A Poem by Lydia KinneThey had waited. Through four hundred years of deafening silence. A weary nation under Roman rule - Hoping for light to break through the darkness that surrounded them.  She w...

One of my favorite meetings of the week is at 6:00am Tuesday mornings in the connection room at FBC. It’s a small prayer meeting. It’s been said that “prayer is the slender nerve that moves the hand of omnipotence.” You are welcome to join...

You’ve been writing songs and playing music for years. Since having kids and starting a family, how have you seen that affect your craft? Have you seen any big changes in how you write songs and do ministry? ...

FBC Global Outreach is committed to taking the gospel to new places and training leaders for new local churches. We love to partner with our global outreach partners by sending short-term teams to help with the proclamation of the gospel and the e...

We just studied the Sabbath together in our Growth Groups. I thought it might be helpful to give some of my insights and conclusions on the topic to help cultivate unity and avoid confusion. There is a lot of liberty in how Christians unde...

Perhaps it’s the end of long work week or perhaps you’ve had a frantic day with the kids. Perhaps you’re feeling the press and stress of an upcoming project deadline or you are facing with dread the start of a season of hard work. In the mid...

Read the article on the Biblical Counseling Coalition website Let’s admit it—no one...

Global Outreach at Faith Bible Church is all about carrying out the Great commission—we want to make disciples of all the nations who are gathered together in local churches. We do this by taking the gospel to new places to make new disciples an...

I would like to begin with a question. It is a simple question, but one that may not be easy to answer. I am convinced that it is also an essential question that demands an answer if you are to grow into Christlikeness. I mean, truly, your spiritu...

It was 5 years ago my friend and college classmate, Nate Hippauf, asked me a life changing question. The question went along the lines of, “Hey man would you be interested in coming to a Fall Retreat with my college group?”  He asked me t...

Okay. I admit it. Some of the questions in our growth guides can be challenging. And to be truly honest, I’ve even had the experience of trying to answer my own question while wondering, “What on earth was I trying to get at when I wrote that?...

Photo: group photo from recent UGM Outreach Camp with students from Willard Elementary and the neighborhood around FBC. Motivated. Equipped. Available... are you? As we think about the mission King Jesus has gi...

“Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.” Romans 12:16 At first glance, you may not think of FBC as a “diverse” congregation. We tend to be an ethnic refle...

Healthy churches have healthy dialogue all around the church. For the elders at Faith Bible Church, interaction is essential to shepherding. How can we gain the wisdom of the congregation or know what areas need to be add...

“Lord, help me be more patient.” “Help me to be organized.” “Please help me have kind words instead of losing my temper.” Have you ever prayed such prayers?  In reality, these are prayers for more self-control, and who couldn’t ...

I don’t know about you, but I often wonder how current world events and even my actions and decisions will affect the generations and world of the future. Some refer to this as the butterfly effect, a seemingly meaningless event (like the flap o...

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Whenever an organization, be it a government, a church or any other, identifies a problem or need, the usual response is to set up a program to deal with the issue. Unfortunately, the problem or need often persists in spite of good in...

In my first article, (which you can read here,) I looked at some of the biblical evidence for our need to be quiet before the Lord for our own spiritual health and growth....

FBC Global Outreach is committed to training leaders and to taking the gospel to new places. We see what Jesus said about making disciples of all the nations, and we understand from the New Testament that training leaders to teach the Bible, to sh...

Recently at Faith Bible Church we have been shaping our worship services around the story of the gospel, using a “Gospel Liturgy.” We are so thankful for how well these changes have been received by you as a congregation. We are seeing mo...

At FBC, we want to be worshipers who express our worship joyfully, feel each other’s pain deeply, and confess theologically rich truth with conviction. However, when it comes to planning gathered worship, it’s not always easy to balance these ...

Today we launch an 11-week series on Psalm 119 and I couldn’t be more thrilled. My own doctoral work is in the Psalms and Psalm 119 is one of my favorite chapters in all of the Bible. And I thought for the grand opening of our summer series on P...

“For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from Him.” (Psalm 62:5) Noise. We usually don’t have to go looking for it. It finds us; constant pervasive sounds which surr...

Summertime is almost upon us here in Spokane and that means it is time to fill up your schedules with all those sun-filled activities and vacations you were dreaming about while shoveling your driveways. After experiencing a winter and a “spring...

It is an unfortunate reality in our world that certain words or phrases mean different things to different people. It’s hard to communicate when you use a phrase, and mean something very specific by it, and it is understood in a way completely d...

Evelyn Hattan worked as a missionary nurse in Zambia, Africa for 40 years. She came back to Spokane in 2008 and has served in a number of ways since, including volunteering at Christ Clinic before it closed, Faith's c...

"Some of my favorite moments in ministry have been in prayer meetings. They have all but fallen out of practice in the modern American church. But we are experiencing a resurgence at Faith Bible Church"......

Do you feel like the small things have become overwhelming? Tedious? Frustrating? Do you feel tired of the never-ending cycle of dirty dishes, dirty laundry, dirty cars … dirty attitudes? ...

The theme of the spring college retreat was “Ex Nihilo,” the Latin phrase meaning, “out of nothing.” The idea being that God is not only entirely sufficient in and of himself (he had no need to create), but when He created...

Do you consider hospitality to be someone else’s job? You are probably aware that it is a requirement for pastors and elders, but do you realize that it is a command given to all believers regardless of position, income, marital status, or size ...

Colossians 3:16 “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” ...

Easter is in the rear-view mirror and won’t return for another fifty-four long weeks. Which means, we have a serious problem: we are in need of a sustainable source of hope. It doesn’t take much to lose hope. An early alarm on Monday morning, ...

We are all aware of psychology as a mostly secular discipline rooted in a secular view of man and that which excludes God and his word. But psychology literally means the study of the soul. As Christians our psychology is best when we root in our ...

The sun hid her face at noonday that Friday so long ago … for the Son, the Light of the world was about to be extinguished. Darkness fell across the land, mirroring the darkest battle in all of history – the most shocking transaction in t...

Jesus is Worthy Why does Faith Bible Church send and support missionaries? Why do we have a ministry to refugees living in Spokane, and why is there a Nepali-speaking congregation (started by people from FBC) meeting in our building each...

Psalm 96:1-2 “Oh sing to the Lord a new song;     sing to the Lord, all the earth!     Sing to the Lord, bless his name; ...

Shortly after God led the nation of Israel out of captivity in Egypt, He expressed this desire for them—“You shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.”1 Likewise, Jesus repeats this call to those who foll...

I parked in front of the all-too-familiar place, and willed myself to enter. Once again I was at the hospital, a place that represented great turmoil and sadness for me. I walked through the all-too-familiar lobby, past the receptionist, who alway...

Psalm 911He who dwells in the shelter of the Most HighWill abide in the shadow of the Almighty. Who is protected from enemies and tragedies? W...