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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.
Florida Baptist Disaster Relief on ‘standby status’ as hurricane takes sha…
With projections that Tropical Storm Idalia will soon intensify to become a hurricane that could bring life-threatening impacts this week to parts of the Gulf Coast and even inland, Florida Baptist Disaster Relief leaders are on “standby status,” ready to respond when needed.
Baptist College of Florida partners with local church to launch extension…
The Baptist College of Florida recently has announced a partnership with Calvary Church in Clearwater to launch a new extension campus slated to open in August 2024.
Florida Baptist college students share gospel in Spain
It was a week of learning, growing spiritually and seeing lives changed by the gospel.
Calvary Church reaches Deaf community for Christ
For Ron Cooney, a specific church ministry originally brought his family through the doors of Calvary Church when he was 14 years old. As a child of a deaf adult (CODA), Cooney and his family were able to find a home at the Central Florida church. Now, years later, Cooney still calls Calvary Church home—as its executive pastor.
Loving people, changing lives
Bringing the love of Christ to the community through offering food and water or meeting other needs is a way of life for attendees of Christ Fellowship Tampa.
Florida Baptist family to be on mission in Poland
Theirs is a love story and a missions commitment that has spanned two continents for years. Now David and Krisztina McDowell are heading from their central Florida home in Umatilla to Warsaw, Poland, to serve as International Mission Board missionaries.
Illinois church plant has ties to Baptist Collegiate Ministries in Florida
How is Requiem Church, a new Southern Baptist church plant in Alton, Illinois, connected with Baptist Collegiate Ministries more than 1,000 miles away at the University of Central Florida?
Florida Baptists come together to celebrate victories, look to future duri…
Close to 1,000 Florida Baptists came together to celebrate victories and look to the future in reaching Florida’s 22 million residents with the gospel during the Challenge 2025 Gathering held Feb. 28 at First Baptist Church in Orlando.
Ken Whitten joins NAMB to head up leadership ministry
Ken Whitten, recently retired pastor of Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa, Fla., will become national director of pastoral leadership at the North American Mission Board (NAMB), beginning in March. NAMB president Kevin Ezell shared the news at NAMB’s Board of Trustees meeting in Miami, February 7.
Health care partnership provides care for Port Tampa Bay seafarers
Thousands of seafarers–representing hundreds of countries–come through Port Tampa Bay each year. Although the role that the seafarers fulfill is crucial to a global economy, their health care and well-being are often overlooked.
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