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Pace Church “Burns the Note”

God’s people celebrated His faithfulness as Immanuel Baptist Church in Pace became debt-free for the first time in more than 14 years, paying off the mortgage on its worship center. […]
December 13, 2017
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Pensacola believers lift up ‘Unity in the Community’

An interdenominational, multicultural gathering of Christ followers “lifting up the unifying power of the gospel” brought hundreds of persons together for a ‘Unity in the Community’ march and rally in […]
April 27, 2017
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Pastors’ Lunch and Learn meetings to inspire West Florida pastors

Quarterly “Lunch and Learn” meetings to strengthen and encourage kingdom-minded pastors in the West Florida Region will be held throughout 2017, beginning Feb. 16. “The meetings will provide opportunity for […]
January 12, 2017
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First Bonifay embraces needs of displaced children

Shelly and Carole Chandler looked at their soon-to-be empty nester home and heard God speak. “He moved our hearts,” said Shelly Chandler, to see they could fill their house once […]
April 20, 2016
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Panhandle Baptists give hope after F-3 tornadoes

When back-to-back F-3 tornadoes hit Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in eight days, teams of volunteers from the Pensacola Bay Baptist Association and the Florida Baptist Disaster Relief sprang into […]
March 4, 2016
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Convention sends pastors to Jacksonville conference

Florida Baptists are investing in the ministry of 18 pastors and their wives who are attending the Jacksonville Pastors’ Conference at First Baptist Church Jan. 27-31 as guests of the […]
January 29, 2016
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Churches unified in multicultural community

By Margaret Colson, Florida Baptist Convention November 8, 2015 Partly cloudy skies, accented by the stench of the smoke from the nearby paper mill, provided the backdrop for a Saturday […]
November 8, 2015
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Sharing the Living Water in Apalachicola

By Margaret Colson, Florida Baptist Convention November 8, 2015 Many of the 20,000-plus people attending the Florida Seafood Festival in Apalachicola came looking for bottled water and returned home, instead, with […]
November 8, 2015
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Basketball clinic opens doors for gospel

By Margaret Colson, Florida Baptist Convention November 8, 2015 The Diaz family of four has lived in our nation for just over a year. Puerto Rican, they still struggle with […]
November 8, 2015
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Feats of strength point to power of Christ

By Margaret Colson, Florida Baptist Convention November 8, 2015 Six-feet, five-inches tall and 330 pounds, Zeb Bishop took a deep breath, bent his arms and clenched his fists. Then, as […]
November 8, 2015
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