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In November of 1978, a group of young “baby-boomers” started meeting at a home in Tacoma for worship and teaching. Having become Christians during high school and early college, these young friends were looking for something different than the traditional churches of their day. Such was the beginning of Believers Fellowship, and in January of 1979 we were incorporated as a church.
Our name came from two churches in the Dallas area that we admired: Believers Chapel (known for its strong teaching ministry) and Fellowship Bible Church (known for its plurality of leadership structure). Our formative years were also greatly influenced by such pastor/teachers as Gene Getz and Ray Stedman.
In 1979 we had no denominational backing, no mission statement, no outside funding, no resources, no training in church planting, no leaders over the age of 26 and essentially no idea what we were doing! What we had was an earnest love for God and the dream of a simple church committed to following basic New Testament principles of body life and a small core of people highly dedicated to making the dream a reality.