Jessica Pigg

BRANDON— In 2012, Jason Millsaps, lead worship pastor at Bell Shoals, could barely swim 37 yards without gasping for air. Twelve years later, he stood on the starting line at the […]

Pictured above: Through mentorship, job readiness programs, and short-term volunteer hosting for children, Better Together empowers parents to achieve stability and self-sufficiency while keeping families together. Photo from recent job […]

IMMOKALEE—When the government shutdown began in October, funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which serves nearly three million Floridians each month, became a casualty. Local churches, community organizations […]

CORAL SPRINGS—Keh, born in Malaysia, and his wife, Jessica, born in Hong Kong, have served Chinese Baptist Church of Coral Springs for the past eight years, and they are now […]

This month, Rick Wheeler, president and chief executive officer of Florida Baptist Financial Services, signed the 2025 distribution of the Florida Baptist Retired Shepherd’s Fund to Mission:Dignity.

When many in Dixie County and the north region think of Horseshoe Beach, one word comes to mind—resilience. Known for its laid-back, friendly fishing village vibe, the quaint community located in Florida’s Big Bend region found itself in the direct path of three major hurricanes in just 13 months in 2023-24.

After seven years of successfully planting in one of the hardest areas of New England—Boston—Jay Mudd is now back in central Florida with a heart to multiply. 

In the face of “obstacles and barriers that constantly tried to derail and discourage,” Jerome Anderson and his wife knew what their focus had to be.

From its humble beginnings of meeting in an elementary school in 1965, led by Pastor R. D. Hodges, Winter Haven Baptist Church, celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, has grown into a thriving congregation that has been led for the past 44 years by the founding pastor’s son, Mark Hodges.

PARRISH—North River Church in Parrish, an unincorporated community in northwestern Manatee County, is going “above and beyond” to reach its community with the gospel. North River Church began as a […]