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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.
Ministry leaders focus on reimagining small groups in church
Small Groups Reimagine, a shift from how we “do church” in post-pandemic church culture, was the focus of the September 2023 Sunday School Conference in Florida Baptists’ Central region.
‘Kingdom partnership’ results in ‘doing more together than we can apart’
Years ago, two Florida Baptist pastors became acquainted and began to cultivate a relationship. The two pastors serve churches 125 miles apart, but the miles between them have proven no obstacle to their shared kingdom focus. Fast forward to the summer of 2023, and the two pastors partnered and encouraged one another in a unique church-to-church mission trip.
Diverse populations unified in Christ at Crestview Baptist Church
Celebration focuses on the more than 1,500 baptized individuals–representing dramatically diverse walks of life–who have made professions of faith and been baptized over the past two decades at the Central Florida church.
Restoration Church of Sanford: A home for the broken
Meeting needs with the power of the gospel is exactly what the church plant is doing in the heart of downtown Sanford.
First Baptist Kissimmee addresses mental health crisis in community
When community leaders speak, leaders at First Baptist Church of Kissimmee listen and take action.
‘Christ glorified through devastation’
The city of Cedar Key is a quiet community nestled among many tiny keys on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Long admired for its natural beauty and protected sanctuaries, it is now a community working together to help those on the island rebuild their lives.
Iglesia Comunidad Biblica in Spring Hill, less than one year old, hopes to…
Pastor Kidannie Laboy just launched a Spanish-speaking church plant in January in Spring Hill, and he already is making plans to launch a second church plant in the near future.
La Iglesia Comunidad Bíblica en Spring Hill, plantada hace menos de un año…
El pastor Kidannie Laboy acaba de iniciar la plantación de una iglesia de habla hispana en enero en Spring Hill, y ya está haciendo planes para lanzar una segunda iglesia en el futuro cercano.
Florida Baptist Disaster Relief feeding operations underway at First Bapti…
PERRY— Florida Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are set up and ready to start feeding operations out of First Baptist Church in Perry following Hurricane Idalia’s destructive path through the area […]
Florida Baptist Disaster Relief on ‘active status’ as Hurricane Idalia mak…
As Category 3 Hurricane Idalia made landfall the morning of Aug. 30 in Keaton Beach, Florida Baptist Disaster Relief leaders have transitioned to “active status,” as they begin mobilizing and responding to those impacted by the storm.
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