History

The Institute for Biblical Learning, founded in January 2023, for the purpose of bringing sound biblical teaching to the Body of Christ had its small beginnings. In December of 2021, we began the Foundations Podcast in audio format placing the podcast on as many audio distributors as possible. The viewership steadily grew and grew. We watched as the Podcast was viewed not only all over the United States, but crossing the borders to Canada, some parts of Mexico, Brussels Belgium, London, the Philippines and Germany. Steve started the podcasts, but soon was led to reach out to his Pastor, Paul Vincent, to do the podcasts with him. Pastor Paul was happy to do so. As 2022 evolved, we began videotaping the podcast and going "live" on Facebook. This brought about further viewership, and we began to see the weekly viewership grow to where on an average basis, every 90 days, the podcast reaches over 60,000 people. During 2022, we began to have seminars dealing with Biblical Foundations including "How to Effectively Study Your Bible", teaching the lay person how to properly read and interpret the Word of God avoid the trappings of "cherry-picking" scriptures. Our next seminar was "The Anatomy of the Christian" communicating how the Bible addresses the mind, heart, eyes, ears, mouth, hands and feet of the Christian and the instructions God gives us in those areas. Just after Thanksgiving in 2022, we began the Foundations Report, a 5ish minute audio "Christian Thought of the Day". We released the Report on Facebook, Instagram and various audio podcast distributors. We are watching as the daily listeners are growing and enjoying the comments of how this quick bit of the Word is touching lives. Since then, The Foundations Network was born bringing biblical programming to the social media world. We began to add more and more programming and attach it to various social media outlets to where, in late 2025, we released a 24/7 Online Live Stream of The Foundations Network and are now reaching over 200,000 views on Facebook alone. Our streaming channel is averaging over 10,000 views a month in its infancy and reaches out to Rumble, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X as well as over 30 audio outlets through RSS.com reaching all over the world with our content.

Formation of the Institute for Biblical Learning

Early in 2022, Steve had a vivid dream of this team developing an Institute due to the conditions of the church and joining the fight to bring "straight teaching" to new and old believers. The name "Institute for Biblical Learning" was actually in the dream. After bringing this to the Foundations team, we began praying for God's direction and if this was what He wanted. We were addressing Foundational Issues with podcasts and seminars, but this would be an Institute dedicated to further expanding this effort through various means. In January 2023, the Institute for Biblical Learning was incorporated in the State of Texas, a board of directors named and paperwork drawn up for a 501c3.

The Foundations Network

In late 2022, we had an idea to develop a streaming network and in late 2025 have released our Live 24/7 Streaming Channel on Rumble with over 10,000 viewers per month in its infancy. Various programs have been released on this channel to include Biblical teaching programs, podcasts, musical programs with Raise a Hallelujah and our Christmas specials, children's animation, Bible reading, Biblical News Review, etc. As we entered 2026, we are seeing more and more new programs released on the network.