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Former military, law enforcement members fill distinct need with Florida Disaster Relief team
If you were to drive past Metairie Baptist Church just outside of New Orleans, you would see a parking lot filled to the brim with vehicles, trailers, tarps and all kinds of…
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Bautistas De Florida Recolectan Suministros De Socorro Para Hermanos Y Hermanas Cubanos A Través Del…
En demostración de su amor y compasión por sus hermanos y hermanas cubanos en Cristo, las iglesias bautistas de Florida están recolectando suministros de ayuda de primera necesidad…
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Disaster Relief work in Metairie, La., leads to 4 professions of faith
Ever since Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana on Aug. 29 as a Category 4 storm, Metairie Baptist Church outside of New Orleans has hosted an average of four teams a day, according to…
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Disaster Relief chaplain remembers 9/11 ‘like it was yesterday’
Twenty years ago, Frederick Edwards responded to his first callout from Southern Baptist Disaster Relief. Terrorists had flown planes into the World Trade Center, and teams from…
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FLDR assists with cleanup after historic flooding in state’s Big Bend area
Before heading to Louisiana to help residents of New Orleans impacted by Hurricane Ida, members of the Florida Baptist Disaster Relief team spent the last part of August helping…
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Panhandle churches mobilize to help after Hurricane Ida
After Hurricane Ida slammed into the U.S. mainland, leaving devastation in its wake from Louisiana to the Northeast--Florida Baptists are coming right alongside the hurting and…
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FLDR teams deploying to New Orleans to bring help, hope, healing in Ida’s wake
As one of the strongest storms to hit the United States mainland, Hurricane Ida has left a path of destruction through Louisiana and Mississippi after winds of 150 mph, flooding…
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Florida Baptist Haitian churches to spearhead Convention’s relief effort to quake-damaged Haiti
Florida Baptists have launched a relief effort to help survivors and communities devastated when a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula in southern Haiti Aug. 14,…
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Church Remains Hopeful Despite Hurricane Setbacks
While not noticeable to all, the communion table in front of the pulpit at First Baptist Church in Ochlockonee Bay shows the signs of the two hurricanes that flooded the church in…
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Tower collapse brings heartbreak and ministry for FLDR vols
The tragedy of the Champlain Tower collapse in Surfside has left the South Florida community in shock.
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