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Immanuel Baptist Church

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Pictured above: Tanner Guidry, student pastor, and John Taylor, young adult minister, Immanuel Baptist Church, participate in BCM events where they engage students in gospel-centered conversation. Multiple churches are making an […]

May 19, 2026

Just hours after three tornadoes touched down in Tallahassee on Friday, May 10, wreaking havoc, toppling trees, disrupting power and claiming at least one life in what’s being considered the city’s worst tornado outbreak

May 14, 2024

Larry Brister, lead pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church since July 2018, passed away April 11 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 71.

May 8, 2024

Six-hour sessions of chemotherapy, four dozen radiation appointments and countless medical procedures. This has been Larry Brister’s new normal for two years.

January 23, 2024

Pictured above: Dan Hall (front center), became quadriplegic after a pulmonary embolism caused him to fall into a wall, was the plenary speaker at Joni and Friends Conference on ministering […]

October 3, 2023

The long, scenic miles across Alligator Alley could not hinder southwest Florida Baptist pastors from coming “right beside” Larry Brister, a pastor serving in Ft. Lauderdale.

June 29, 2023

A two-day conference for married couples to laugh and interact with their spouses while hearing honest insight into issues they often face drew more than 200 participants to Immanuel Baptist Church in Pace.

February 4, 2022

For nearly seven decades, Audrey Naumann has faithfully served as the keeper of records, administrative expert and bestower of blessings at Immanuel Baptist Church in Ft. Lauderdale.

December 13, 2021

Boca Raton’s Russian-speaking Bible Church is just over a year old. But that has not stopped the new church from sending a group to neighboring Ft. Lauderdale to reach the underserved Russian-speaking community there with the claims of Christ.

June 22, 2021

You can go online or watch the evening news to find out the latest numbers on the COVID-19 pandemic. What you won’t find there are stories about Florida churches continuing to press on and do the work of God during these trying times.

January 28, 2021

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