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hardly ever in attendance. If you don’t show up, we don’t know you well enough to ask you to lead. And all of us lose. IFCA International is structured in such a way that we “run the organization” at our Regional meetings and at the Annual Convention. The Regional meetings and Annual Convention are not simply Bible Conferences (like the Moody Pastors Conference, The Shepherds Conference, or a host of other conferences). The IFCA International Annual Convention and the Regionals are where: we review our cause we communicate our shared vision we plan and organize we decide upon ministry direction we select leaders If we don’t have a strong and representative attendance at the Regionals and conventions, we will sputter and falter as an organization. Therefore, I urge you to attend your Regional meetings faithfully. And I urge you to do everything you can to attend the Annual Conventions regularly. If you already regularly attend, then I urge you to commit yourself to doing everything possible to make your Regional a better attended, better organized and more excellent group. YOUR QUESTIONS, MY PLEA In my travels I have frequently heard: “what does the IFCA do? Where are you going? I want to do something, go somewhere as an organization!” That certainly captures my attention and I am addressing those very questions on the national and international levels. That’s my role. However, when the person in the pew asked similar questions of me when I was a pastor, I would respond in this way. “Those are fair and good questions to ask of me and the church. Here are some of the things I am doing as a pastor and we are doing as a church to address your questions.” Then I would try and answer their questions as carefully as I could. When I was done, I would pause and end by saying this. “That’s what we’re doing. But now, having said all that, let me ask you: are you faithfully doing your part to help our church achieve our goals?” I knew I could not do everything necessary to make the church I pastored become what it needed to be. I needed the faithful efforts of my fellow church leaders and our church folks as well. It is the same for IFCA International. So let 46 IFCA International Regional Leadership Handbook
me ask you: are you faithfully doing your part to help IFCA International achieve our goals? If we intend to accomplish joint ministry ventures as a Fellowship, if we intend to become healthy churches working together, then we must follow through on the commitments we make to one another. Even a commitment as simple as attending the Regional meetings and the Annual Conventions. Otherwise the interdependent network of IFCA International will suffer and we will fail to accomplish our purpose as an organization. 47 IFCA International Regional Leadership Handbook
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Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS IFCA Regional Pre
Page 5 and 6: Section 2 Regional Membership .....
Page 7 and 8: KANSAS Paul Wulff (Pat) 12002 W. 10
Page 9 and 10: ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY AND VALUES T
Page 11 and 12: VITAL SIGNS OF HEALTHY IFCA CHURCHE
Page 13 and 14: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION A church th
Page 15 and 16: to The Independent Fundamental Chur
Page 17 and 18: Dr. Al Platt (president emeritus of
Page 19 and 20: your local church with an internati
Page 21 and 22: financially supported their own pas
Page 23 and 24: WHAT IS AN INDEPENDENT FUNDAMENTAL
Page 25 and 26: the Scriptures, all who have truste
Page 27 and 28: Call or write the International Hea
Page 29 and 30: IFCA INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP by Dr
Page 31 and 32: BENEFITS OF IFCA INTERNATIONAL MEMB
Page 33 and 34: to assist in relief efforts through
Page 35 and 36: an arena for independent churches a
Page 37 and 38: ARTICLE XII - ADMISSION AND RENEWAL
Page 39 and 40: Regional have been invited. When po
Page 41 and 42: years when a President is to be ele
Page 43 and 44: REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEADERS
Page 45: PURPOSE OF IFCA INTERNATIONAL’S R
Page 49 and 50: REGIONAL PURPOSE Underlying the act
Page 51 and 52: a. What sort of outreach ministries
Page 53 and 54: going to include power walking as p
Page 55 and 56: REGIONAL PRIORITIES In every Region
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