I am also a Recovering Fundamentalist

I am also a “recovering fundamentalist”. I was raised an the Independent Baptist Church in Germantown, Ohio. There were SO MANY WAYS that I was blessed being raised in this church and denomination but I can relate to MUCH of what you say! We had a Pastor...

IFB College and aftermath

I was saved when I was 12 years old. My Mom took me to a Bible Baptist Church in our town.  Immediately, we started attending every service, every week. The church started a Christian school in 1973. I began attending the school right from the start of the school. The...

You dont believe what you say

As a teen in church I REALLY believed my faith. I literally spent many nights on school nights till 3 am praying for my classmates. I knocked on doors every week because I truly didn’t want to see a single person go to hell. I read my Bible through the FIRST...

IFB Missionary and Pastors kid

Hey, Thank you to each one of you for making this podcast… it is a true blessing to me! I am a student at Cairn University which was a huge jump when I told my IFB friends and spiritual leaders I was going to a ‘liberal non- denominational college’. I grew up as...

Steve’s Story

I don’t know if you want to share this story or not, but I wanted to share it for Steve (not his real name) because he is unable to. I put it as “Share with hosts only”, but you can use your discretion. Steve grew up in the IFB movement to parents...