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Global hunger relief unifies to make eternal difference

From Dr. Tommy Green: This month, Florida Baptists are observing and responding to the Baptist Global Hunger Relief offering. The offering provides a tangible way to respond to the hunger […]
July 7, 2016
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Hollywood Church tackles community’s hunger

It’s Saturday morning in South Florida. Come rain or shine, dozens of cars snake slowly around the parking lot of Hollywood Community Church. When the morning ends, as many as […]
June 24, 2016
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GO Jax churches collaborate as hands, feet of Jesus

Descending upon the campus of Jacksonville’s Englewood High School, more than 25 volunteers from GO Jax 2016 planted vibrant flowers and shrubs along the sidewalks of the school’s entrance, mulched […]
May 19, 2016
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Florida Baptist Global Hunger Relief

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May 6, 2016
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Church Wraps Loving Arms Around Community

Each February, the primarily senior adult congregation of Lake Shore Baptist Church in Jacksonville dedicates a week to wrapping loving arms around their Westside community. Anchored by the Florida Baptist […]
March 29, 2016
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Churches unified in multicultural community

By Margaret Colson, Florida Baptist Convention November 8, 2015 Partly cloudy skies, accented by the stench of the smoke from the nearby paper mill, provided the backdrop for a Saturday […]
November 8, 2015
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Sharing the Living Water in Apalachicola

By Margaret Colson, Florida Baptist Convention November 8, 2015 Many of the 20,000-plus people attending the Florida Seafood Festival in Apalachicola came looking for bottled water and returned home, instead, with […]
November 8, 2015
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Basketball clinic opens doors for gospel

By Margaret Colson, Florida Baptist Convention November 8, 2015 The Diaz family of four has lived in our nation for just over a year. Puerto Rican, they still struggle with […]
November 8, 2015
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Feats of strength point to power of Christ

By Margaret Colson, Florida Baptist Convention November 8, 2015 Six-feet, five-inches tall and 330 pounds, Zeb Bishop took a deep breath, bent his arms and clenched his fists. Then, as […]
November 8, 2015
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Church planter plans organic start in Tampa’s downtown community

By Barbara Denman, Florida Baptist Convention November 6, 2016 As he plants a new church in Tampa’s urban Channelside community, Brian Elliott is determined to expand the resident’s “work-here, play-here […]
November 6, 2015
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