Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International

==History==
FGBMFI was founded in 1952 in Los Angeles by [[Demos Shakarian]], a California rancher.<ref>Randall Herbert Balmer, ''Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and expanded edition'', Baylor University Press, USA, 2004, p. 274</ref><ref name="Heino1997">{{cite book|last=Heino|first=Harri|title=Mihin Suomi tänään uskoo|trans-title=What does Finland believe in today|edition=2nd|year=1997|publisher=WSOY|location=Helsinki|language=fi|isbn=951-0-27265-5|pages=115–116}}</ref> The expression "[[Full Gospel]]" in the name of the association is central to the vision of the organization.<ref>J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, ''Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices'', ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 1082</ref> Following a difficult start (for a year nothing happened to the original group that met weekly), then a donation of $1000 was given to start a small publication titled Full Gospel Business Men's VOICE, it grew steadily, the second chapter was in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and after a few years chapters were set up throughout the world.<ref>The Happiest People on Earth, the story of Demos Shakarian as told to John and Elizabeth Sherrill, Steward Press, Chuppaqua, New York, 10514, 1975</ref>  In 1972, the membership was 300,000.<ref>Randall Herbert Balmer, ''Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism'', Westminster John Knox Press, USA, 2002, page  274</ref> In 1988, there were 3,000 chapters in 90 countries.<ref>Robert H. Krapohl, Charles H. Lippy, '' The Evangelicals: A Historical, Thematic, and Biographical Guide'', Greenwood Publishing Group, USA, 1999, page 74</ref>

After Demos Shakarian died in 1993, his son Richard Shakarian assumed the organization's leadership.<ref>Allan Anderson, ''An Introduction to Pentecostalism: Global Charismatic Christianity'', Cambridge University Press, UK, 2013, page 160</ref> 
 
In 2023, Francis Owusu was elected president of the organization.<ref>FGBMFI, [https://www.fgbmfi.org/about-us Our International President], fgbmfi.org, USA, retrieved March 7, 2020</ref>

The organization was present in 85 countries in 2023.<ref>FGBMFI, [https://www.fgbmfi.org/our-history OUR HISTORY], fgbmfi.org, USA, retrieved February 4, 2023</ref>