My story

Hello. My name is John Baker. I am 55 years old and am a financial advisor and have been in the business world for almost 7 years.  I was in vocational ministry for almost all of my adult life, ordained at 22 and serving in both church and parachurch ministries. 17...

Fundamentalism to Freedom

I discovered the Recovering Fundamentalist Podcast after hearing Dr. Phil Kidd would be making an appearance. I was immensely shocked to hear the changes within Dr. Kidd that he has renounced the IFB Movement. As a result, I began to listen to the other episodes and...

Walking Away

I want to thank you guys for doing this podcast. I grew up in the IFB movement. I went to the Hyles Anderson Youth Conferences. My family went to the Sword of the Lord Conference one year for vacation. We went to the camp meetings. I went to Christian school. I only...

Two sides of fundamentalism

I had a unique opportunity growing up to see fundamentalism from two sides. The inside looking out, and the outside looking in. Growing up my mom was a Christian school teacher and my dad was in the Army. Our home church was Franklin Road Baptist Church in...

KJV Is the Way! Movies? No Way

For the longest time, I believed I would be sent to hell if I used a different Bible version than KJV. The pastor would always reference the last chapter in Revelation where it talked about adding and taking away words. He would say, “The Bible needs to be reread, not...