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Better Together Reaches 10-Year Milestone, Serving Nearly 100,000 People
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 […]
Serving Those Who Serve: Florida Church Engages Military Community
Pictured above: David Falldine, pastor, Sunrise City Church, and Chris Tesseniar, worship pastor, seek to engage the military community located within minutes from the church by doing life together. One way […]
Hispanic Chaplain Training School Launches with 56 Trained in Disaster Rel…
For over a year, Florida Baptist Disaster Relief leaders have prayed for new opportunities to expand chaplaincy ministry into the diverse ethnic communities across the Florida Baptist Convention. That prayer […]
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 […]
Amid difficulties, Cubans ‘find hope in Jesus’
Editor’s Note: During the 2025 Florida Baptist State Convention Annual Meeting in Orlando, our news team sat down with the presidents of the Eastern and Western Cuba Baptist Conventions for an […]
Florida Baptist Disaster Relief Teams Grateful for Quiet U.S. Hurricane Se…
Florida Baptist Disaster Relief (FBDR) leaders say they are thankful for a quiet 2025 hurricane season for the continental United States, despite a devastating late-season storm in the Caribbean. “I […]
Florida Baptist volunteers among first responders in Jamaica’s long recove…
Florida Baptist Disaster Relief and Send Network remain committed to supporting recovery efforts in Jamaica following the devastation of Hurricane Melissa in October 2025. The Category 5 hurricane was among […]
One Message, Many Languages: How Bilingual Ministries Are Helping Florida…
On Sunday mornings at Reality Church in Miami, the sermon is preached once but heard in more than one language.
Southwest Florida Church Fills Critical Gap
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 […]
Celebrating the Ministry of Margaret Colson
As November ends, we pause to celebrate and give thanks for Margaret Colson, who has served so faithfully with the Florida Baptist Convention as consulting communications editor since April 2022. […]
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