Missions
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.
Prayers, preparation, action: Florida Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers o…
Florida Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers have been praying. They have been preparing. Now, they are putting their prayers and preparation into action. After Hurricane Debby made landfall Aug. 5 in […]
Florida Baptist Disaster Relief on ‘active’ status in Hurricane Debby resp…
As Hurricane Debby, a Category 1 storm, made landfall early Monday morning, Aug. 5, along the Big Bend coast of Florida, Florida Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are now on “active” status, ready to respond to bring help, hope and healing to those impacted by the storm.
Children give $10,000 to missions
Excitement filled the worship center as nearly 800 children and volunteers arrived daily for Breaker Rock Beach vacation Bible school at Hillcrest Baptist Church in Pensacola. Amid the fun songs and silly skits that started each morning, Megan Woodham, kids ministry director, gave the children a call to missions.
Tallahassee church ministers to neighbors after tornadoes
Pastor Jacob Turner said he and several church members felt a little disheartened when it started pouring rain Monday afternoon, May 13, in Tallahassee, interrupting the cleanup work they were doing on church property as a result of the recent tornadoes.
Historic church makes history in record-breaking missions giving
What started as a multigenerational mission-themed breakfast has transformed into record-breaking missions giving for one rural North Florida Baptist church.
Florida Baptist Disaster Relief Teams aid tornado victims in Tallahassee
Just hours after three tornadoes touched down in Tallahassee on Friday, May 10, wreaking havoc, toppling trees, disrupting power and claiming at least one life in what’s being considered the city’s worst tornado outbreak
First Baptist Fort Lauderdale, Church by the Glades baptize 400+ Easter we…
FORT LAUDERDALE— “God is at work in South Florida,” said Al Fernandez, Southeast regional catalyst for the Florida Baptist Convention. “Church By the Glades and First Baptist Church, Fort Lauderdale, […]
Pastor on sabbatical plants church on Caribbean island
MAARTEN—Fine white sand and turquoise waters sound like the perfect setting for rest and relaxation. But for one southwest Florida Baptist pastor, this setting was a perfect opportunity to plant […]
Haitian fellowship, Florida Baptists to open migrant center in Mexico
Haitian Southern Baptist pastors are spearheading work to open a welcome center and two churches in Mexico to serve throngs of migrants who often risk their lives to get there.
Fruit Cove Baptist expands missions outreach to all seven continents
With its recent mission trip to Australia, Fruit Cove Baptist Church in North Florida has reached its goal of extending its missions footprint to all seven continents.
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