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Brazilian church plant in Delray Beach reaches Haitians with gospel

Keila Diaz 0
One-year-old church plant Brazilian Baptist Church is reaching not only Brazilians in the Delray Beach community,…
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Cooking up a community that glorifies God

Brooke Mannion 0
Working late nights and serving the Sunday brunch crowd, restaurant workers can find it difficult to draw near to…
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How about a survey? Students engage college peers in gospel conversations

David Moore 0
How can an invitation to take a survey and receive a free book lead to gospel conversations?
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Pareja peruana en Miami descubre pasión por las misiones/compromiso de servir en…

Keila Diaz 0
Desde su Perú natal, a Miami, a Guadalajara, México, Alberto y Yoly Muñoz han descubierto una pasión por las…
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Peruvian couple in Miami discover passion for missions/commitment to serve in…

Keila Diaz 0
From their native Peru, to Miami, to Guadalajara, Mexico, Alberto and Yoly Muñoz have discovered a passion for…
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Small church has big heart to serve community

Brooke Mannion 0
Young children crying because the pangs of hunger are relentless. Elderly people having to scrimp and save to buy a…

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Brazilian church plant in Delray Beach reaches Haitians with gospel

Keila Diaz 0
One-year-old church plant Brazilian Baptist Church is reaching not only Brazilians in the Delray Beach community,…
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Cooking up a community that glorifies God

Brooke Mannion 0
Working late nights and serving the Sunday brunch crowd, restaurant workers can find it difficult to draw near to…
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How about a survey? Students engage college peers in gospel conversations

David Moore 0
How can an invitation to take a survey and receive a free book lead to gospel conversations?
Stories

Pareja peruana en Miami descubre pasión por las misiones/compromiso de servir en…

Keila Diaz 0
Desde su Perú natal, a Miami, a Guadalajara, México, Alberto y Yoly Muñoz han descubierto una pasión por las…
Stories

Peruvian couple in Miami discover passion for missions/commitment to serve in…

Keila Diaz 0
From their native Peru, to Miami, to Guadalajara, Mexico, Alberto and Yoly Muñoz have discovered a passion for…
Stories

Small church has big heart to serve community

Brooke Mannion 0
Young children crying because the pangs of hunger are relentless. Elderly people having to scrimp and save to buy a…

West

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Cooking up a community that glorifies God

Brooke Mannion 0
Working late nights and serving the Sunday brunch crowd, restaurant workers can find it difficult to draw near to…
Stories

Small church has big heart to serve community

Brooke Mannion 0
Young children crying because the pangs of hunger are relentless. Elderly people having to scrimp and save to buy a…
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Florida Baptist Disaster Relief responding after April storms/tornadoes in…

Margaret Colson 0
On the afternoon of Thursday, April 27, just  hours after storms and tornadoes had left a swath of destruction in…
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Church uses science to share gospel truth

Brooke Mannion 0
At First Baptist Church of Beulah, a small, rural church in a burgeoning community, science is a creative way to…
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Connecting military families with the family of Christ

Brooke Mannion 0
Relocating with the military can be a stressful time for men, women and children as they navigate a new community,…
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Students celebrate: 100 baptisms/100 lightbulbs

Brooke Mannion 0
Why were students at Hillcrest Baptist Church in Pensacola celebrating with shouts of joy and lots of confetti…

North

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How about a survey? Students engage college peers in gospel conversations

David Moore 0
How can an invitation to take a survey and receive a free book lead to gospel conversations?
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UF Students spend spring break on mission in South Sudan

David Moore 0
South Sudan in East Africa is not your typical spring break destination for today’s college students, but when the…
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Former Basque missionaries now planting Basque church in Idaho

David Moore 0
Matthew McDonald was working as a pastor in Live Oak when he learned about Southern Baptist church planters in…
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Church hit by vandalism sees outpouring of support

David Moore 0
Windows were broken. The organ and piano were overturned. Resources were ripped up. Vandalism that occurred March 4…
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Planting seeds of gospel by meeting physical needs

David Moore 0
When First Baptist Church of Fort McCoy hosts a monthly food distribution for needy families or hosts free dental…
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Midway Unity Fellowship overcomes obstacles to build new church facility

David Moore 0
Douglas Harris is counting his blessings these days as the pastor of a small church in Midway, a town located just…

East

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Students on the road to serve

Brooke Mannion 0
A volunteer fiesta created an opportunity for a youth group to get on the road, traveling almost two hours from…
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New children’s book tells the story of first responders and how God has worked…

Jessica Pigg 0
A new children’s book telling the action-packed stories of first responders released on February 16. Written by…
News

Culbreth retires, credits God with ministry opportunities/impact

Margaret Colson 0
After serving the Florida Baptist Convention, where he has “invested his life in the church,” for 25 years, Craig…
News

Florida Baptists come together to celebrate victories, look to future during…

Florida Baptist 1
Close to 1,000 Florida Baptists came together to celebrate victories and look to the future in reaching Florida’s…
Stories

Mobile Dental Ministry builds bridges to share gospel

Keila Diaz 0
When Farrell and Crystal Crews retired, they knew they wanted to go into missions full-time. What they didn’t know…
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Florida Baptists’ most-read stories of 2022 offer inspiration and challenge

Margaret Colson 0
nspirational stories about the naming of a new president for The Baptist College of Florida, churches using…

Central

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Illinois church plant has ties to Baptist Collegiate Ministries in Florida

David Moore 0
How is Requiem Church, a new Southern Baptist church plant in Alton, Illinois, connected with Baptist Collegiate…
News

Florida Baptists come together to celebrate victories, look to future during…

Florida Baptist 1
Close to 1,000 Florida Baptists came together to celebrate victories and look to the future in reaching Florida’s…
Stories

Ken Whitten joins NAMB to head up leadership ministry

Florida Baptist 0
Ken Whitten, recently retired pastor of Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa, Fla., will become national director of…
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Health care partnership provides care for Port Tampa Bay seafarers

Jessica Pigg 0
Thousands of seafarers­–representing hundreds of countries–come through Port Tampa Bay each year. Although the role…
Stories

Florida Baptists’ most-read stories of 2022 offer inspiration and challenge

Margaret Colson 0
nspirational stories about the naming of a new president for The Baptist College of Florida, churches using…
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Three churches, three languages, three conduits for spreading the gospel

Marian Rizzo 0
Three churches on one campus, reaching three distinct people groups, is a glimpse of God’s work at its finest,…

Southwest

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Southwest Florida church witnesses unprecedented number of baptisms/life change

Jessica Pigg 0
April found herself searching for purpose and struggling to find direction. She had grown up attending church with…
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Handmade dresses share God’s love with little girls throughout world

Keila Diaz 1
Little girls around the world are smiling and experiencing God’s love through handmade dresses sewn by the…
Southwest

Encouraging the encouragers in southwest Florida

Jessica Pigg 0
Since Hurricane Ian crashed into Florida’s Gulf Coast on Sept. 28, bringing catastrophic winds, rain and an…
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‘On mission and making a difference’

Jessica Pigg 0
It’s not just a nostalgic memory; it’s the future of missions for local churches, Irene Owens-Sharrett believes.
News

Florida Baptists come together to celebrate victories, look to future during…

Florida Baptist 1
Close to 1,000 Florida Baptists came together to celebrate victories and look to the future in reaching Florida’s…
Stories

Florida Baptists’ most-read stories of 2022 offer inspiration and challenge

Margaret Colson 0
nspirational stories about the naming of a new president for The Baptist College of Florida, churches using…

SouthEast

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Brazilian church plant in Delray Beach reaches Haitians with gospel

Keila Diaz 0
One-year-old church plant Brazilian Baptist Church is reaching not only Brazilians in the Delray Beach community,…
Stories

Pareja peruana en Miami descubre pasión por las misiones/compromiso de servir en…

Keila Diaz 0
Desde su Perú natal, a Miami, a Guadalajara, México, Alberto y Yoly Muñoz han descubierto una pasión por las…
Stories

Peruvian couple in Miami discover passion for missions/commitment to serve in…

Keila Diaz 0
From their native Peru, to Miami, to Guadalajara, Mexico, Alberto and Yoly Muñoz have discovered a passion for…
Stories

Torrential rainstorms provide opportunities for DR volunteers to serve

Keila Diaz 0
Anne’s home in the Ocean Waterway Mobile Home Park neighborhood of Ft. Lauderdale was hit by a tornado earlier this…
News

Florida Baptists come together to celebrate victories, look to future during…

Florida Baptist 1
Close to 1,000 Florida Baptists came together to celebrate victories and look to the future in reaching Florida’s…
Stories

Baptist College Of Florida inaugurará nuevo campus en Miami en agosto

Keila Diaz 0
Clayton Cloer, recién elegido presidente de The Baptist College of Florida, visitó a 50 pastores en la región…

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Committee on Nominations accepting nominations

Florida Baptist 0
The Committee on Nominations is responsible for nominating Florida Baptists to serve on the state convention’s…
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Orr to be nominated as FBSC president

Margaret Colson 0
Mike Orr, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Chipley, will be nominated by Ted Traylor, pastor of Olive…
News

UPDATE: Convention Leadership Statement Regarding Financial Fraud

Florida Baptist 1
The Florida Baptist Convention has experienced an incident of financial fraud. The fraudulent transaction is…
News

Baptisms in Florida Baptist congregations lead the way for SBC

Margaret Colson 0
Florida Baptists baptized 22,015 people in 2022, representing the highest number of baptisms in any Southern…
News

El movimiento hispano de oración se extiende por todo el país

Florida Baptist 0
Un movimiento de oración entre pastores hispanos de Florida se ha expandido para tener un impacto nacional entre…
News

Hispanic Baptists to come together for evangelism, worship, training at SBC ‘23

Keila Diaz 0
As the annual Southern Baptist Convention gathering in New Orleans draws closer, Hispanic Baptists are gearing up…