FGBMFI History
The Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International is an organization sovereignly ordained by God. From its humble beginnings - one small chapter in Los Angeles, California 1951 - it was thrust into global ministry by prophetic visions and prophecy. The Fellowship’s story graphically depicts man’s plans falling short of the mark, but God’s plan succeeding. The complete story is in the classic inspirational book, The Happiest People on Earth, by Demos Shakarian, the California dairyman who is the Fellowship’s founder. The book is co-authored by the celebrated Christian writers John and Elizabeth Sherrill.
Today the Fellowship operates in approximately 150 countries. Thousands of chapters hold meetings in small hamlets, farm towns, outlying suburbs and urban power centers. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, these meetings are a time of fellowship, outreach and personal ministry.
But the backbone of the fellowship is its men - men who have a vision inspired by God to reach out beyond their personal lives - to help others find the reality of the Spirit-filled walk with Christ - ten of thousands of men putting God first and letting their lights shine to the world - men who join the Fellowship and participate in the ministry outreaches available, making a commitment to spread the Good News of Christ through the effective and powerful worldwide ministries of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International.
Our Vision Statement
Our vision for the fellowship is based upon a series of prophetic messages given over a period of time and confirmed by a literal vision from God.
In the vision, untold masses of men from every continent and nation, of all races and diverse culture and custom, once spiritually dead, are now alive. Delivered and set free, they are filled with power of God’s Holy Spirit, faces radiant with glory, hands raised and voice lifting their praises to heaven.
We see a vast global movement of laymen being used mightily by God to bring in this last great harvest through the outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit before the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
MISSION
- To reach men in all nations for Jesus Christ
- To call men back to God.
- To help believers to be baptized in the Holy Spirit and to grow spiritually.
- To train and equip men to fulfill the Great Commission
- To provide an opportunity for Christian fellowship
- To bring greater unity among all people in the body of Christ
Doctrine
- We believe in one God, Maker of all things and being in Trinity of Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.
- We believe that the Son of God, Jesus Christ, became incarnate, was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man.
- We believe in the resurrection of the dead, the eternal happiness of the saved, and the eternal punishment of the lost.
- We believe in personal salvation of the believers through the shed blood of Christ.
- We believe in the Bible, in its entirety, to be the inspired Word of God and the only infallible rule of faith and conduct.
- We believe in divine healing, through our faith, and healing is included in the Atonement.
- We believe in the Christian’s hope - the imminent, personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- We believe in intensive world evangelization and missionary work in accordance with the Great Commission, with signs following.
- We believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit, accompanied by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives utterance (Acts 2:4) from the new birth, and in the nine gifts of the Spirit, listed in 1 Corinthians 12, as now available to believers.
- We believe in sanctification by the blood of Christ, in personal holiness of the heart and life.
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