church doctrine
History
Life Fellowship International church was started in January 2022. Life Fellowship is a church plant started by missionary Ryan Fischer with support from his wife Stacey Fischer. Ryan and Stacey were commissioned by Hickory Grove Baptist Church in the United States as global church workers in 2018.
Leadership
Ryan Fischer - Pastor
Ryan graduated from The Master’s University with a degree in Biblical Languages and Biblical studies in 2005. While in college he served on High School Staff at Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, California and later as a pastoral intern at Northside Baptist church in Charlotte, NC. Upon graduation, Ryan led the youth ministry at Grace Church of Tirana, Albania. After returning to the US, he served in various churches and became an ordained pastor through Life Fellowship Church, Charlotte. In 2019 the Lord called he and his wife to serve in Bulgaria. Ryan and Stacey have been commissioned as missions workers by Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. Ryan is currently completing his ACBC certification from Association of Certified Biblical Counselors. He has been married 17 years to his wife Stacey and they have four beautiful children, Autumn, Olivia, Grace and Knox. |
Church Advisory Board
Dr. Blake Maxwell
Discipleship Pastor
Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina
Dr. Michael Zgoda
Elder
Dessert Hills Bible Church, Glendale, Arizona
Alex Lavall
Advisor
Life Fellowship International, Sofia, Bulgaria
Discipleship Pastor
Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina
Dr. Michael Zgoda
Elder
Dessert Hills Bible Church, Glendale, Arizona
Alex Lavall
Advisor
Life Fellowship International, Sofia, Bulgaria
Staff
Elder Led
It is the expressed hope of the leadership at Life Fellowship Bulgaria that Life Fellowship would be a church that honors God - from the plurality of elders to the ministry of the body He has assembled. To this end, our desire is to become an elder led church in the coming years.
Doctrine
Life Fellowship is committed to the following Essential Truths:
- the glory of God as the chief end of everything we do as a church and as individual believers.
- the Lord, Savior, and Author & Perfecter of our faith is Jesus Christ.
- the inerrancy, total authority, and complete sufficiency of the Bible.
- the expository preaching of the Word of God that focuses on understanding scripture and applying it to the believer’s life.
- the leadership being made up of called, trained, and qualified men who sacrificially and lovingly shepherd the flock.
- the ministry of all believers in the local church as we grow in spiritual maturity, fellowship, and love for one another.
- the promotion of strong, healthy, God-centered marriages and families.
- the equipping of a Biblically literate, sanctified congregation to evangelize our community.
- the committing of all of the above in prayer, submitting ourselves to the will of God.