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‘Meet people … meet needs …meet Jesus’

“We want to meet people, so that we can meet needs, with the hope that they will meet Jesus,” said Church Planter Melo Sauvel, who launched One Family Church in Apopka this past January.
September 13, 2022
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Pastors to be nominated to lead Florida Baptist Pastors’ Conference in 2023

James Ross will be nominated by fellow Florida Baptist pastor Erik Cummings to serve as president of the 2023 Florida Baptist Pastors’ Conference.
September 12, 2022
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Missionary kid wins medals at Unicycle World Championships

The young American stood in the back of the truck as it moved slowly through the streets of Nalerigu, Ghana. Friends gathered along the road held up flags and cheered for the teenager clad in a Ghanaian national shirt.
September 9, 2022
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‘Under the shadow of the steeple’ Mission Hill Church embraces Afghan refu…

They fled their homeland of Afghanistan, terrified and clinging to loved ones. The lives they had built had been destroyed—homes and belongings, demolished; friends and family members, slaughtered. There was no turning back, but moving forward was anything but certain.
September 8, 2022
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‘New season’ for church plant

Favor Church in Wesley Chapel launched in February 2020. Just three weeks later it closed its doors. The culprit: a global pandemic that sent fledgling church plants and established churches to the digital sphere to be able to continue ministering to the faithful and reaching the lost.
September 6, 2022
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Rick Martinez: ‘Miami is the future today’

Rick Martinez began serving Miami Baptist Association as associational mission strategist on July 1. Here, he shares some of his thoughts as settles into his new role serving the diverse, multicultural association of churches.
August 31, 2022
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State Board approves $29.5 million CP budget/Ohio partnership/policy revis…

Declaring that God “is not finished with His Church and His people,” Tommy Green, Florida Baptists’ executive director-treasurer, challenged the State Board of Missions to “dream again” as they “risk everything for the glory of Jesus Christ.”
August 30, 2022
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30 years later, Southern Baptists recall Hurricane Andrew as disaster reli…

Mickey Caison and his team of South Carolina Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers were exhausted when they pulled into First Baptist Church of Homestead, Fla., on the evening of Aug. 25, 1992, just one day after Hurricane Andrew barreled into South Florida with winds of around 141 miles per hour.
August 26, 2022
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First Leesburg’s ‘No Vacancy’ exhorts churches to ‘stay on mission’

The blighted motel adjacent to First Baptist Church of Leesburg attracted people who were homeless and addicted to drugs. The church envisioned buying the motel to house a ministry to the very people lingering there.
August 25, 2022
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All of Jesus for All of Life: FBC Jacksonville committed to community

Amid cultural and financial challenges, First Baptist Church of Jacksonville is committed to “reaching all of Jacksonville with all of Jesus for all of life.”
August 24, 2022
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