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Brazilian church plant in Delray Beach reaches Haitians with gospel

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

Cooking up a community that glorifies God

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Small church has big heart to serve community

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

Brazilian church plant in Delray Beach reaches Haitians with gospel

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

Cooking up a community that glorifies God

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Small church has big heart to serve community

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

Cooking up a community that glorifies God

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

Small church has big heart to serve community

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

Florida Baptist Disaster Relief responding after April storms/tornadoes in…

On the afternoon of Thursday, April 27, just  hours after storms and tornadoes had left a swath of destruction in…

Church uses science to share gospel truth

At First Baptist Church of Beulah, a small, rural church in a burgeoning community, science is a creative way to…

Connecting military families with the family of Christ

Relocating with the military can be a stressful time for men, women and children as they navigate a new community,…

Students celebrate: 100 baptisms/100 lightbulbs

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

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

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

UF Students spend spring break on mission in South Sudan

South Sudan in East Africa is not your typical spring break destination for today’s college students, but when the…

Former Basque missionaries now planting Basque church in Idaho

Matthew McDonald was working as a pastor in Live Oak when he learned about Southern Baptist church planters in…

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…

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…

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…

Students on the road to serve

A volunteer fiesta created an opportunity for a youth group to get on the road, traveling almost two hours from…

New children’s book tells the story of first responders and how God has worked…

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

Culbreth retires, credits God with ministry opportunities/impact

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

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

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

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…

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…

Illinois church plant has ties to Baptist Collegiate Ministries in Florida

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

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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,…

Southwest Florida church witnesses unprecedented number of baptisms/life change

April found herself searching for purpose and struggling to find direction. She had grown up attending church with…

Handmade dresses share God’s love with little girls throughout world

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

Encouraging the encouragers in southwest Florida

Since Hurricane Ian crashed into Florida’s Gulf Coast on Sept. 28, bringing catastrophic winds, rain and an…

‘On mission and making a difference’

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

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

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

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…

Brazilian church plant in Delray Beach reaches Haitians with gospel

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

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

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

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

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

Torrential rainstorms provide opportunities for DR volunteers to serve

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

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

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

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…

News

Committee on Nominations accepting nominations

The Committee on Nominations is responsible for nominating Florida Baptists to serve on the state convention’s…

Orr to be nominated as FBSC president

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

UPDATE: Convention Leadership Statement Regarding Financial Fraud

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

Baptisms in Florida Baptist congregations lead the way for SBC

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

El movimiento hispano de oración se extiende por todo el país

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

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

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