Fellowship Bible Church is a non-denominational church started in St. Cloud, MN in 1981 that exists to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and to win and train fully-devoted followers of Christ. Because of this, we are a Christ-centered, Biblically-based church. To say we are Christ-centered means: •When we teach the Bible to young children, youth or adults, we seek to make sure that the spotlight is on C
hrist. Jesus said, “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me” (John 5:39).
•When we worship together as a church, we work hard to make sure that what we sing states the truth about Christ and honors Him as worthy of our highest love and reverence. We make it our goal to say with the Psalmist, “Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name be the glory” (Psalm 115:1).
•When we serve, we desire that all the credit for what we do goes to the Lord Jesus Christ. He has rescued us out of the bo***ge of sin and selfishness into a life of service to others. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men... It is the Lord Christ you are serving” (Colossians 3:23,24). At Fellowship Bible Church we also strive to be Biblically-based. This means we work hard to make the Scriptures the authority by which we live and operate. We believe the Bible is the very Word of God for us in the 21st Century. How are we to choose a mate, parent our children, invest our money, spend our time, view the world around us? How are we to know who God is, who we are, what our greatest needs are and God’s provision for them? How are we to know the way to eternal life with God? We believe the Bible gives us both final and authoritative answers to all of these and many more questions. The Apostle Paul, one of Jesus’ followers wrote,
“You have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:15-17). Therefore, on Sunday mornings when the whole church gathers together for worship and for our Life Training Classes, we teach and preach directly from the Bible with a focus not only on its accurate meaning, but also asking, “What does this mean for US? We work our way verse-by-verse and chapter-by-chapter through whole books of the Bible, both Old Testament and New Testament.
