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Beth-El Fellowship of Visionary Churches. Bishop F. Josephus Johnson, II Presiding Bishop, Beth-El Fellowship of Visionary Churches Pastor Dennis K. Butts Sr Executive Director, Beth-El Fellowship of Visionary Churches. Agenda. Bishop Johnson Background Benefits and Resources
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Beth-El Fellowship of Visionary Churches Bishop F. Josephus Johnson, II Presiding Bishop, Beth-El Fellowship of Visionary Churches Pastor Dennis K. Butts Sr Executive Director, Beth-El Fellowship of Visionary Churches
Agenda • Bishop Johnson • Background • Benefits and Resources • Membership Information
Bishop F. Josephus Johnson, II • Organizer and Senior Pastor of THOTL and Presiding Bishop of BFVC • Renowned Bible scholar, counselor, educator, conference speaker and workshop facilitator • Founder of Johnson Leadership Institute and Emmanuel Christian Academy • Equipped to impart wisdom for issues related to church growth and development, business management, leadership, and team building • Author: God is Greater than Family Mess and Eight Ministries of the Holy Spirit
BFVC - Background • Organized out of the burden and vision of Bishop F. Josephus Johnson, II, to be: • a source of encouragement, • a resource of practical Christian leadership development and team building, • a haven of rest for pastors and their spouses across this nation and even across the world.
BFVC - Background • We serve to reach out to churches and leaders who are members of the Beth-El Fellowship to : • provide access to the wealth of wisdom and experience of Bishop Johnson, • provide spiritual covering, accountability, and fellowship for pastors • Central to the fellowship of churches are covenant relationships because "relationships are everything!"
BFVC – Support for Pastors • We hope to provide you with relationships and resources that will encourage, challenge, and stimulate you to being what God wants you to be. • We are more interested in: • Being than Doing • Transformation than Denomination • Transparency than Hiding • Collaboration than Isolation • We have a biblical and relational vision of the Church of Jesus, the Christ
BFVC – Support for Pastors’ Wives • Pastor Cathy has been a pastor’s wife for more than three decades • She desires to: • Impart to you what she has learned from experience • Build you up and let you know you don’t have to walk alone • Encourage you to walk victoriously • Be someone you can speak to in confidence while “keeping it real.”
BFVC – Benefits and Resources • Vision Leadership Conference • Quarterly Pastor’s Summit • Logos Bible Institute • Johnson Leadership Institute • Leadership and Personal Development Consultation • Discounted Fees for Counseling Support • Consideration for Licensure and / or Ordination • Access to BFVC Website • Links to Individual Church Websites • Accountability and Spiritual Covering • Relationship and Impartation
BFVC – Types of Memberships • Apostolic: For Pastors within a 30 mile radius of Akron, Ohio, who desire an apostolic covering by Bishop F. Josephus Johnson, II. • Fellowship: For Pastors outside of a 30 mile radius of Akron, Ohio who want to be a part of the BFVC. • Association: For Pastors within a 30 mile radius who want to partner with BFVC without officially joining. • Affiliation: For Pastors and churches geographically located outside of a 30 mile radius of Akron, Ohio who are looking for some type of touch or leadership help, without joining.
BFVC – Contact Us • Bishop F. Josephus Johnson, II, Presiding Bishop of Beth-El Fellowship of Visionary Churches flanvis@thotl.org • Pastor Dennis K. Butts, Sr., Executive Director of Beth-El Fellowship of Visionary Churches dennis@thotl.org • General Comments and Inquiriesinfo@bethelfvc.org
Next Event…..Vision 2010 ConvocationFriday, October 15, 2010 Beth-El Fellowship of Visionary Churches
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