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Stepping out in faith as missionaries at home
What does it look like to be a missionary in your hometown? That’s what members of Lake Mystic Baptist Church in Bristol are learning to do.
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Reaching the next generation of Hispanics in Stuart
Eighty-five percent. On Florida’s Atlantic coast, that is Gonzalo Perez’ focus.
Perez, pastor of Mi Iglesia in Stuart, estimates that 85% of the Hispanic younger generation in his…
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Sumatra Baptist Church celebrates new life on Resurrection Sunday
On Easter Sunday as Christians worldwide celebrated new life found in the risen Lord, new life began for Sumatra Baptist Church in the Panhandle of Florida.
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Focus on Scripture and community outreach revitalizes church
When Pastor Adrian Taylor thinks about the revitalization and growth that Springhill Missionary Baptist Church has experienced over the past 17 years, he is quick to give credit to…
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Having fun while loving God
At Central Baptist Church in Port St. Lucie, church members recently lived out how to “have fun while loving God,” with about 450 community residents joining in on the fun at the…
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‘Miss Lois’ traces her family’s Christian faith back to Baptist missionaries serving in China
Lois Lin’s rich missions heritage can be traced back more than a century to a Southern Baptist missionary serving in Kwotien, China. That missionary, W.W. Lawton of South Carolina,…
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A ministry heart for Native Americans
Josh LeadingFox, pastor of Immokalee First Seminole Baptist Church in southwest Florida, is dedicated to reaching Native Americans living on the Seminole Tribe’s Immokalee…
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Haitian church celebrates being a ‘light in the community’ for 30 years
Amid the flowers and balloons celebrating the 30th anniversary of Premiere Eglise Baptiste Haitenne de Jacksonville, Pastor Oreste Coulanges focused on the future, saying, “Pray…
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Former drug addict finds redemption in church rehab featured in new film
“Would God put somebody on this earth to be nothing but a drug addict and to die in that sin?” That was John Draxinger’s first question when he heard the Gospel in a jail cell…
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Florida Baptists challenged to respond to ‘world’s greatest problem’
“The world’s greatest problem is lostness,” said Paul Chitwood, president of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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