Dr. J. Wendell Runion and Wife
In 1996, the Lord led Dr. Wendell Runion to resign his position as pastor of the Ashville Baptist Tabernacle and go full time into a church planting ministry. In 1996 he founded IBOM, which stands for International Baptist Outreach Missions.
Dr. Richard Smith and Family
One year later, Dr. Richard Smith joined as vice president of IBOM. In 2004, the Norwest Bible Baptist Church, where Dr. Keith Gomez serves as pastor, commisioned IBOM out of their church.
Since it’s beginning in 1996, IBOM has started or stregthened 128 churches in 6 countries!!! (USA, Egypt, Kenya, Lebanon, Philippines, Mexico, and India) Also IBOM has been able to establish 3 Bible Colleges in 3 different countries!!! (Mexico, Egypt, and Kenya)
In April 2007, Spencer Smith joined IBOM as the Feild Missionary to the country of Kenya
We are Independent, Fundamental Baptist that stand for the verbal inspiration of the Scriptures and it’s preservation in the AV 1611 King James Bible, the Deity of Christ, His blood atonement, Salvation by Grace through Faith, New Testament Soul winning, and the Premillennial return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We oppose all forms of Modernism, Formalism, and Worldliness including Contemporary worship, Ecumenical Evangelism, and New age Bible versions.
Our method of ministry is to reach people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to plant churches with national pastors. We also hold Conferences at least 2 times a year in Kenya in which we will be training national pastors to go and reach other Kenyans with the Gospel. We believe that this is the method of missions found in the book of Acts and that we must do God’s work God’s way in order to receive God’s blessings on our efforts. It is our desire to see the world evangelized in our lifetime, and we know that it can be done through church planting.
