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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
‘Sending’ churches engage in community
What can a church do when it desires to reach its local community but isn’t sure where to start?
That’s the question Steven Ruff, who has served for five years as pastor of First Baptist Church in Perry, answered with his one-day conference, The Church on Mission: Finding Your Fit in Your Community.
December 19, 2022
Thomas A. Kinchen retires as BCF president
After more than 32 years serving as president of The Baptist College of Florida, where he “influenced multiple generations of pastors and church leaders,” Thomas A. Kinchen is retiring Dec. 31, 2022.
December 16, 2022
Baptist College Of Florida Graduates (Florida Residents)
GRACEVILLE–Congratulations to these 10 Floridians who were among the 2022 Baptist College of Florida graduates.
December 15, 2022
Music minister walks for 24 straight hours to raise money for missions
For Jon Tyner, minister of music at Olive Baptist Church, worship and missions go hand in hand. That’s why Tyner and three friends took on the challenge of walking for 24 straight hours to raise money for missions.
December 15, 2022
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
Three churches, three languages, three conduits for spreading the gospel
Three churches on one campus, reaching three distinct people groups, is a glimpse of God’s work at its finest, believes Scott Markley, lead pastor of First Baptist Church of Lake Wales.
December 12, 2022
‘Rough roads’ lead to gospel impact
The seven-person team from First Baptist Church in Crestview traveled on “rough roads, through mud and rocks” in a recent mission trip to Honduras.
December 9, 2022
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
Churches Near and Far Can Be Involved in Baptist Ministry to College Stude…
When new students arrive at the University of Florida each fall, Eddie Gilley and student leaders from Baptist Collegiate Ministries are eager to help them get plugged into a local church as soon as possible.
December 5, 2022
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