What is the IFB Model?
Hey everyone and welcome back to Deeper Roots. Today we are talking about the IFB Model, a popular model that many churches use to structure the organization of the church and the ideals the church follows. We talk about what it is, how churches got to the point of using it, and where it stands today. We also talk about these traditions that the IFB model, and many other church models, fall into — which kind of coincides with some of our previous topics, like in our idolatry episode.
If you’ve been to any number of churches, you’ll start to notice that they tend to follow a certain pattern. There is the pastor, there might be an elder board, and a membership process. But how much of that is biblical? How much of any schedule or process is biblical at all? This is where the IFB model lies.
Today’s listener not only asks “What is the IFB Model?” but also “Why do we use the IFB model? Could it be considered the best model for churches to use? And are there other Models?”
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