The Fellowship was founded during a meeting at
Fort Worth in 1950 by a group of 100 pastors of the
World Baptist Fellowship who disagreed with the authoritative direction of the leader. That same year, the
Baptist Bible College (now Mission University) and the organization's headquarters were established in
Springfield, Missouri. It has established various
fundamentalists Baptist Bible churches around the world. In 2000, it had 4,500 churches and 1,200,000 members. According to a denomination census released in 2025, it has 4,000 churches in the United States and has a presence in 80 countries. ==Programs==