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Florida pastor Willy Rice to be nominated for SBC president in Orlando
CLEARWATER, Fla. (BP) – Florida pastor Willy Rice announced his intentions to be nominated as a candidate for Southern Baptist Convention president at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando. […]
Willy Rice urges faithfulness in a shifting culture
Willy Rice, pastor of Calvary Church in Clearwater, delivered the closing message at the 2024 Florida Baptist State Convention annual meeting and urged attendees to remain faithful in a society increasingly at odds with Christian values.
Rice: ‘Keep the kingdom in view’
In the closing sermon of the 2022 gathering of the Florida Baptist State Convention, Willy Rice, senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater, urged messengers to “keep the kingdom in view.”
Not a shell game: beach baptism opens door for public witness
A public baptism including more than 130 changed lives is significant on its own. But an onlooker’s response may be the biggest memory for Matt Laughter, worship pastor for the East Lake campus of Calvary Church.
Florida pastor Willy Rice to be nominated for SBC president
Willy Rice, pastor of Calvary Church in Clearwater, Fla., will be nominated by Clint Pressley, pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist, for the president of the Southern Baptist Convention this summer at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif.
Rice condemns inauthentic ministry, calls for eyes fixed on Jesus
Acknowledging “we all know our Baptist family is in a mess,” Willy Rice urged the church “to get our eyes off ourselves and to fix our eyes upon Jesus.”
Rice urges Southern Baptists to build on what lasts
In delivering the Convention Sermon at the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention, Florida Baptist pastor Willy Rice implored Southern Baptists to go for gold, silver and precious jewels, not the wood, hay and straw that has its short-term advantages but little benefit in terms of longevity.
Florida pastor Willy Rice calls for prayer as he preaches SBC Convention S…
Florida pastor Willy Rice is calling on his brothers and sisters in Christ to undergird him in prayer as he prepares to deliver the Convention Sermon during the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tenn.
Ministry Coaching – The Church Regathering
The Church Regathering – join us for a discussion with Willy Rice, Brian Stowe and Ken Whitten as they share some insights and encouragement for pastors working through the process of regathering the church.
Island Crusade sees many come to Christ
Despite being the smallest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the residents of St. John felt a huge Gospel impact during the Feeding of the Five Thousand revival that not only […]
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