The FBCBF library has books ranging from fiction to non-fiction covering topics such as money management, marriage, rearing children and daily devotion material plus many more topics. 

          The library ministry of FBCBF exists for our church family and those we reach through our ministries.  This ministry has the following goals: 

1.     Provide high quality Christian media materials which can either inform, encourage, nurture, entertain, or inspire to high moral character.

2.     Promote the work of the church’s ministries in cooperation with the church leadership team and staff.

3.     Provide wholesome and helpful media which will point all library users to a saving relationship with Jesus Christ and help disciple them into a committed Christian walk. 

Library Needs:

We need a volunteer who can be in the library for about 15 minutes after the second service, to assist anyone using the library during that time.

DONATING BOOKS:

Books should be current (copyright in last 10 years), in good condition with no underlining.

Donated books become the property of the library and must meet the requirements stated in our selection policy.  Duplicates and books we cannot use may be sold, given away, or donated to the public library or thrift stores.

The church librarian is Linda Johnson, email her with any questions or to volunteer to serve in the library. 

Library Team Members:  Linda Johnson, Dot Leggett, Jean Yeackley, Donna Allen, Lynne Alliett, Trisha Dudding.

Books are checked out for 3 weeks.  DVDs for one week.
There are no fines, but we expect users to return media on time.
Items may be rechecked unless there is a waiting list. 

"Blessed are those who return their books on time."

Tanganyika Trilogy, by Joyce Baker Porte
(The three books are Where Lions Still Roar, Rogue Lioness, and Pale Lion Rising)

Reviewed by Alice Sweatman

My sister, Joyce Baker Porte, has published a trilogy “The Tanganyika Trilogy” – a 3 book historical novel originating with an old Maasai legend and tracing it’s development and perceived fulfillment from early days beginning in 1905 through post-independence days in Tanzania. Slave trading, German and British settlers and colonial rule, independence with restrictive measures, and missionaries; all make this a fascinating story traced through several families – African, Maasai, Italian, American, German, and Indian. Many experiences of characters in this book are taken from personal and family experiences since my sister and I grew up in Tanzania with our pioneer missionary parents

Marriage to a Difficult Man: The Uncommon Union of Jonathan & Sarah Edwards, by Elisabeth Dodds
Reviewed by Linda Johnson, Librarian

The title may suggest that this is a book for women who find themselves in an unpleasant marriage. NOT SO! This is a book for anyone who is interested in both church and American history.

Jonathan Edwards is known as author of the sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. He was at the forefront of the Great Awakening. Edwards was a philosopher, scholar, preacher, writer, educator, and husband. He was away from home often, however, or closed away studying. He faced some of the same challenges that our pastors face today: church politics, financial needs, scrutiny of his family.
His wife, Sarah Edwards, held together the home, birthing 11 children, cooking, sewing & laundering, gardening, canning, nursing the ill, as well as being hostess to the frequent visitors who stopped by for a meal, an overnight or extended stays.

This book is not a tedious biography of dates and sermon notes, but is chock-full of fascinating facts of the life and times of a great theologian and his spiritual soul mate.
I think you will enjoy it.