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High Street to celebrate 75th anniversary
Springfield, MO
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High Street Baptist Church and Pastor Eddie Lyons
invites members, friends, former members,
and all those in the Baptist Bible Fellowship International
to help celebrate the congregation’s
75th anniversary during Graduation Fellowship
Week in May 2011.
The church was founded in 1936, but its
close association with the Baptist Bible Fellowship
began in 1950 when the new fellowship was
organized. Bill Dowell had been called to pastor
High Street in 1941, and in 1950 he was the president
of the World Fundamental Missionary
Baptist Fellowship with offices and a seminary
in Fort Worth, TX. In May of that year, just as the
annual fellowship meeting began in Fort Worth,
a group of pastors including Dowell determined
to begin a new fellowship with a college and
mission office in Springfield, MO.
Pastor Dowell was named president of the
Baptist Bible Fellowship, and he offered the use
of the High Street facilities to Baptist Bible College
until buildings could be erected at the newly
purchased property where the college stands
today.
Baptist Bible Tribune Editor Keith Bassham
says, “The importance of High Street to the
history of the BBFI cannot be overstated. The
church provided the first classrooms, the first
mission secretary, the tremendous leadership
of Bill Dowell, and all the encouragement and
backing the new movement needed. Over the
years, thousands of students have called High
Street their church home, and scores of missionaries
and pastors received their first practical
training at High Street.”
Anniversary plans call for a homecoming
service and reception Wednesday evening, May
11, featuring guest preacher Jonathan Falwell.
Saturday, May 14, High Street will be supporting
OneSolePurpose with the first annual OneSole-
Purpose 5K Run. A worship service Sunday, May
15, will conclude the anniversary celebration.
LBU GRADUATES
ARE SAYING...
Dr. Larry Maddox,
Pastor,
Central Baptist Church,
Houston, Texas
“As a graduate and a local pastor, I have had
the honor of recommending LBU to many
church members, staff, and missionaries.
Thank you, Dr. Weaver and staff, for
providing men and women this excellent
opportunity to complete their education
while continuing in their full-time ministry
and careers. The INSTEP Program is a
God-send to our missionaries. God has
used you and this ministry greatly.”
BACHELOR, MASTER, &
DOCTORATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
6301 Westport Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71129
(318) 686-2360 www.lbu.edu
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