Introduction What does Scripture teach about planting a new church? For someone burdened to start a confessional Reformed Baptist witness where none exists, what are the practical first steps, and what support should they look for? Pastor Jim Butler and Pastor Cameron Porter take on the question in this episode of Ask FGBC. Got a…
Introduction Pastor Jim Butler and Pastor Cameron Porter are joined by host Wim Kerkhoff for Batch 8 of Ask FGBC, recorded July 31, 2026. Over eleven questions they cover planting a new church, moving a congregation to full 1689 subscription, choosing and leaving a church, the difference between faith and assurance, God’s love for the…
Introduction Is Sunday the Lord’s Day, or only the Lord’s morning? For many believers, gathering twice on Sunday is simply how they were raised, while others wonder whether an evening service is worth the trouble. In this episode, Pastor Jim Butler, Dr. Richard Barcellos, and Pastor David Charles consider why morning and evening worship has…
Introduction When you read the Psalms, whose voice are you hearing? Long before Bethlehem, the biblical writers recorded words spoken by one person of the Godhead to another, and the New Testament teaches us to read them that way. Prosopological exegesis is the practice of listening for those conversations, and it changes how we come…
Introduction Can a church embrace New Covenant Theology or Progressive Covenantalism and still stand on the 1689 London Baptist Confession? It is a more practical question than it sounds, because the labels overlap in places and diverge sharply in others. In this conversation, Dr. Richard Barcellos, Pastor Jim Butler, and Pastor David Charles trace where…
Introduction Can a law be “nothing” and still teach us something? When Paul says circumcision is nothing, he never says the same about murder or adultery, and that difference opens up one of the most useful tools we have for reading Scripture: the division of the law into moral, ceremonial, and judicial. In this conversation,…
Introduction Is a Reformed Baptist more Baptist or more Reformed? It is a fair question, and the honest answer is that it often depends on the conversation. In this episode, Pastor David Charles traces how the Reformed Baptist confession stands within the broader Reformed stream while pressing the Reformation toward its fuller end on the…
Introduction Can you be a five-point Calvinist and still not be Reformed? Many believers love the doctrines of grace yet assume that affirming five points settles the question. In this episode the pastors explain why the word Reformed reaches further than soteriology, why confessional churches are anchored to a document rather than to a gifted…
Introduction When you share the gospel with someone, do you need to know first whether they are one of God’s elect? And is the free offer of Christ a genuine invitation, or merely a duty performed without conviction? In this conversation, Pastor Jim Butler, Dr. Richard Barcellos, and Pastor David Charles walk through Calvinism and…
Introduction Where do Reformed Baptists actually come from? It is a common assumption, repeated often enough that it can feel settled, that Particular Baptists are simply a later, improved version of the Anabaptists. In this Ask FGBC conversation, Pastor Jim Butler is joined by two of the Confessing the Faith Conference 2026 speakers, Pastor David…