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New Building Brings New Growth
First Baptist Church Fort Ogden, originally tucked away a few curvy miles down Hull Avenue, now boasts a new building right on Highway 17 in Arcadia. On their Celebration Sunday, […]
February 27, 2019
Adopting a Mission Changes Immokalee Church
The small, migrant town of Immokalee, located about 40 miles east of Naples, is mostly known for farming. However, for Fellowship Church (formerly known as FBC Immokalee), small would be […]
February 20, 2019
Seminary Graduation for inmates at Hardee Correctional
The New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) extension center at Hardee Correctional Institute in Bowling Green celebrated it’s first graduation as forty student inmates were awarded Bachelor of Arts in […]
January 17, 2019
BREAKING – Hayes Wicker begins pastoral transition with FBC Naples
Hayes Wicker, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Naples, announced over the weekend that he will be stepping away from the pastorate. He has served the church since 1992. […]
January 16, 2019
Sharper Ministry Conference 2020
February 20, 27, 29 & March 5, 7 Sharper! offered at multiple sites throughout Florida. A day of strengthening as ministry peer groups come together to gain fresh perspectives from fellow […]
January 2, 2019
Summit Church serves the Dominican Republic
On July 14th 11 men and women from Summit Church in Fort Myers traveled to the Dominican Republic to serve alongside our partner LoveServes and El Refugio church in Haina. In […]
August 15, 2018
Southwest Region Evangelism Conference
On Monday evening Colonial Oaks Baptist Church in Sarasota hosted the Southwest Region Evangelism Conference. “It was an excellent meeting,” said Wayne Briant, southwest regional catalyst of the Florida Baptist […]
April 20, 2018
Naples couple finds new life in Jesus
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our Florida Baptist churches are filled with stories of life transformation! Scott and Naomi, who attend First Baptist Church in Naples, experienced the power of Jesus to change their lives and […]
February 9, 2018
Pastor’s unlikely path leads to growing church
Curtis Forbes’ path to becoming a Florida Baptist pastor is anything but ordinary. At 22 years old, he was a high school dropout; he used illegal drugs; he had never […]
February 28, 2017
Sarasota Church Loves on its Community
Wearing bright blue t-shirts proclaiming “I love Sarasota,” nearly 500 Sarasota Baptist Church members–from toddlers to octogenarians–fanned out across the county to shower their community with the love of Christ […]
February 10, 2016
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