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Korean pastor called from retirement to plant church
Pastor Jongha Park planned to retire, but God had other plans.
He had been in ministry since 1996, serving as pastor at a Baptist church in Daytona Beach and for 20 years as…
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Mission:Dignity recipients in Florida ‘eternally grateful’ for 13th check
Bernice Kirkland served alongside her pastor-husband until he passed away in 2010. Her late husband, Ezra L. Kirkland Jr., preached from 1945-2010 in churches across Mississippi,…
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Missionaries aren’t ‘super-Christians’: How God uses ‘normal people’ to do His work
Jared Mitcham believes that most people have the wrong impression of missionaries. Rather than seeing missionaries as regular people following God’s call God on their lives, he…
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Rest, restore, renew: The value of sabbaticals
Sabbaticals are often associated with tenured professors taking a semester off to write, do research or study abroad; the term is rarely used for pastors. But, for Florida Baptist…
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Singles Minister Returns to Hometown to Plant New Church
Daniel Helms loved his hometown of Palatka (pop. 10,000), where everybody knew everybody and sports were a major part of life. Even so, during his college years, he decided to…
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‘Churches Helping Churches’ in Daytona Beach area after Ian
A day after Ian dropped more than 19 inches of rain in the Daytona Beach area, the pastor and members of City Light Church in Port Orange sprang into action to help fellow members…
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Florida Baptists take encouragement to New England pastors, bring back desire to serve
In a section of the northeastern U.S. that was once the cradle of American independence and the Great Awakening, religion is no longer part of the culture. Instead, like the…
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Disaster Relief teams expand cleanup and recovery to Daytona Beach
When Craig Culbreth checked in with pastors of Florida Baptist churches in the Daytona Beach area after Tropical Storm Ian passed through, he began to hear a common thread of…
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Serve Tour Volunteers Make a Difference in Jacksonville
On September 16-17, more than 840 volunteers joined Send Relief for Serve Tour Jacksonville to show the love of Christ across the city!
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All of Jesus for All of Life: FBC Jacksonville committed to community
Amid cultural and financial challenges, First Baptist Church of Jacksonville is committed to “reaching all of Jacksonville with all of Jesus for all of life.”
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