Independent Baptist Fellowship International

Although it was not a major issue during the controversy, Barber charged the Arlington Baptist College with teaching the doctrines of grace, often called Calvinism, and said that some of its faculty members were "hyper" Calvinists.Barber's actions resulted in his becoming a catalyst that drew 271 disenchanted pastors and missionaries together to create the new organization on May 10, 1984, at Fort Worth, Texas.It elected Raymond Barber, Randy Cotton, Arvie Jernigan, Bill Slayton and Jack Warren as its first board of directors.The Bible institute became a seminary, the mission agency was reduced to a clearing house and the by-laws were replaced by a document that disenfranchised the supporting churches.Critics blame the questionable funding of an expensive building on IBFI property, called the "Raymond Barber Conference Center", for the fellowship's ultimate failure.
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