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Baptist University of Florida Celebrates Historic December 2025 Graduation

GRACEVILLE, FL —December 2025 — Baptist University of Florida (BUF), founded in 1943 and located in Graceville, Florida, celebrated a landmark achievement this week by conferring degrees on the largest […]
December 9, 2025
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State Board of Missions members gather to celebrate/plan

Members of the Florida Baptist Convention’s State Board of Missions gathered virtually Feb. 6 to celebrate God’s work throughout Florida in 2024 and to look forward to His continuing movement throughout the Sunshine State in the future.
February 6, 2025
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Clayton Cloer calls Florida Baptists to a ‘mindset of a holy people’

Clayton Cloer, president of the Baptist University of Florida, addressed the 2024 annual gathering of Florida Baptists with a call for unity and holiness within the church in a message titled “The Mindset of a Holy People,” based on 1 Corinthians 3:16-17.
November 12, 2024
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Thomas Kinchen, president emeritus of Baptist University of Florida, dies

Thomas A. Kinchen, president emeritus of the Baptist University of Florida (formerly Baptist College of Florida), died Thursday, Jan. 11, of pancreatic cancer. He retired from the school in December 2022 after 32 years as its president.
January 16, 2024
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Florida Baptists’ Most-Read Stories of 2023

Planting and revitalizing churches, reaching unreached people groups, baptizing new believers, ministering and witnessing during times of crisis–these are just a few of the Florida Baptist Convention’s 20 most-read stories in 2023. 
January 4, 2024
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Baptist College of Florida partners with local church to launch extension…

The Baptist College of Florida recently has announced a partnership with Calvary Church in Clearwater to launch a new extension campus slated to open in August 2024.
August 10, 2023
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Baptist College of Florida to launch Miami Campus in August

On August 14 the Baptist College of Florida will launch its Miami campus located in the Southeast Regional Center of the Florida Baptist Convention.
August 2, 2023
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Baptist College of Florida inaugurará campus en Miami en agosto

El 14 de agosto, el Baptist College of Florida (BCF) inaugurará su campus en Miami ubicado en el Southeast Regional Center de la Convención Bautista de Florida.
August 2, 2023
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Baptist College Of Florida inaugurará nuevo campus en Miami en agosto

Clayton Cloer, recién elegido presidente de The Baptist College of Florida, visitó a 50 pastores en la región sureste y compartió sus planes y su visión para lanzar un campus de BCF en el Centro Regional Sureste de la Convención Bautista de Florida en Hialeah.
March 1, 2023
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Baptist College of Florida to launch new Miami campus in August

Clayton Cloer, newly elected president of The Baptist College of Florida, visited with 50 pastors in the Southeast region and shared his plans and vision to launch a BCF campus at the Florida Baptist Convention’s Southeast Regional Center in Hialeah.
February 23, 2023
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