Situated in southern Alberta's foothills are the communities formerly named Black Diamond and Turner Valley. These two historic towns are now amalgamated as Diamond Valley, but the old names still identify the specific part of town. Foothills Bible Fellowship exists to serve these communities and the surrounding area with Bible-based care and teaching.

OUR STORY

The story of Foothills Bible Fellowship (FBF) began with Pastor John Attwood (pictured right) and his wife Brenda planting a house church in Black Diamond, on Labour Day Sunday in 2017. There were four adults present and two children. Ever since, God has blessed us with a healthy contingent of families and children!
 
Eventually, thanks to their incredible generosity, we moved to St. George's Anglican Church in Turner Valley for Sunday afternoon services. After a blessed time there, where the Lord added to our number, we moved to Valley Neighbours Club, where we still meet now, which allowed us to better accommodate for our needs, as well as move our services to Sunday mornings.

Since planting the church, two of FBF’s goals, in line with the Great Commission, have been to (1) preach and teach faithfully and simply, straight from Scripture, so that a great and deep sense of unity in the faith may be realised; and (2) to be a genuine and authentic place of worship characterised by our love for God and Christlike love for each other. In turn, this generates a real, caring and discipling body of believers who come together, led by the Spirit, to serve God and one another. As the years have progressed, the Lord has been faithful to allow us to experience this.
 
In 2025, Pastor John Attwood took a call to be the Pastor of a church in British Columbia. In his place, Mr. Reuben Beamond, who had been serving in the church as an Intern and Associate Pastor since 2024, was called to be the Minister of the Gospel of FBF. Consequently, we sought the Lord for renewed vision, and He supplied the very tangible Acts 2:42 pattern to us. In keeping with our goals, this led to the rejuvenated implementation of the ordinary means of grace mentioned in Acts 2:42 and exemplified by the Early Church; namely, commitment to the apostles’ doctrine, fellowship, the breaking of bread and prayers.

​With Jesus and His Gospel at the centre, the Lord has been gracious in allowing the establishment and growth of FBF, and so we strive every day to magnify His name and bring glory to Him! We pray that God would continue to use FBF to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?

It means that we are working in our local area, Diamond Valley, to help make Jesus known to you. Where man might fail, Jesus will not. 

For 2,000 years men and women from all walks of life have found reason to hope, to have peace, and to be full of joy. Why? Because the promises of God are very real.

​Truly, Jesus is no less relevant today than He has ever been, and we would love to sit down with you and discuss what He has done for us, how He can be relevant in your life and how you can know that God is in control in spite of all that seems so crazy in our world today.

​We are not saying He will make you rich and famous, remove all the annoyances from your life, or give you a life of ease, but, should you receive Him, He will provide even more than all of those things, and help you navigate through your difficulties: you will find abundant life and union with Him, adoption into His family, and freedom from sin and hell.

Should you want to discuss this, please do not hesitate to contact us.