Southwest
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.
Bedrock Church Finds Success With Personal Approach to Easter Service Invi…
Pictured above: The Bedrock Church worship team leads in worship for two services on Easter Sunday. (Photo provided) Bedrock Church in Sarasota tried a different approach in inviting people to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Staying anchored to the Bible revitalizes southwest Florida church
In the face of “obstacles and barriers that constantly tried to derail and discourage,” Jerome Anderson and his wife knew what their focus had to be.
Downtown Miami Church Revitalization: Christ Fellowship Restores a 1896 La…
Once a faded landmark tucked between Miami’s soaring skyline and bustling streets, the historic downtown campus of Christ Fellowship Downtown Miami is experiencing a powerful revival—both in bricks and in spirit.
Bivocational pastors: “Incredible servants of God’
In Christian circles, they are called “tentmakers.” To Florida Baptists, they are known as bivocational pastors.
‘Future is as bright as God’s promises’ asserts southwest Florida pastor
From the moment Kevin Taylor and his wife, Sarah, crossed over the Caloosahatchee River, on the Cape Coral Bridge, and had the “sprawling peninsula” in their sights, they knew “the fields are white for harvest” and the “sheep needed a shepherd,” he said.
Southwest Florida church celebrates ‘God’s faithfulness’ in 2024
Every man, woman and child. This is not just another catchy tagline—it is the mission of Summit Church.
Setbacks become ‘opportunities to grow and see God move’ for southwest Flo…
In a town known for its hardworking agricultural community, rodeos, airboat rides and other adventures, a pastor in DeSoto County has become known as the “disaster pastor,” with the innate ability to weather a storm and to walk right beside his church and community through it.
La Iglesia Bautista Bethel devastada por las aguas de la inundación: “Soy…
“Everything utterly destroyed–furniture, seats, resources.” That’s how Pastor Rafael Sanchez described the newly renovated church building of Tampa’s Iglesia Bautista Bethel, flooded with more than two feet of water after Hurricane Milton unleashed its fury Oct. 9.
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