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Bible Fellowship Church - The Bible Fellowship Church is a conservative pietistic Christian denomination with Mennonite roots.
Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) - Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) is an international Christian interdenominational or parachurch fellowship of lay people offering a system of structured bible study. It was begun in 1959 by Audrey Wetherell Johnson, a British evangelist to China.
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship - The Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship, International is a fellowship of predominantly African-American Baptist churches that accepts the operation of spiritual gifts (the charismata) in the church today.
Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches - The Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches (FFBC) is a fellowship of independent autonomous fundamentalist churches established in 1939. It is considered only a fellowship of like-minded churches, rather than a denomination.
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