the crystal clear gospel message
> just
> like the old F.B.C.taught it.
> A school with a strong statement of faith like the old F.B.C.had. (
We
> have posted the Florida Bible College official Statement of Faith at
> floridabiblecollege.org )
> A School with a strong biblical foundation. One that faithfully
teaches
> the word of God like the old F.B.C. did.
> A school with integrity.A School. that can be TRUSTED. A school
without
> debt(s).
> A school that trains and equips "Saints" to go out and do the work of
> the ministry. A school that is practical.
> A school that is not legalistic but still has high standards.
> A school that believes God for great things.
> A school that will not give up. We must as a family of faith must
move
> forward, we must be be a people with a vision.
> A school that stays morally pure and clean.
> A MISSIONS minded school. A school that trains supports and sends
> missionaries, sends money to support missions, a school that has
> foreign and home missions, music teams, youth teams, etc.
> A School that builds strong youth ministries(updated Youth Ranches),
> Children's Ministries, Senior Saints ministries, etc.
> A school that seeks first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.
We
> need to be led FIRST by God, not by any man or any strong natural
> leader. We need to be guided by long standing unchanging principles.
> We are going to have to be be more diverse. We will use new,
> different styles of worship. We will be willing to change our methods
> but not our message. If what worked well in the past will no longer
> reaches kids for
> Christ, we will ask "What does?". We will not act like the world to
> reach the world, but we will ask "What do the kids of today like that
> we can offer that might interest them in coming to our activities?"
If
> the kids today think singing "Oh Sinner Man" is out of date and
stupid,
> perhaps we might sing a more updated song instead like a Casting
Crowns
> song, etc.. If kids liked
> surfing in 1954 and they still like surfing today, we might take them
> on a surfing trip. The # 1 tool to reaching kids is Love, let them
see
> God's love in you and they will come back to your youth activities.
> Share the gospel with them, give them a chance to start a personal
> relationship with Jesus Christ, and another, and another, and
another.
> Our demographics will change. When FBC was started it's students were
> mostly white middle class from the Southeast USA. Now we must be more
> global minded, and reach
> out to many peoples groups, and will perhaps have some classes that
are
> taught in Spanish, or Korean, Romanian , Arabic, etc..
> The Old F.B.C. taught learning a set of ojectives that were taught
> mostly to/for young adults. The NEW F.B.C. will also place an
emphesis
> on all adult age groups, life long learning, and external learning.
> Practical church /ministry learning will be more important than deep
> theological studies(such 20th cent.theology), in other words, classes
> will be taught with practical local applications (modern worship
> styles, senior adult ministry etc.) Mentoring relationships will be
> just as important or even more important than lecturing, tests, books
> and term papers.
> Seminars, retreats, trips (missions) will all offer chances for the
> student to learn and earn credits an an enjoyable and practical
> enviornment.
> Religious Education will become more pragmatic, asking: Can the
> graduate do the job? Practical practice over (just) scholarship,
> practice over just book learning alone (Not can the student just pass
a
> written test on baptizo, but can the student get into a baptism pool
> and demonstrate that they know how baptize a person. Can they get in
> front of the class and demonstrate thru practice that they know how
to
> perform a wedding ?)
> F.B.C. is an ORGANISM that NETWORKS
> We have a strong NETWORK of Alumni, and former faculty and students
who
> support Florida Bible College itself. We must work together for
Florida
> Bible College, not for a school in the tradition of Florida Bible
> College. Alumni will not only participate in FBC reunions, which we
> encourage, but they will also be proactive and involved in FBC itself
> because FBC is more than just a place for old classmates to reunite.
> Alumni who criticize FBC will be the Alumni who also financially
> support FBC and the FBC Alumni Association on a regular basis.
> Organizations are cumbersome, and because they are bureaucracies
they
> are
> slow, expensive, legalistic, and often unresponsive. Organizations
> often do what is best for themselves,nor what is in the best
> interest of the students.
> Our new Organism will be a NETWORK OF LOOSE CONNECTIONS OF PEOPLE OF
> LIKE FAITH AND CONVICTIONS THAT IS FLEXIBLE, YET HAS A COMMON
> DENOMINATOR which is our desire to serve God thru our childerns and
> youth ministry, teachings of soteriology(salvation)Bibliology,
parish
> training, missions work, and music and evangelistic teams.
> Evangelistic Efforts
> Old Modlel: Confrontational,widespread,share and go , win people
> with
> fear - hell- fire and brimstone, convert the candidate on the spot no
> matter what and no matter how.
> New model: Win a hearing , then bodly share the gospel, personal
> evangelism is personal- one on one, share then disciple, win people
> over by displaying God's love, value the candidate, listen to them,
> reflect.
> NEW kinds of classes will be offered, along with all of the best
> traditional classes. Focus will be first on biblical studies, not on
> liberal arts studies.
> NEW FBC offers classes at many churches and locations. The new FBC
will
> offer small groups, informal settings in many locations including
> retreats at nice settings like hotels, camps,churches, , on the
mission
> fields and in other places where you learn as you earn your degree or
> certificates in various settings.
> Special classes could be offered for the elderly.
> Classes will be offered on how to get the congregation to participate
> in worship.
> Special intoductory classes offerd to help bring in lost
> students(instead of the idea that to be in any FBC class you
> must be saved).
> Classes offered at flexible times, credit given for part of classwork
> being done before or outside of class.
> Classes also will be offered ONLINE.
> Classes will also be offered on DVD.
> Classes/intensives/modulars/weekend classes offered regionaly at
> various campus locations across the world/country.
> Classes focus on ways to serve the church while learning.(Internships
> for credit)
> FBC owns little if any property if that helps to keep it in the
black.
> FBC has strong volunteer program (Some classes perhaps taught by
> volunteers instead of paid teachers, etc.) Everyone helps FBC by
> piching in a little, and no person is expected to do more than his or
> her fair share of work.
> FBC is for both males and females, and FBC respects a womans proper
> role in ministry. Females attend FBC to get a quality biblical
> Education, not just to "get married". FBC will continue to ordain men
> as senior pastors, and FBC will train both men and women to be church
> staff members, and also laity (non paid staff, volunteers)"ministers"
> within the local church.
> Every student and teacher is a part of a small 3-5 student
> accountability/prayer group.
> FBC is involved in communities.
> Intensives/Bible studies offered on contemporary Issues(Healings,
> Lordship Salvation , etc).
> FBC will always teach the crystal CLEAR gospel message of salvation,
> send our
> Missionaries, music teams and traveling evangelists, and equip men
> and women to serve in the ministry.
> FBC continues to require all of its students to be involved in
ministry
> service(Christian service requirement).
> The VISION is a vision for doers of the word,
> not doubters of the word or hearers of the word only. Our OLD F.B.C.
> model
> was an Institution, and that institution was closed .
> I am not going to focus
> on a bunch or quiters because winners never quit. We no longer need
to
> let doubters run our school or even have any control over our F.B.C.
> Family. Our F.B.C. family must not be a doubting people who follow
> Satan and live in doubt who only "hope" that one day a new F.B.C.
will
> open, or that a new school that is a glimpse of FBC might one day
open,
> or that other schools should carry our torch!
> F.B.C. is an ORGANISM, not an organization. Is the old F.B.C.
> Organization dead? Well , the devil tried to kill it, but don't be
sad
> anymore because now we as a people of God remain ALIVE because we are
> an Organism full of LIFE and we are marching forward. F.B.C.
> exists, so stop praying for it to start and start believing God
> and thank Him for F.B.C. We are a living body of believers, not just
> driven by board meetings and bi-laws because we are a God driven
> school. We are a living body of Christ and we have members whose
> relations, powers and properties are determined by their function in
> our body as a whole. But we can not remain doubters who sit
> back and just criticize but don't give , everyone must do there
share.
> We each are only one, but for the good or for the bad, together we
are
> a very important part of our part of the the body of Christ that we
> call Florida Bible College.
> All Florida Bible College Alumni worthy of their FBC degrees believe
> this:
> THE WORD OF GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE THE HALLS OF FLORIDA BIBLE COLLEGE
> Dr. Michael E. Schmidt
> floridabiblecollege.org
> trumpetofthelord.com
> 4235079970
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