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Church hit by vandalism sees outpouring of support
Windows were broken. The organ and piano were overturned. Resources were ripped up. Vandalism that occurred March 4 at The Village Church of Indiantown seemed like one of the worst…
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Planting seeds of gospel by meeting physical needs
When First Baptist Church of Fort McCoy hosts a monthly food distribution for needy families or hosts free dental clinics for the uninsured, Pastor Jeff May is always there to…
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Church replant breathes new life into historic community/unites local churches
A new God story is unfolding in West Pensacola’s rich historic religious landscape.
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Midway Unity Fellowship overcomes obstacles to build new church facility
Douglas Harris is counting his blessings these days as the pastor of a small church in Midway, a town located just northeast of Tallahassee.
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Florida Baptists come together to celebrate victories, look to future during Challenge 2025…
Close to 1,000 Florida Baptists came together to celebrate victories and look to the future in reaching Florida’s 22 million residents with the gospel during the Challenge 2025…
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Baptist College Of Florida inaugurará nuevo campus en Miami en agosto
Clayton Cloer, recién elegido presidente de The Baptist College of Florida, visitó a 50 pastores en la región sureste y compartió sus planes y su visión para lanzar un campus de…
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Ordinary and Extraordinary: A Day at the Asbury Awakening
I first heard about the gatherings at Asbury University from social media on the Thursday after the awakening began. The next Sunday, my pastor mentioned it in his sermon. By…
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Baptist College of Florida to launch new Miami campus in August
Clayton Cloer, newly elected president of The Baptist College of Florida, visited with 50 pastors in the Southeast region and shared his plans and vision to launch a BCF campus at…
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Sotolongo servirá como profesor en Southwestern Seminary
El pastor Bautista de Florida, Javier Sotolongo, recientemente fue nombrado profesor de evangelismo contemporáneo en el Seminario Teológico Bautista del Suroeste (SWBTS) como parte…
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Church leaders gather to grow group ministry
Why do we need Sunday school? How do we get leaders who stay? What is a disciple? These are a few questions answered during the two-day Lifeway Sunday School Essentials Conference…
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Calvary Baptist on track for continued growth in Tallahassee
A lot can happen in one year. Just ask Jacob Turner, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Tallahassee.
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Priorizando la Oración Conduce a un Movimiento de Gran Comisión entre Iglesias Bautistas de Florida
Un "movimiento de la Gran Comisión" está ocurriendo entre las iglesias hispanas en toda la Florida.
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Church hit by vandalism sees outpouring of support
Windows were broken. The organ and piano were overturned. Resources were ripped up. Vandalism that occurred March 4 at The Village Church of Indiantown seemed like one of the worst…
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Planting seeds of gospel by meeting physical needs
When First Baptist Church of Fort McCoy hosts a monthly food distribution for needy families or hosts free dental clinics for the uninsured, Pastor Jeff May is always there to…
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Church replant breathes new life into historic community/unites local churches
A new God story is unfolding in West Pensacola’s rich historic religious landscape.
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Midway Unity Fellowship overcomes obstacles to build new church facility
Douglas Harris is counting his blessings these days as the pastor of a small church in Midway, a town located just northeast of Tallahassee.
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Baptist College Of Florida inaugurará nuevo campus en Miami en agosto
Clayton Cloer, recién elegido presidente de The Baptist College of Florida, visitó a 50 pastores en la región sureste y compartió sus planes y su visión para lanzar un campus de…
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Ordinary and Extraordinary: A Day at the Asbury Awakening
I first heard about the gatherings at Asbury University from social media on the Thursday after the awakening began. The next Sunday, my pastor mentioned it in his sermon. By…
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Sotolongo servirá como profesor en Southwestern Seminary
El pastor Bautista de Florida, Javier Sotolongo, recientemente fue nombrado profesor de evangelismo contemporáneo en el Seminario Teológico Bautista del Suroeste (SWBTS) como parte…
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Church leaders gather to grow group ministry
Why do we need Sunday school? How do we get leaders who stay? What is a disciple? These are a few questions answered during the two-day Lifeway Sunday School Essentials Conference…
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Calvary Baptist on track for continued growth in Tallahassee
A lot can happen in one year. Just ask Jacob Turner, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Tallahassee.
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Priorizando la Oración Conduce a un Movimiento de Gran Comisión entre Iglesias Bautistas de Florida
Un "movimiento de la Gran Comisión" está ocurriendo entre las iglesias hispanas en toda la Florida.
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Chinese church launches with new year
As the new year dawned, a new Chinese church was launched.
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NAMB Trustees meet missionaries reaching Miami’s unique diversity
Against a backdrop of Miami’s vast diversity and vibrancy, trustees with the North American Mission Board (NAMB) met to celebrate church planters and other missionaries who are…
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Church replant breathes new life into historic community/unites local churches
A new God story is unfolding in West Pensacola’s rich historic religious landscape.
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Florida Baptists come together to celebrate victories, look to future during Challenge 2025…
Close to 1,000 Florida Baptists came together to celebrate victories and look to the future in reaching Florida’s 22 million residents with the gospel during the Challenge 2025…
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Church leaders gather to grow group ministry
Why do we need Sunday school? How do we get leaders who stay? What is a disciple? These are a few questions answered during the two-day Lifeway Sunday School Essentials Conference…
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Chinese church launches with new year
As the new year dawned, a new Chinese church was launched.
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Disaster Relief: Revived and Thriving in Florida’s Panhandle
There’s been a revival of sorts in Northwest Coast Baptist Association. It’s a revival of new Florida Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers who delivered help, healing and hope to…
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Evangelizing, discipling and growing believers in Panama City Beach
In his first three months as lead pastor, Ethan Jago welcomed 17 new members and baptized 10 new believers at 5 Bridges Church in Panama City.
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Florida Baptists’ most-read stories of 2022 offer inspiration and challenge
nspirational stories about the naming of a new president for The Baptist College of Florida, churches using creative strategies to reach their communities with the gospel, pastors…
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‘Sending’ churches engage in community
What can a church do when it desires to reach its local community but isn’t sure where to start?
That’s the question Steven Ruff, who has served for five years as pastor of First…
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Thomas A. Kinchen retires as BCF president
After more than 32 years serving as president of The Baptist College of Florida, where he “influenced multiple generations of pastors and church leaders,” Thomas A. Kinchen is…
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Music minister walks for 24 straight hours to raise money for missions
For Jon Tyner, minister of music at Olive Baptist Church, worship and missions go hand in hand. That’s why Tyner and three friends took on the challenge of walking for 24 straight…
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‘Rough roads’ lead to gospel impact
The seven-person team from First Baptist Church in Crestview traveled on “rough roads, through mud and rocks” in a recent mission trip to Honduras.
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Nourishing Body and Soul this Thanksgiving and Through the Year
Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and green beans were on the menu at First Baptist Church Eastpoint’s annual community-wide Thanksgiving dinner.
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Church hit by vandalism sees outpouring of support
Windows were broken. The organ and piano were overturned. Resources were ripped up. Vandalism that occurred March 4 at The Village Church of Indiantown seemed like one of the worst…
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Planting seeds of gospel by meeting physical needs
When First Baptist Church of Fort McCoy hosts a monthly food distribution for needy families or hosts free dental clinics for the uninsured, Pastor Jeff May is always there to…
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Midway Unity Fellowship overcomes obstacles to build new church facility
Douglas Harris is counting his blessings these days as the pastor of a small church in Midway, a town located just northeast of Tallahassee.
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Florida Baptists come together to celebrate victories, look to future during Challenge 2025…
Close to 1,000 Florida Baptists came together to celebrate victories and look to the future in reaching Florida’s 22 million residents with the gospel during the Challenge 2025…
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Calvary Baptist on track for continued growth in Tallahassee
A lot can happen in one year. Just ask Jacob Turner, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Tallahassee.
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Florida Baptists’ most-read stories of 2022 offer inspiration and challenge
nspirational stories about the naming of a new president for The Baptist College of Florida, churches using creative strategies to reach their communities with the gospel, pastors…
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Churches Near and Far Can Be Involved in Baptist Ministry to College Students
When new students arrive at the University of Florida each fall, Eddie Gilley and student leaders from Baptist Collegiate Ministries are eager to help them get plugged into a local…
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Called, prepared, and provided for: New Vietnamese Baptist church launches in Jacksonville
No one knew there was a need for a new Vietnamese church in Jacksonville, but when a Vietnamese businessman moved there from Denver, God’s plan began to take shape. A plan that…
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Fifty years later, Bill Hughes still passionate about student ministry
When Bill Hughes first began working in student ministry back in 1972, he had no idea that it would be his life’s calling, or that he’d spend the next 50 years doing this.
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Community rallies to support Christian school after arsonist fire
God is making beauty of ashes from the fire set by an arsonist that destroyed the main office of Point of Grace Christian School and its only bus.
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Young church plant helping launch three churches in Florida
Faith Fellowship in Citrus Springs started as a church plant in 2019 and now - just three years later - this young congregation is helping launch three church plants in Florida,…
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First Baptist of Dunnellon prepares for future generations
Just as First Baptist Church of Dunnellon has been sinking roots in its community for close to 125 years in ministry and witness, so it is breaking ground to reach future…
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Florida Baptists come together to celebrate victories, look to future during Challenge 2025…
Close to 1,000 Florida Baptists came together to celebrate victories and look to the future in reaching Florida’s 22 million residents with the gospel during the Challenge 2025…
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Mobile Dental Ministry builds bridges to share gospel
When Farrell and Crystal Crews retired, they knew they wanted to go into missions full-time. What they didn’t know was that God already had a place for them to serve.
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Florida Baptists’ most-read stories of 2022 offer inspiration and challenge
nspirational stories about the naming of a new president for The Baptist College of Florida, churches using creative strategies to reach their communities with the gospel, pastors…
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Korean pastor called from retirement to plant church
Pastor Jongha Park planned to retire, but God had other plans.
He had been in ministry since 1996, serving as pastor at a Baptist church in Daytona Beach and for 20 years as…
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Mission:Dignity recipients in Florida ‘eternally grateful’ for 13th check
Bernice Kirkland served alongside her pastor-husband until he passed away in 2010. Her late husband, Ezra L. Kirkland Jr., preached from 1945-2010 in churches across Mississippi,…
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Missionaries aren’t ‘super-Christians’: How God uses ‘normal people’ to do His work
Jared Mitcham believes that most people have the wrong impression of missionaries. Rather than seeing missionaries as regular people following God’s call God on their lives, he…
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Rest, restore, renew: The value of sabbaticals
Sabbaticals are often associated with tenured professors taking a semester off to write, do research or study abroad; the term is rarely used for pastors. But, for Florida Baptist…
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Singles Minister Returns to Hometown to Plant New Church
Daniel Helms loved his hometown of Palatka (pop. 10,000), where everybody knew everybody and sports were a major part of life. Even so, during his college years, he decided to…
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‘Churches Helping Churches’ in Daytona Beach area after Ian
A day after Ian dropped more than 19 inches of rain in the Daytona Beach area, the pastor and members of City Light Church in Port Orange sprang into action to help fellow members…
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Florida Baptists take encouragement to New England pastors, bring back desire to serve
In a section of the northeastern U.S. that was once the cradle of American independence and the Great Awakening, religion is no longer part of the culture. Instead, like the…
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Disaster Relief teams expand cleanup and recovery to Daytona Beach
When Craig Culbreth checked in with pastors of Florida Baptist churches in the Daytona Beach area after Tropical Storm Ian passed through, he began to hear a common thread of…
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Serve Tour Volunteers Make a Difference in Jacksonville
On September 16-17, more than 840 volunteers joined Send Relief for Serve Tour Jacksonville to show the love of Christ across the city!
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Florida Baptists come together to celebrate victories, look to future during Challenge 2025…
Close to 1,000 Florida Baptists came together to celebrate victories and look to the future in reaching Florida’s 22 million residents with the gospel during the Challenge 2025…
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Ken Whitten joins NAMB to head up leadership ministry
Ken Whitten, recently retired pastor of Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa, Fla., will become national director of pastoral leadership at the North American Mission Board (NAMB),…
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Health care partnership provides care for Port Tampa Bay seafarers
Thousands of seafarers–representing hundreds of countries–come through Port Tampa Bay each year. Although the role that the seafarers fulfill is crucial to a global economy, their…
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Florida Baptists’ most-read stories of 2022 offer inspiration and challenge
nspirational stories about the naming of a new president for The Baptist College of Florida, churches using creative strategies to reach their communities with the gospel, pastors…
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Three churches, three languages, three conduits for spreading the gospel
Three churches on one campus, reaching three distinct people groups, is a glimpse of God’s work at its finest, believes Scott Markley, lead pastor of First Baptist Church of Lake…
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It takes a team to plant a church, says Lakeside Church pastor Zack Potter
Planting a church requires more than a man with a mission, admits Zack Potter, pastor of Lakeside Church in Winter Haven. Potter credits two supporting congregations plus a growing…
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Singles Minister Returns to Hometown to Plant New Church
Daniel Helms loved his hometown of Palatka (pop. 10,000), where everybody knew everybody and sports were a major part of life. Even so, during his college years, he decided to…
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South Tampa Pastor Blends Faith with Athletics
JJ Johnson does a different kind of moonlighting. In addition to his position as pastor of South Tampa Fellowship, he also labors day and night as a chaplain to athletic teams.
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Redemption Orlando seeks to reach the ‘dechurched’
When Redemption Orlando launches as a new church plant in October, its goal is to reach those who have fallen away from church and away from their relationship with Christ.
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‘Meet people … meet needs …meet Jesus’
"We want to meet people, so that we can meet needs, with the hope that they will meet Jesus,” said Church Planter Melo Sauvel, who launched One Family Church in Apopka this past…
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Missionary kid wins medals at Unicycle World Championships
The young American stood in the back of the truck as it moved slowly through the streets of Nalerigu, Ghana. Friends gathered along the road held up flags and cheered for the…
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‘Under the shadow of the steeple’ Mission Hill Church embraces Afghan refugees
They fled their homeland of Afghanistan, terrified and clinging to loved ones. The lives they had built had been destroyed—homes and belongings, demolished; friends and family…
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Florida Baptists come together to celebrate victories, look to future during Challenge 2025…
Close to 1,000 Florida Baptists came together to celebrate victories and look to the future in reaching Florida’s 22 million residents with the gospel during the Challenge 2025…
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Florida Baptists’ most-read stories of 2022 offer inspiration and challenge
nspirational stories about the naming of a new president for The Baptist College of Florida, churches using creative strategies to reach their communities with the gospel, pastors…
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Hurricane Ian: ‘Stepping stone to greater service’
Her husband had died just before Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida Sept. 28. As her first Thanksgiving without him approached, Marilyn* felt “so alone.” She welcomed…
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Hurricane Ian recovery efforts continue
Hurricane Ian passed through Florida three weeks ago, but the lengthy recovery task will continue in the days, weeks and months ahead.
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SBDR volunteers near 500,000 meals prepared, provide relief for hundreds of homeowners
As Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) nears 500,000 meals prepared in the wake of Hurricane Ian, volunteers have completed approximately 730 recovery jobs for homeowners.
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Hurricane Ian recovery ramps up as Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, Send Relief assist
As Hurricane Ian rolled in Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28, Wade Harmon was on the fifth floor of the Larsen Health Center Nursing in Fort Myers where his wife was working.
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Best of Southern Baptist cooperative efforts on display in disaster relief response
Any time a major storm system threatens the continental United States, the antennae of thousands of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) leaders and volunteers go up. They…
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‘Bold in the name of Christ’
Ron Tipton answers the ring on his cell phone. It’s a familiar sound that beckons his attention every 10 minutes or so. On the other end of the line is a woman in need.
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‘Sharing hope and the love of Jesus in the wake of Ian’
As Hurricane Ian’s storm surge is receding and the winds are subsiding, First Baptist Church Naples is just getting started.
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Picking up the pieces after Hurricane Ian
A week ago, Marta Ramirez was settling into her new home in Port Charlotte, a harborside town in southwest Florida. Friday, she was picking up the pieces of what was left after the…
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Southern Baptists at sites in six Florida counties minister to hurricane victims
As Florida residents begin the arduous and heartbreaking task of recovery from Hurricane Ian, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, representing eight Baptist state conventions, has…
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A hope and a future for Maria
IMMOKALEE–Maria had no clue what she was going to do. She was 16 years old, entering her sophomore year of high school, and she was pregnant.
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Church hit by vandalism sees outpouring of support
Windows were broken. The organ and piano were overturned. Resources were ripped up. Vandalism that occurred March 4 at The Village Church of Indiantown seemed like one of the worst…
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Planting seeds of gospel by meeting physical needs
When First Baptist Church of Fort McCoy hosts a monthly food distribution for needy families or hosts free dental clinics for the uninsured, Pastor Jeff May is always there to…
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Church replant breathes new life into historic community/unites local churches
A new God story is unfolding in West Pensacola’s rich historic religious landscape.
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Midway Unity Fellowship overcomes obstacles to build new church facility
Douglas Harris is counting his blessings these days as the pastor of a small church in Midway, a town located just northeast of Tallahassee.
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Florida Baptists come together to celebrate victories, look to future during Challenge 2025…
Close to 1,000 Florida Baptists came together to celebrate victories and look to the future in reaching Florida’s 22 million residents with the gospel during the Challenge 2025…
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Baptist College Of Florida inaugurará nuevo campus en Miami en agosto
Clayton Cloer, recién elegido presidente de The Baptist College of Florida, visitó a 50 pastores en la región sureste y compartió sus planes y su visión para lanzar un campus de…
Read More...
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Ordinary and Extraordinary: A Day at the Asbury Awakening
I first heard about the gatherings at Asbury University from social media on the Thursday after the awakening began. The next Sunday, my pastor mentioned it in his sermon. By…
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Baptist College of Florida to launch new Miami campus in August
Clayton Cloer, newly elected president of The Baptist College of Florida, visited with 50 pastors in the Southeast region and shared his plans and vision to launch a BCF campus at…
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Sotolongo servirá como profesor en Southwestern Seminary
El pastor Bautista de Florida, Javier Sotolongo, recientemente fue nombrado profesor de evangelismo contemporáneo en el Seminario Teológico Bautista del Suroeste (SWBTS) como parte…
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Church leaders gather to grow group ministry
Why do we need Sunday school? How do we get leaders who stay? What is a disciple? These are a few questions answered during the two-day Lifeway Sunday School Essentials Conference…
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Calvary Baptist on track for continued growth in Tallahassee
A lot can happen in one year. Just ask Jacob Turner, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Tallahassee.
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Priorizando la Oración Conduce a un Movimiento de Gran Comisión entre Iglesias Bautistas de Florida
Un "movimiento de la Gran Comisión" está ocurriendo entre las iglesias hispanas en toda la Florida.
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