Listener Stories
Welcome to our story archive wher you can read through actual stories submitted by actual listeners. Some stories have been edited at the listener’s request to remove identifying information. Feel free to leave a comment on any of the stories you read here.
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Stories From Our Listeners:
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Training to Blame?
I want to address a part of our story that I haven't heard too much about as a possible underlying cause for some of the continued issues within the Independent Fundamental Baptist "movement." It relates to the training (or lack thereof) of zealous preacher boys...
Holy Cow
Brian, I can't believe your podcast. I was so blessed as a recovering IFB your story and the interview with your Dad blew me away. We are so similar as a matter of fact our Fathers were pastoring in the same areas. My father, Joe Bill Simmons...
ex-ifb
My husband and I spent eight years in the IFB. Just a warning this is going to be long. We were members of an American Baptist church and saw things going on with the denomination that were quite concerning. Nobody at our church, including the pastor, seemed bothered...
My freedom story
My name is Stephanie. This is my "rescue story." The IFB church is all I knew from birth until the age of 25. We were in church every Sunday morning, Wednesday night, and Sunday night and every Revival meeting in between. I was the poster child for...
Listener Story
My name is Brian Hilyard (no problem using my name) and I am a "Recovering Fundamentalist". Hopefully that got at least a chuckle because I feel like this show is therapy for those of us that were raised this way. First let me say how much I love your show and how...
Listener Story
Thank you so much for this ministry. My story is a little different in that I wasn't raised in IFB but did stay in an IFB church for about 8 years. I was saved in a Non-denominational church in Aug 2009 in Seymour, TN. My life has always had a lot of brokenness. I was...
Listener Story
I gave my heart to Jesus at 19. I got saved out of drug addiction and had only been to church a handful of times prior to salvation. It just so happened an IFB church is where I went heard the gospel and got saved. Not long after salvation I surrendered to a call God...
Listener Story
Note: This story has been edited to remove identifying information at the request of the listener. I was raised in this church, moved off to Tennessee for college and came back after I graduated. Our church is part of a Baptist Association, which is an association of...