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Keila Diaz

Keila earned a B.S. in Communications from Florida International University in Miami. She writes news and stories about Florida Baptist churches, creates and posts social content to the FBC’s social media channels, and is a Baptist Press contributor. When she’s not working, Keila enjoys bike rides and spending time with her family.

Rice: ‘Keep the kingdom in view’

Keila Diaz Nov 18, 2022 0

In the closing sermon of the 2022 gathering of the Florida Baptist State Convention, Willy Rice, senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater, urged messengers to “keep…
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Burgner: ‘I want to be a man that smells like his community’

Keila Diaz Nov 17, 2022 0

In a message titled Hope for the Hopeless, Aaron Burgner, senior pastor of Lakes Church in Lakeland, reminded messengers at the 2022 Florida Baptist State Convention meeting at…
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Charles: ‘How you walk matters more than where you sit’

Keila Diaz Nov 15, 2022 0

H.B. Charles closed the Tuesday morning session of the annual Florida Baptist State Convention meeting with a biblical message from Mark 10:35-45, where “Jesus teaches us this: How…
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Ethnic fellowships display Florida diversity

Keila Diaz Nov 15, 2022 0

Florida Baptist diversity was on display Nov 15 during the 2022 annual gathering of the Florida Baptist State Convention at Olive Baptist Church.
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Baptist College of Florida honors Kinchen, welcomes Cloer

Keila Diaz Nov 14, 2022 0

Alumni and students from The Baptist College of Florida gathered Nov. 14 during breakfast to honor Thomas Kinchen, who will retire after serving more than 30 years as college…
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Florida Baptists celebrate half century of Haitian ministry

Keila Diaz Oct 31, 2022 0

Florida is home to nearly half a million Haitians, and for the past 50 years Haitian Baptist churches have been ministering to the large Haitian diaspora.
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Church planters recharge at Send Network Gathering

Keila Diaz Oct 18, 2022 0

Set against a backdrop of sunshine and palm trees, Send Network’s Gathering in Miami drew more than 600 church planters and their wives for the South region’s annual meeting Oct.…
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Florida Baptist Disaster Relief responds to migrant ministry opportunities to serve

Keila Diaz Oct 6, 2022 0

In times of catastrophe, the yellow hats and shirts worn by Florida Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are a sign of help and hope. And in non-disaster times, volunteers in those…
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Intentional evangelism by church members leads to eight weeks of baptisms

Keila Diaz Sep 21, 2022 2

Ms. Linda lives in a temporary homeless shelter in New Town in Key West and even though she has “a bad hip, a bad knee and one eye,” she can’t cease praising God for how good He…
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‘New season’ for church plant

Keila Diaz Sep 6, 2022 0

Favor Church in Wesley Chapel launched in February 2020. Just three weeks later it closed its doors. The culprit: a global pandemic that sent fledgling church plants and…
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