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Radiant City Church reaches college students, Boca Raton community

Developing, Expanding, Providing, Sharing, Southeast, State Mission Offering, Stories
At just over three years old, Radiant City Church in Boca Raton has become a “beacon of hope” in it…
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Pillar Church serves military, impacts local community

Expanding, Sharing, State Mission Offering, Stories, West
“In the Book of Acts, Jesus sends out the disciples in twos, so the biblical pattern of church plan…
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Lake Rousseau Baptist Church:

Expanding, North, Sharing, Stories
Pastor Jim Kinnebrew sometimes feels like God parachuted him right down in the middle of a new chur…
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Tallahassee church on its way to meeting 40/40 goal for planting churches…

Developing, Expanding, North, Stories
Tallahassee’s Celebration Baptist Church had never planted a church when it set an ambitious 40/40…
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Extended Family and a Church Called Refuge

Developing, East, Expanding, Providing, Sharing, Stories
Josh and Beth Glymph are different, but not in the way people might expect.
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Influx of Spanish-speaking families inspires church plant in Naples

Español, Expanding, Sharing, Southwest, Stories
Recognizing that the tide is shifting in Naples, with more and more Spanish-speaking families movin…
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Former Basque missionaries now planting Basque church in Idaho

Expanding, North, Stories
Matthew McDonald was working as a pastor in Live Oak when he learned about Southern Baptist church…
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NAMB Trustees meet missionaries reaching Miami’s unique diversity

Expanding, Southeast, Stories
Against a backdrop of Miami’s vast diversity and vibrancy, trustees with the North American Mission…
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It takes a team to plant a church, says Lakeside Church pastor Zack Potter

Central, Expanding, Stories
Planting a church requires more than a man with a mission, admits Zack Potter, pastor of Lakeside C…
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Called, prepared, and provided for: New Vietnamese Baptist church launches…

Archive, Asian, Expanding, Multicultural, North, Stories
No one knew there was a need for a new Vietnamese church in Jacksonville, but when a Vietnamese bus…
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    James Peoples

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    From Burnout to Endurance: Pastor Completes Ironman World Championship

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    BRANDON— In 2012, Jason Millsaps, lead worship pastor at Bell Shoals, could barely swim 37 yards without gasping for air. Twelve years later, he stood on the starting line at the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, the most grueling and prestigious one-day endurance event in the world. An Ironman competition consists of three…
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    Olive Baptist Church sees historic year of baptisms

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    It was a historic year at Olive Baptist Church as the congregation witnessed a significant increase in people coming t…
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    Florida Haitian Pastors Pray, Discuss Church Response as TPS End Approaches

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    Pictured above: John Voltaire, Haitian Multicultural Catalyst, addresses attendees at the annual Haitian Pastors’ Pray…
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    Florida Baptist associational leaders gather for annual summit

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    Pictured above: Tim O’Carroll, associational mission strategist for the Treasure Coast Baptist Association, speaks to…
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