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Korean pastor called from retirement to plant church

Pastor Jongha Park planned to retire, but God had other plans. He had been in ministry since 1996, serving as pastor at a Baptist church in Daytona Beach and for 20 years as pastor of Korean Open Door Baptist Church in Oviedo.
December 21, 2022
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Mission:Dignity recipients in Florida ‘eternally grateful’ for 13th check

Bernice Kirkland served alongside her pastor-husband until he passed away in 2010. Her late husband, Ezra L. Kirkland Jr., preached from 1945-2010 in churches across Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama and Florida. 
December 14, 2022
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Missionaries aren’t ‘super-Christians’: How God uses ‘normal people’ to do…

Jared Mitcham believes that most people have the wrong impression of missionaries. Rather than seeing missionaries as regular people following God’s call God on their lives, he says many have a different impression.
December 7, 2022
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Rest, restore, renew: The value of sabbaticals

Sabbaticals are often associated with tenured professors taking a semester off to write, do research or study abroad; the term is rarely used for pastors. But, for Florida Baptist pastors, the concept has evolved over the past couple of years and, thanks to the experience of one pastor, the value of pastoral sabbaticals is now appreciated more fully.
November 30, 2022
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Singles Minister Returns to Hometown to Plant New Church

Daniel Helms loved his hometown of Palatka (pop. 10,000), where everybody knew everybody and sports were a major part of life. Even so, during his college years, he decided to pursue his dreams elsewhere, and he wasn’t planning to move back.
November 1, 2022
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‘Churches Helping Churches’ in Daytona Beach area after Ian

A day after Ian dropped more than 19 inches of rain in the Daytona Beach area, the pastor and members of City Light Church in Port Orange sprang into action to help fellow members and other churches dealing with significant flooding.
October 20, 2022
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Florida Baptists take encouragement to New England pastors, bring back des…

In a section of the northeastern U.S. that was once the cradle of American independence and the Great Awakening, religion is no longer part of the culture. Instead, like the historic churches that sit empty and unused, the gospel is viewed as part of a once-important past no longer relevant or necessary to modern life in New England.
October 13, 2022
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Disaster Relief teams expand cleanup and recovery to Daytona Beach

When Craig Culbreth checked in with pastors of Florida Baptist churches in the Daytona Beach area after Tropical Storm Ian passed through, he began to hear a common thread of widespread flooding that caused damage to homes and churches.
October 11, 2022
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Serve Tour Volunteers Make a Difference in Jacksonville

On September 16-17, more than 840 volunteers joined Send Relief for Serve Tour Jacksonville to show the love of Christ across the city!
September 30, 2022
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All of Jesus for All of Life: FBC Jacksonville committed to community

Amid cultural and financial challenges, First Baptist Church of Jacksonville is committed to “reaching all of Jacksonville with all of Jesus for all of life.”
August 24, 2022
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