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Record-breaking financial distribution given to support retired Florida Ba…

This month, Rick Wheeler, president and chief executive officer of Florida Baptist Financial Services, signed the 2025 distribution of the Florida Baptist Retired Shepherd’s Fund to Mission:Dignity.
October 22, 2025
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Breaking News! Green Scholarship Continued

We are excited to announce the fourth year of the Dr. Tommy & Karen Green Scholarship (formerly known as the Florida Baptist Pastor’s Theological Education Scholarship)
March 31, 2025
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Breaking News! Florida Baptist Pastor’s Theological Education Scholarship…

We are excited to announce the second year of the Florida Baptist Pastor’s Theological Education Scholarship. This Scholarship is funded jointly by Florida Baptist Financial Services and the Florida Baptist Convention. I am grateful for the collaborative Kingdom heart of our Florida Baptist family.
April 4, 2023
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More than 60 scholarships awarded to Florida Baptists

More than 60 Florida Baptists have received $1,000 scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year through a cooperative effort between Florida Baptist Financial Services and the Florida Baptist Convention.
August 16, 2022
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Breaking News! Florida Baptist Pastor’s Theological Education Scholarship…

We are excited to announce the establishing of the Florida Baptist Pastor’s Theological Education Scholarship. This Scholarship is funded jointly by Florida Baptist Financial Services and the Florida Baptist Convention. I am grateful for the collaborative Kingdom heart of our Florida Baptist family.
April 27, 2022
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State Board celebrates movement of God throughout Florida

Celebrating the movement of God throughout Florida, Brian Stowe, president of the State Board of Missions, stated, “What the Lord loves, we should love. How the Lord acts, we should act. What the Lord does, we should do.”
April 13, 2022
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Florida Baptist Retired Shepherd’s Fund Established following sale of Reti…

During the annual Board of Trustees meeting on March 10th-11th, President & CEO Rick Wheeler announced the completion of the sale of the Florida Baptist Retirement Center to KR Management and the founding of the Florida Baptist Retired Shepherd’s Fund through Mission Dignity.
March 23, 2022
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BCF receives $30,000 for bivocational ministers scholarship

A check for $30,000 for the Baptist College of Florida’s Bivocational Ministers Scholarship fund was presented to BCF President Thomas A. Kinchen in April by Rick Wheeler, executive director-treasurer of the Florida Baptist Financial Services.
April 27, 2021
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State Board hear how Florida Baptists link arms to respond in Christ’s name

Looking back over the struggles of 2020, Brian Stowe, president of the State Board of Missions, declared, “In the Florida Baptist family, no one fights alone.”
April 15, 2021
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Florida Baptist Financial Services welcomes new president

Florida Baptist Financial Services will welcome Rick Wheeler as the new president and chief executive officer January 2020.
October 17, 2019
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