Another 3 churches dismissed on April 30 lire aussi en français ici: LA DIRECTION DE FELLOWSHIP PRAIRIES TENTE D In 2024, the Fellowship Prairies Regional Board attempted to discipline three churches that privately questioned their complementarian standards and leadership ethics (lying, abuse of authority, slander) going back to 2016. When the 2025 Regional Convention ordered...
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CCT Survey
FEB National released its latest Complementarian Congruence Team (CCT) report on Monday March 9. It asks questions about view on Article 9 of the AoF, current church practices in relation to complementarianism, views on our bylaw and position statement, and also how your church would hypothetically relate to FEBN on gender issues given a number...
CCT Video
FEB National released its latest Complementarian Congruence Team (CCT) report on Friday March 6. In the video released Mar 9 Steve Jones, FEB President, and Lillian Boyd, Executive Minister at Springvale Church and member of the CCT, introduce the CCT survey. They verbalize the story behind the survey, some of the content of the survey...
FEB Central Communication About Excommunication of 8 Churches
“The result of the special convention was the removal of the 8 churches in question. Although this is not what anyone wanted, one positive outcome is that all those involved on both sides of the issue behaved in a Christ honoring manner.” … “In recent days several pastors have asked for confirmation of the official...
FEB Central Communication on Upcoming Vote to Remove 8 Churches in FEB Pacific
“From the other side of the country, we are in no position to judge the situation. No matter how much we believe that we understand, we simply were not there and we lack information. Please rest assured that leaders from both FEB Central and Fellowship National have been in conversations with Fellowship Pacific leadership. We...
FEB National Announces Complementarian Congruence Team
“The Complementarian Congruence Team (CCT) will be chaired by Rev. Dr. Jonathan Stairs. The team’s objectives are to: Present a modified version of the Article 9, The Local Church, to the delegates at FNC 2027 for approval, and Provide a path toward complete congruence between Fellowship National’s Affirmation of Faith and its binding documents by...
FEB Pac Special Meeting to Remove Eight Complementarian Churches
“The Regional Board of Fellowship Pacific, acting in accordance with Bylaw 9 of our Society’s Bylaws, at their board meeting on December 3, 2025, passed the following motion: to call a special convention on Feb 7, 2026, calling for the removal of the following 8 churches from membership in Fellowship Pacific: Bethany Baptist Church –...
FEB Prairies Communication about the ’97 Motion
“As mentioned in Fellowship Pacific’s October 16, 2025 letter, Fellowship Prairies defeated the following motion at our Regional Convention in May of 2025, “Be it therefore resolved, in accordance with 1 Timothy 2:12, Fellowship Prairies will only recognize churches in which their elders (or pastors or leaders) who preach to or otherwise have authority over...
FEB Pac Response to Complementarian Correspondence on ’97 Motion
“Following the defeat of the ten churches’ motion regarding the Fellowship Pacific policy of 2005, another motion was made and passed from the floor of the AGM, stating that the constituency “direct the Fellowship Board to follow up with the ten signatory churches who brought the motion forward today to see if they can joyfully...
FEB National Communication about the ’97 Motion
3. What has been the National Council’s role in this motion? National Council would encourage MEMBER churches to task National Council to steward a two to three-year process to bring congruence between the bylaws and our newly revised Affirmation of Faith if passed. However, this motion to make the 1997 Position Statement a Policy Statement...