Resolution on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Ohio Bible Fellowship
 

Whereas the Ohio Bible Fellowship was born January 12, 1968 at the Bible Community Church of North Mentor;

And Whereas this makes our current gathering to be the twenty-fifth anniversary meeting of the Ohio Bible Fellowship;

And Whereas an anniversary is a time to look back at the beginning of an organization, to look around at the benefits which have been enjoyed from it and to look ahead at the need for its continued testimony;

And Whereas the founding of the Ohio Bible Fellowship was the result of growing new evangelicalism in our former fellowship, the Independent Fundamental Churches of America;

And Whereas our founders, after several years of seeking to arrest this trend, came to the conviction that separation was the only answer to the widening chasm between brethren;

And Whereas, for the last twenty-five years, God has blessed the Ohio Bible Fellowship with the strengthening fellowship of like-minded men, with the ministry of the Ohio Bible Mission, with the provision of Peniel Bible Camp, with the ministry of the Ohio Bible Fellowship Visitor and with the development of the Bible Institute of Ohio;

And Whereas, God has given us a ministry of strengthening biblical fundamentalism by exposing the menace of new evangelicalism and encouraging others to take a stand in these days of spiritual decline;

And Whereas, God has been pleased to use the Ohio Bible Fellowship Visitor to help men and churches far beyond the bounds of our fellowship;

And Whereas God has seen fit to keep our fellowship true to its position and purpose over the course of twenty-five years, even though every human organization has within itself the seeds of its own spiritual decline;

Be It Hereby Resolved that we, the pastors and people of the Ohio Bible Fellowship, on the occasion of this twenty-fifth anniversary, thank God for keeping our movement, for giving us a ministry and for providing all of our needs over the years;

And be it further resolved that we seek to keep our movement true to its purpose for more years of service by renewing our commitment to the biblical truth of separation from the apostasy of our enemies and the new evangelicalism of our professed brethren, and that we carefully teach this conviction to our churches;

And be it further resolved that we keep the ministry of the Ohio Bible Fellowship Visitor distinctively separatist in order to help those who need to separate from apostasy or new evangelicalism and those who need to have their own fundamentalist conviction strengthened.

And be it further resolved that, as we have sought to obey God's command in II Corinthians 6:17,

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

God has kept to us His promise in II Corinthians 6:18,

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.