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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.
Setbacks become ‘opportunities to grow and see God move’ for southwest Flo…
In a town known for its hardworking agricultural community, rodeos, airboat rides and other adventures, a pastor in DeSoto County has become known as the “disaster pastor,” with the innate ability to weather a storm and to walk right beside his church and community through it.
Numbers tell a story: Florida Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers rise ear…
It’s just several hours past midnight when volunteers gather to begin preparing about 9,000 meals for the day as part of one Florida Baptist Disaster Relief feeding team.
Stand with Cuba: A message from International Mission Board leader
Over the past month, there have been a series of country-wide blackouts across Cuba. These blackouts mean 8.5 million people are without electricity. They cannot store food, charge their phones, refrigerate medicine, or even pump water from wells. We, in partnership with Send Relief and the Eastern and Western Baptist Conventions, feed thousands of people through kitchens located in local churches. The local churches that have generators can serve their communities by providing meals, charging phones, and keeping refrigerators running so families with children can store their milk and food or keep certain much-needed medications refrigerated.
Following God’s call: Florida Baptist family heads to Uganda as missionari…
The Holders were among 49 newly appointed missionaries who participated in an International Mission Board Sending Celebration Nov. 10 at New Vision Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
“Dios sigue siendo bueno”, dice pastor tras dos terremotos que…
GRANMA, CUBA–Dos terremotos consecutivos sacudieron el este de Cuba el domingo 10 de noviembre, causando daños generalizados en áreas de la nación isleña que aún se recuperan del huracán de […]
‘God is still good,’ pastor says after two earthquakes rock Cuba in afterm…
Two back-to-back earthquakes rocked Eastern Cuba Sunday, Nov. 10, creating widespread damage in areas of the island nation still recovering from Category 1 Hurricane Oscar, which struck Eastern Cuba Oct. 20, and Category 3 Hurricane Rafael, which made landfall in Western Cuba near the province of Artemisa Nov. 6.
Cuba sufre el impacto de dos huracanes consecutivos en poco más de dos sem…
LA HABANA, CUBA–Mientras que el este de Cuba continúa recuperándose de la devastación causada por el huracán Oscar de categoría 1, que desató su furia sobre la isla el 20 […]
Cuba sustains back-to-back punch from two hurricanes in just over two weeks
HAVANA, CUBA–As Eastern Cuba continues to dig out from the devastation of Category 1 Hurricane Oscar, which unleashed its fury on the island nation Oct. 20, Western Cuba has now […]
Relationships, encouragement and stewardship mark the ministry of Lewis Mi…
Building relationships with pastors and the churches they serve has been one of the greatest blessings for Lewis Miller, West region catalyst for the Florida Baptist Convention.
Amendment 3 rejected: Floridians defeat ballot initiative for recreational…
In addition to working to defeat Amendment 4, which would have loosened abortion restrictions in the state, Florida Baptists also rallied their fellow Floridians to defeat Amendment 3, which sought […]
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