History

The Foundation for Biblical Research is the sole proprietorship of J. Richard Fugate and Virginia Fugate. Mr. Fugate personally accepted Jesus Christ as his savior and was baptized into the Body of Christ at Reinhardt Bible Church in Garland, Texas, in 1968. He and his wife Virginia, who was saved the year before, have attended various Bible churches in Dallas, Austin, Phoenix, and Sacramento over the years. Most of their pastors have been graduates of Dallas Theological Seminary.

After committing himself in 1971 to serve God anywhere, or in any manner he might be called, Mr. Fugate learned Greek and studied many thousands of hours in the original languages of the Old and New Testament texts. He did not rely on existing systematic Theologies or Bible commentaries; preferring to perform his own exegesis and word studies to develop doctrines that are substantiated by Scripture alone. He founded the Foundation for Biblical Research (FBR) in 1979 "to determine the one true meaning of Scripture based on honest research and a scientifically sound system of hermeneutics." All of Mr. and Mrs. Fugate's books were written based on that research.

Soon after his commitment to God, Mr. Fugate was called as Business Manager and later became Vice President of Finance for Accelerated Christian Education (A.C.E.). Although he had no formal education or experience in either business or education, God worked through him and many others so that A.C.E. became highly successful in starting over 2,000 Christian schools over the next three years (1973-1976). In 1975, Mr. and Mrs. Fugate were led to start a Christian school in Garland, Texas, based on their experience of home schooling their own three children for two years. In 1978, Mr. Fugate began consulting part time with Alpha Omega Publications (A.O.P.) in Phoenix, Arizona, while continuing to direct FBR’s work in Austin, Texas. In March of 1982 he was hired as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of A.O.P.

Mr. Fugate has been a Keynote Speaker at over 40 State homeschool conventions over the years and has written three books on home schooling. When A.O.P. was taken over by a California company in 1994, the new owners brought in their own upper management team and eliminated the old. The Fugate’s then went on the road speaking on Biblical marriage, child training, and home schooling while writing second editions of their popular books. Mr. Fugate also served as Business Manager of Family Ministries from 2000 through 2004.

Mr. Fugate is currently functioning as the Director of The Foundation for Biblical Research in Arizona and continues to teach and write on Bible-Based Theology. He also serves as an Elder in his home church, IN THE WORD BIBLE FELLOWSHIP, in Mesa, Arizona. Click here to see a picture of its leadership.