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Stay informed with stories, news, and updates from churches across our association and throughout the state. Here you’ll find stories, events, and resources that celebrate ministry work and keep our church community connected.
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 […]
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 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 […]
Record-breaking financial distribution given to support retired Florida Ba…
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.
Florida Baptists unite in prayer for seafarers aboard Icon of the Seas
On Saturday, Sept. 13, pastors, business leaders, civic officials and ministry partners gathered aboard Icon of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship docked at Port Miami, for the 2025 Gala and National Day of Prayer for Seafarers, hosted by the International Seafarers Ministry of Miami (ISM).
Caring for Miami’s Mobile Food Market offers groceries, dignity and the go…
When the big blue bus pulls into a school, clinic or church campus, a line is already forming. Volunteers in bright shirts bow their heads to pray with anyone who asks. Then the doors open—and people begin moving through what looks like a public grocery store on wheels, one shopping basket at a time.
Four leaders to be nominated to serve as 2025-26 Florida Baptist officers
Four Florida Baptist leaders will be nominated to serve as 2025-26 officers of the Florida Baptist State Convention when the annual meeting convenes in Orlando, Nov. 10-12.
Church celebrates more than 100 new believers on Gridiron Sunday
More than 100 professions of faith were made on Gridiron Sunday at First Baptist Church DeFuniak Springs. The event, held in August, featured a powerful message from evangelistic guest speaker Ken Freeman.
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