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Radiant City Church reaches college students, Boca Raton community

Developing, Expanding, Providing, Sharing, Southeast, State Mission Offering, Stories
At just over three years old, Radiant City Church in Boca Raton has become a “beacon of hope” in it…
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Pillar Church serves military, impacts local community

Expanding, Sharing, State Mission Offering, Stories, West
“In the Book of Acts, Jesus sends out the disciples in twos, so the biblical pattern of church plan…
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Lake Rousseau Baptist Church:

Expanding, North, Sharing, Stories
Pastor Jim Kinnebrew sometimes feels like God parachuted him right down in the middle of a new chur…
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Tallahassee church on its way to meeting 40/40 goal for planting churches…

Developing, Expanding, North, Stories
Tallahassee’s Celebration Baptist Church had never planted a church when it set an ambitious 40/40…
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Extended Family and a Church Called Refuge

Developing, East, Expanding, Providing, Sharing, Stories
Josh and Beth Glymph are different, but not in the way people might expect.
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Influx of Spanish-speaking families inspires church plant in Naples

Español, Expanding, Sharing, Southwest, Stories
Recognizing that the tide is shifting in Naples, with more and more Spanish-speaking families movin…
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Former Basque missionaries now planting Basque church in Idaho

Expanding, North, Stories
Matthew McDonald was working as a pastor in Live Oak when he learned about Southern Baptist church…
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NAMB Trustees meet missionaries reaching Miami’s unique diversity

Expanding, Southeast, Stories
Against a backdrop of Miami’s vast diversity and vibrancy, trustees with the North American Mission…
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It takes a team to plant a church, says Lakeside Church pastor Zack Potter

Central, Expanding, Stories
Planting a church requires more than a man with a mission, admits Zack Potter, pastor of Lakeside C…
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Called, prepared, and provided for: New Vietnamese Baptist church launches…

Archive, Asian, Expanding, Multicultural, North, Stories
No one knew there was a need for a new Vietnamese church in Jacksonville, but when a Vietnamese bus…
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    James Peoples

    Director, SEND Network Florida with NAMB
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    Palatka church models disability ministry as mission and community service

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    Pictured above: Volunteer and participant celebrate a fun evening during a recent Night to Shine event.  FBC Palatka partners with Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in recent years to expand the reach of this special ministry event in the community. (Source: firstpalatka.com/ministries) PALATKA, Fla. — An estimated 2.9…
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    Trees for Hope Ministry Spreads Gospel Hope Through Christmas Trees

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    HOMESTEAD— This Christmas season Summit Church in Homestead not only raised funds for local missions but helped 90 fam…
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    Baptisms Celebrated Surrounding the Holiday Season: Iglesia Bautista Northside Gives Thanks Through Sunrise Worship and Life Change

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    Pictured above: Alberto Ocana, pastor of Iglesia Bautista Northside in Hialeah, baptizes new believer in Christ during…
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    Missionaries creatively use Lego winter village to spotlight mission work during Christmas

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    More than 20,000 LEGO pieces, including over 100 minifigures, were on display at the Hillcrest Baptist Church missions…
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