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Stay informed with stories, news, and updates from churches across our association and throughout the state. Here you’ll find stories, events, and resources that celebrate ministry work and keep our church community connected.

Meeting emergency needs after a hurricane requires a host of committed, equipped volunteers serving in many roles—mass feeding, clean-up and recovery, emergency response, temporary child care, emotional and spiritual care, administrative […]
November 8, 2016
Returning to her St. Augustine Beach home after evacuating for Hurricane Matthew, Lelia Druzdis found it flooded with two feet of brackish and sewage-contaminated water that had soaked into her […]
November 8, 2016
Japanese immigrants setting out to start new lives in south Florida may find more than they were expecting. Some may find new life in Christ. “Starting a new life in […]
October 26, 2016
Eric Davis and his wife, Marrisa, returned to Wakulla County to plant The Mission in their hometown for “people falling through the cracks–people other churches are not reaching.” It was […]
September 13, 2016
Micah Roden was beginning a well-deserved vacation from his job as manager of a Jacksonville Beach retail store when he learned Florida Baptists’ disaster relief volunteers were being deployed to […]
August 16, 2016
She was an elementary school teacher for more than two decades – until a disability forced her into early retirement . . . and a reduced pension. She soon discovered […]
July 8, 2016
It’s Saturday morning in South Florida. Come rain or shine, dozens of cars snake slowly around the parking lot of Hollywood Community Church. When the morning ends, as many as […]
June 24, 2016
Scattered from the Panhandle to South Florida in rural communities and complex urban centers, graduates of The Baptist College of Florida are committed to “Changing the World through the Unchanging […]
June 9, 2016
Two Miami-area churches are scoring inroads into local schools by providing pre-game meals for their football teams–while changing lives of players and coaches alike. Each week during football season, pastors […]
May 23, 2016
Descending upon the campus of Jacksonville’s Englewood High School, more than 25 volunteers from GO Jax 2016 planted vibrant flowers and shrubs along the sidewalks of the school’s entrance, mulched […]
May 19, 2016

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