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Church reaching community through new middle school
Ocklawaha Bridge Baptist Church in Silver Springs is reaching its community by opening a middle school. Pastor Jared Buchanan believes this is a great model for other churches to emulate.
June 22, 2022
Two crises lead to three-dimensional ministry
Two back-to-back crises have led New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Panama City to create a three-dimensional approach to reaching its community with the gospel.
June 21, 2022
More than the good life
Beckoned by sunshine, beaches, fishing and more, thousands of people relocate to Ft. Myers annually, seeking to live the good life.
Church planter Phillip Jones and his wife Tandra want more for these newcomers—as well as for current residents—in one of America’s fastest growing cities.
May 26, 2022
Not a shell game: beach baptism opens door for public witness
A public baptism including more than 130 changed lives is significant on its own. But an onlooker’s response may be the biggest memory for Matt Laughter, worship pastor for the East Lake campus of Calvary Church.
May 24, 2022
Sumatra Baptist Church celebrates new life on Resurrection Sunday
On Easter Sunday as Christians worldwide celebrated new life found in the risen Lord, new life began for Sumatra Baptist Church in the Panhandle of Florida.
May 11, 2022
Focus on Scripture and community outreach revitalizes church
When Pastor Adrian Taylor thinks about the revitalization and growth that Springhill Missionary Baptist Church has experienced over the past 17 years, he is quick to give credit to God and His unchanging Word, the Bible.
May 9, 2022
A ministry heart for Native Americans
Josh LeadingFox, pastor of Immokalee First Seminole Baptist Church in southwest Florida, is dedicated to reaching Native Americans living on the Seminole Tribe’s Immokalee Reservation as well as residents in the surrounding community. But his ministry vision is far broader than that.
April 28, 2022
Haitian church celebrates being a ‘light in the community’ for 30 years
Amid the flowers and balloons celebrating the 30th anniversary of Premiere Eglise Baptiste Haitenne de Jacksonville, Pastor Oreste Coulanges focused on the future, saying, “Pray that we can keep serving God, being a light in the community.”
April 27, 2022
Unexpected encounter leads to new church plant in Jacksonville
An unexpected encounter in his doctoral class led to Curtis Haynes’ decision to plant a new Southern Baptist church on the southside of Jacksonville. The seasoned church planter will launch The Lord is My Shepherd Church this September.
March 31, 2022
Sowing seeds of love and generosity in Jacksonville’s Riverside
With a desire to generously share the grace and love of Jesus, church planter and pastor Joel Stuckey is reaching out to Jacksonville’s diverse Riverside neighborhood and seeing lives transformed.
January 31, 2022
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