Hey guys, my name is Eric Service, and I just wanted to congratulate Faithful Word Baptist
Church on 15 amazing years of ministry.
Thank you so much for all that you've done in my life, you've impacted me so much online.
I live in Indiana, all the way in Indiana, a church in Tempe, Arizona is impacting my
life and many others all over the world have been impacted by Pastor Anderson, and I just
want to say on behalf of the online viewership, thank you so much for your ministry, thank
you for 15 years of great preaching, amazing doctrine that has been thrown out throughout
the entire world and really shook up everything and exposed so many false doctrines out there,
and thank you so much for my life.
Me and my family have benefited greatly from your preaching, so keep it up, keep up the
good work, and I know that God and the angels in heaven are rejoicing for all the work and
the labor from Faithful Word Baptist Church and how much fruit has been produced from
you guys.
So thank you so much again for your ministry, keep it up Pastor Anderson, and God bless,
and I hope that you guys have a great day.
Thanks.
Bye.
In the last 15 years, Faithful Word Baptist Church has grown from just being my family
and a couple visitors in my living room to now running over 300 every Sunday morning,
over 200 every evening, and this church has truly been built by God.
Jesus Christ said, upon this rock, I will build my church, and that's been our testimony,
because frankly, this is a church that only God could build.
Humanly speaking, the methods that we use shouldn't work, you know what I mean, because
if you looked at all the marketing strategies and all the kind of worldly logic about how
to build a church, the purpose-driven type model, we're basically doing the opposite
of that.
We're not mainstream at all, and we're just following the Bible, and it's built upon the
gospel.
It's built upon Bible preaching and a lot of solid, heavy doctrine, and we sing the
old hymns.
We've got the King James Bible, and yet this church has grown and thrived because of the
power of God.
It's not a man-built church.
It was not built by any man, because no man could build a church using these methods,
which is why nobody's going to be buying my book anytime soon.
Happy anniversary!
Happy 15th anniversary!
We want to thank pastor and the church just for all the stuff that they've done in our
lives, just for helping to change our lives and be an encouragement to us.
We love being part of this assembly, and we hope that it continues for 15, 20, 30 more
years.
We love Faithful Word Baptist Church, and we love you, Pastor Anderson, and happy anniversary.
God bless.
When we found this church, we were looking for a church.
We're desperate for something other than what the fund centers offer, other than motivational
speech.
When we came here, literally the first month that I was here, I felt that I learned more
than I'd learned in the past 10 years.
How's it going, Pastor Anderson?
My name is Kiefer Hummeldorf.
I'm from All-Scripture Baptist Church out of Knoxville, Tennessee.
I just want to wish you a happy anniversary on the 15th anniversary of your church.
You've affected my life dearly.
I got saved through your ministry, and I started soul-winning because of you, so I will allot
that to you.
You know, keep preaching the Word of God.
Keep the hard preaching because it's the hard, strong preaching that you did that even allowed
me to get converted.
And I said, let me tell you who I am.
Let me tell you what kind of church this is going to be.
And I preached the way I'm preaching right now.
I said, this is a church where the truth's not watered down, where the Bible's preached,
where it's thus saved the Lord, where we don't care if it's popular, we don't care if people
like it.
This is faithful Word Baptist Church, and it hasn't changed its thing.
Thank God for one church that we know it's not going to change, one church where we know
it's not all about putting our finger up in the air and seeing which way the wind blows.
To be here at the Swiss Soul-winning, Swiss 7, we want to say a big thank you for your
dedication to preaching the Word of God and being an inspiration to us.
God bless you, and we wish you and FWBC continued success and glory for God's kingdom.
I'm very thankful to Pastor Anderson, Mrs. Anderson, and the family and other families
here for all the fellowship and brotherhood in Christ that we have here, and I thank Pastor
Anderson for all that he does.
His love for God, his love for the Bible, and his love for the flock that he takes care
of as the upper shepherd.
Hi, my name is Micaiah.
I just want to thank Pastor Anderson for the past 15 years of church leadership, and I
just wanted to thank him for showing how to be a strong leader and just leading the church
through all the things we've been through, through all the downsides and even some of
the upsides, just how to lead the people around us.
It's a good example for even me, just as a teenager, to know how to be a leader early
on.
So I just want to thank him for that.
My name is Daniel.
I want to thank Pastor Anderson for the ministry here at Faith Ford Baptist Church.
It has changed my life tremendously.
First heard in 2014 after he preached a very controversial sermon, and little did I know
that would change my life completely as a teenager and as a Christian.
I got saved as a result of this ministry, and I don't regret ever coming here and getting
involved with the church and all the ministries that are here, and it's the most loving and
friendliest church I've ever been to, and I don't think I'd want to be anywhere else.
Hi, this is Pastor Jonathan Shelley from Steadfast Baptist Church and Pure Words Baptist Church,
and I wanted to say a special thank you and congratulate Faith Ford Baptist Church on
their 15-year anniversary.
It's hard to even imagine that it's been 15 years already.
I can't believe how fast the time is flying, but I did want to take a moment here especially
to thank you, Pastor Anderson, for all you've done for myself, for my wife, for our family,
for all of the help and guidance that you've given us over the years, the teaching and
the training, and just the faithfulness that you've had, the generosity that you and your
family have shown to not just me, but so many people.
Hi, this is Pastor Roger Jimenez from Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento, California.
I just want to take a moment to congratulate my good friend, Pastor Anderson and Ms. Susana
and the entire family on 15 years of ministry, and I also want to congratulate Faith Ford
Baptist Church for 15 years of faithfully serving the Lord.
And also specifically to Pastor Steven Anderson, this is an incredible milestone and achievement,
and they've been such a great blessing to me personally, and not only to me personally
but also to my whole family, and not only just my family physically, but even my church
family, specifically Steadfast Baptist Church and Pure Words Baptist Church.
I don't know where I would be spiritually without Faith Ford Baptist Church, it means
a lot to me, and I first started listening to Pastor Anderson's preaching in 2014, and
it was some of the greatest preaching I'd ever heard.
I'd never really heard anybody preach the Bible with so much zeal and so much knowledge,
and actually caring what the text literally says.
And I grew a lot by listening online, and then in 2016, me and my family moved to Faith
Ford Baptist Church, where I actually got to train with Pastor Anderson, and it was
a great time.
Me and my family enjoyed Phoenix, it's one of the greatest places to live.
I love the warm weather, but the best part about it is Faith Ford Baptist Church.
And one thing that's unparalleled and hard to match is the fellowship at Faith Ford Baptist
Church.
The people there are great, loving, hospitable, some of the kindest, nicest people, and truly
they have a zeal for the truth and the word of God.
And you see a lot of great soul winners, and a lot of great ministers, and people doing
things behind the scenes.
And I really love that church, I really love their pastor, Pastor Steven Anderson, and
his whole family.
He's such a great example and role model, not only in the pulpit, but even just outside
the pulpit with his family.
And so I really want to commend you guys, and I'm really excited for your 15 years.
This is great, the Lord's definitely blessed them, and through their blessing, it's blessed
me personally.
I know Steadfast Baptist Church and Pure Words would not even be the churches they are without
Faith Ford Baptist Church.
And I know from the bottom of my heart, I'm not the only one that appreciates you guys.
I know that our whole church does as well.
We want you to change the world!
And on a personal level, I can't begin to express the gratitude that my wife and I have
for Pastor and Mrs. Anderson.
And of course, we've been friends for a long time.
We've been friends since before either one of us was a pastor, since before I was even
married.
And just the amount of influence that you've had on my life, and the example that you've
set for me as a Christian man, has been a great investment into my life.
And I just want to say thank you.
Thank you for serving the Lord.
Thank you for being who you are.
And of course, as a pastor, you've led the charge on so many different fronts.
And when I think of Pastor Anderson, I think of a warrior for God.
Someone who stands for the truth, someone who does not back down from a fight, and someone
who leads the way.
And I just want to say thank you for everything you've done, all the great projects, all the
great missions trips.
And I want to say thank you to your family for serving alongside with you, and to your
church family for rallying around their pastor and their pastor's wives.
Because of Faithful Word Baptist Church, there have been many great projects that have been
accomplished.
Many souls have been saved, many lives have been changed, great truths have been proclaimed,
and much has been accomplished for the cause of Christ.
And as someone on the outside who has received blessings as a result of what you do there,
I just want to let you know that there are people who are being motivated by you, are
being influenced by you.
There are people who are watching you, who are praying for you, who are rooting for you.
And today we want to congratulate you for 15 years, and we're looking forward to see
what the Lord has for you in many years to come.
God bless you, have a good day.
Every time I go back and visit Faithful Word Baptist Church, I feel like I'm right back
at home again because the spirit just doesn't change.
The spirit is just a great godly spirit of the church there that wants to go out and
reach the lost and do great works for the Lord.
I hope that you'll continue to grow and do more and just reach more people and never
back down and never back off and continue on the path that God has ordained for you
to be on.
And I miss you guys, and hopefully I'll be back to see you all again soon.
God bless you, and God bless the many, many years to come at Faithful Word Baptist Church.
Hello, Pastor Anderson and Faithful Word Baptist Church.
Happy 15 years of ministry.
Pastor Anderson, I just want to say that we love you out here.
We got your back.
Thank you so much for your friendship.
Thank you for being a great mentor, a leader, and just thank you for your example.
I'm so thankful that God allowed our paths to cross many years ago, and we wouldn't be
here if it wasn't for you, Pastor Anderson.
We're so thankful for you.
And when I think about you, when I think about Faithful Word Baptist Church, I think of 1
Thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 8 where it says, So being affectionately desirous
of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also
our own souls, because you were dear unto us.
And when I think of you guys, I think of the fact that you got many of the people in my
church saved, and I'm so thankful for that.
But even aside from that, you imparted your own soul unto us.
You taught us, you preached to us, you led us, you instructed us, and it showed that
we were special to you.
And I'm so thankful for that.
And Pastor Anderson, I just want to let you know I got your back, and we're in this for
the long haul.
And if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask.
You know your brothers here on the west side in Los Angeles will always have your back.
And so God bless you guys, and thank you so much for your faithfulness, your consistency.
God bless you all.
Happy anniversary.
This church didn't just spring out of thin air, right?
This church was founded 15 years ago, there was nothing, right?
And I had to work hard and sweat and bleed and weep and be used of God to start this
church, and now we're enjoying it.
You know, it's a lot funner to go to a church with 300-some people in it that has all kinds
of fun activities and social life and friends than meeting in my living room, you know,
with eight people or ten people.
Now some of you were here back then, and hey, we enjoyed it.
It was great.
But you know what?
We're enjoying it more now, okay?
So here's the thing.
Let's keep it going.
Let's keep on serving God.
Let's keep thriving, and let's keep growing.
Let's not let the sacrifices of the past be in vain, right, you know, where you work
hard and you do something, you know, you want to enjoy it, and your parents, they worked
hard too.
You know, I worked hard to found this church, you know, through the Lord's work, obviously.
But what about what your parents did, you know, to establish a Christian home?
You know, I founded a church, they established your home.
You know, they worked hard to build a family, to have a marriage and to have children and
to have a home and to, you know, break some of the cycles, you know, of sin in their family
history or from their background, you know, you don't want to mess that up.
You want to enjoy that, and you want to take what they've done and you want to build on
it, right?
We want to take what we've achieved here in the last 15 years, and we want to build on
it.
We want to do more works for God in the future and start from here and go further.
You know, the Bible is really clear on salvation.
It's not based on how good you are.
A lot of people think they're pretty good, you know, and yeah, they're going to get to
heaven because they're pretty good.
But the Bible says from all the sin, I'm short of the glory of God.
The Bible says that is written, there is none righteous, no, not one.
I'm not righteous, you're not righteous.
And if it were our goodness that would get us into heaven, none of us would be going.
Because the Bible even says in Revelation 21, 8, it says, but the fearful and unbelieving,
the abominable, and murderers, and sorcerers, and foremongers, and idolaters, and listeners,
and all liars shall have their part in the lake that's burned, and the fire that's burnt.
I've lied before, everybody's lied before, so we've all sinned and we've done stuff worse
than lying.
Let's face it.
We all deserve hell.