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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.
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.
Messengers to Consider Multiple Recommendations at 2025 FBSC Annual Meetin…
The State Board of Missions of the Florida Baptist Convention will present several recommendations at the Florida Baptist State Convention annual meeting including potential amendments to the convention’s bylaws. Messengers will discuss and vote on these amendments at the 2025 FBSC annual meeting, set for Nov. 10-11 at First Baptist Church in Orlando.
Fiction with a purpose: How biblical novelists are helping readers engage…
For Christian authors Shaida Escoffery-Whitley and Jenifer Jennings, fiction is far more than entertainment—it’s discipleship in disguise.
2026 Pastors Conference to feature micro conferences
The 2026 SBC Pastors’ Conference aims to feature events for every member of a church leadership team. Conference President Aaron Burgner provided details in a video released Tuesday.
Iglesia Local offers bilingual ministry at church plant/celebrates first S…
When Pastor David Uribe planted the new church Iglesia Local in Jacksonville, he wanted to reach the Hispanic community with a bilingual ministry that would have both multigenerational and multicultural impact.
Young church plant reaches growing Brazilian population in Florida
On February 10, Primeira Igreja Batista em Clermont (First Baptist Church of Clermont – Brazilian) celebrated its one-year anniversary with a moment of unforgettable joy: the baptism of a man named Marcelo, whose story of salvation has already begun to ripple into his family, the community and the nations.
Village Point Church is on mission to multiply churches and train planters
After seven years of successfully planting in one of the hardest areas of New England—Boston—Jay Mudd is now back in central Florida with a heart to multiply.
Trusting God with every step: Glory City Church brings gospel hope to Lake…
When Pastor Andy Vital and his wife, Deborha, packed up their belongings in New Jersey and drove toward an uncertain future in South Florida, they had no jobs, no savings for the journey—and no doubt that God had called them.
Cornerstone Baptist Church: Pushing back the darkness in Santa Rosa County
Editor’s Note: Eric Mitchell is one of the featured church planters in 2025 Maguire State Mission Offering resources. The statewide 2025 offering goal of $1 million is earmarked to help reach the […]
Florida Baptist mission team travels to Chicago ‘to see, to serve and to s…
The simple act of offering a cup of cold water and lemonade on a hot summer day, served with a smile and a prayer, opened hundreds of hearts to the gospel recently in downtown Chicago.
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