Annual Meeting Archive
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.
Whitten: ‘Gospel of grace is for all people’
The kingdom of God focuses on grace, loves authenticity and sees your possibility, said Ken Whitten, senior pastor of Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa.
Burgner: ‘I want to be a man that smells like his community’
In a message titled Hope for the Hopeless, Aaron Burgner, senior pastor of Lakes Church in Lakeland, reminded messengers at the 2022 Florida Baptist State Convention meeting at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola that, while ministry can be messy and costly, God gives power to those who stay tethered to Him.
Florida Baptists approve 2023 budget/policy revisions/special sexual abuse…
Florida Baptists celebrated churches working together to expand God’s kingdom during the 2022 Florida Baptist State Convention held Nov. 14-15 at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola.
Charles: ‘How you walk matters more than where you sit’
H.B. Charles closed the Tuesday morning session of the annual Florida Baptist State Convention meeting with a biblical message from Mark 10:35-45, where “Jesus teaches us this: How you walk matters more than where you sit.”
President’s Message: ‘Living and leading for the kingdom’
Focusing on Matthew 6:33, Florida Baptist State Convention President Paul Purvis urged Florida Baptists not to build a bridge to nowhere, like the Choluteca Bridge in Honduras, but to usher in God’s kingdom in truth, grace, power and glory.
Four leaders elected to serve as Florida Baptist officers
Four Florida Baptist leaders were elected to serve as 2022-23 officers of the Florida Baptist State Convention during its annual meeting Nov. 14-15 in Pensacola.
Florida Baptist messengers adopt special committee report regarding sexual…
Messengers to the 2022 Florida Baptist State Convention held Nov. 14-15 at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola unanimously adopted a report brought by a special committee tasked with examining policies and procedures governing sexual abuse allegation reporting, survivor care and prevention within the state convention.
Ethnic fellowships display Florida diversity
Florida Baptist diversity was on display Nov 15 during the 2022 annual gathering of the Florida Baptist State Convention at Olive Baptist Church.
2022 Florida Baptist State Convention Sermons
Watch the 2022 Florida Baptist Pastors’ Conference and State Convention sermons here!
Green: Florida ‘poised for kingdom movement’
Bringing an impassioned sermon to messengers gathered for the 2022 Florida Baptist State Convention annual meeting, Tommy Green, executive director-treasurer of the Florida Baptist Convention, declared, “Florida is poised in this kingdom moment for a kingdom movement.”
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