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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.

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Southwest FL churches teach missions, discipleship, giving during VBS

After Lifeway’s popular Vacation Bible School (VBS) programs were canceled across the nation in 2020, due to the global pandemic, the anticipation was at an all-time high this year as Southwest Florida churches geared up for hosting the century old program.
August 4, 2021
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Gainesville church employs simple strategy to attract millennials

Looking to attract millennials to your church? You might want to take a cue from the Southwest Campus of Westside Baptist Church in Gainesville, where some 80 percent of members are young families and college students.
May 20, 2021
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College students contextualize Challenge 2025 truths locally

Typically for college students in Florida, February brings opportunity for spiritual growth and transformation during the annual State Collegiate Conference.
March 17, 2021
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“Better Together:” new event to encourage youth leaders

Student pastor Matt Sawyer worked tirelessly to get his student ministry online in 2020 when the pandemic hit, so that they could stay connected and continue learning about God.
March 3, 2021
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Eight-year-old proves any age can impact missions

Eight-year-old Adison Bugbee raised more than $200 for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, proving you should never underestimate the next generation of world changers.
February 25, 2021
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Student Ministry Digital Conference Recordings

Student Ministry leaders will benefit from this training event. Invite your leaders to learn and grow in skills that reimagine recruiting and training volunteers, ministering to parents, and student ministry as a whole in the midst of a pandemic.
October 2, 2020
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Kids Ministry Digital Conference Recordings

Kids Ministry leaders will benefit from this training event. Invite your preschool and children leaders to learn and grow in skills that reimagine volunteers, ministering to parents, and kids ministry in the midst of a pandemic.
September 25, 2020
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Tampa BCM director elected to lead state’s Next Gen Ministries

Nathan Schneider, who has served as the Baptist Collegiate Ministries director for the Tampa area since 2017, was elected as Florida Baptists’ Next Generation Ministries lead catalyst.
September 22, 2020
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Called to campus ministry, retiring BCM director produces generational imp…

The ebb and flow of ministry is not for the faint of heart, but Pensacola’s Baptist Campus Ministry director Tony Olesky has witnessed the eternal impact that comes with staying the course. On Aug. 18, he retired from his post after 34 years of collegiate ministry.
September 1, 2020
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Virtual VBS to unite families and kids in Tallahassee

Children and families in Tallahassee and around the globe will get to participate in Vacation Bible School this summer without ever having to leave their homes.
June 10, 2020
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