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Florida
Baptist Convention Agencies
The Florida Baptist State Convention is the annual meeting
of messengers from cooperating Southern Baptist churches which
convenes for fellowship, to hear reports and to make decisions
about the work they sponsor through agencies and institutions.
The following are the agencies of the Florida Baptist State
Convention:
Florida
Baptist
Financial
Services
provides
financial
management,
investment
counsel
and income-producing
services.
A subsidiary
corporation
is Florida
Baptist
Retirement
Centers,
Inc.
Florida Baptist Credit Union provides a full
range of banking, savings and loan services to Florida Baptists.
Florida
Baptist Children's Homes provides ministries for the
redemption of the child and the family.
The
Baptist College of Florida provides training to
equip men and women for Christian ministry.
Florida
Baptist
Witness
is a weekly
news magazine
designed
to inform,
inspire
and promote
the work
of Florida
Baptists.
Florida Baptist Historical Society was founded in 1894. Since 1996 the Society has been a fraternal organization to the Florida Baptist State Convention, operating under the auspices of the State Board of Missions. The Society, officially named and organized in 1951, is committed to the promotion, collection and preservation of the history of Florida Baptists.
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