{"id":69536,"date":"2025-11-07T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/?p=69536"},"modified":"2025-11-08T07:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T12:52:35","slug":"students-strengthen-faith-molino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/students-strengthen-faith-molino\/","title":{"rendered":"Students encourage one another to live boldly for Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_69539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69539\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69539 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-17-500x375.jpeg\" alt=\"students standing on bleachers during Faith of Fields event in Escambia County\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-17-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-17-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-17-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-17-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-17.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 300 people attend the Fields of Faith community event at Northview High School in Escambia County. The event was sponsored by Fellowship of Christian Athletes and supported and led by several local churches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOLINO\u2013\u201cThe field is ready for the harvest,\u201d said Phil Fischer, pastor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DogwoodParkBC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dogwood Park Baptist Church<\/a> Molino, as he spoke to more than 300 students, parents and community members at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fieldsoffaith.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fields of Faith<\/a> event held at nearby Northview High School.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event, sponsored by Fellowship of Christian Athletes, encourages athletes and others to study the Bible, pray, build the church, and use their spheres of influence to encourage one another with the Word of truth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, attendees heard a powerful message from Fischer that tied into the school and community\u2019s agricultural roots of farming and being ready for the harvest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The youth band from Walnut Hill Baptist Church led worship songs, and several students gave testimonies about the work of Jesus Christ in their lives.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69538\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69538\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69538 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-1-13-500x375.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-1-13-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-1-13-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-1-13-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-1-13-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-1-13.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the Fields of Faith event, Phil Fischer, pastor, Dogwood Park Baptist Church in Molino, gives an inspiring word from Matthew 9:35-38 with a charge to go and tell others about Jesus and live boldly a life that honors Christ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis event emboldens students to see that it is OK to be visible about their faith,\u201d said Fischer. \u201cThey come away energized and ready to live out their faith in front of their friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six students at the event made professions of faith. Each was connected to a youth pastor at one of the local churches, including Dogwood Park Baptist Church, Walnut Hill Baptist Church, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbcbratt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">First Baptist Church Bratt<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbcmolino.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Highland Baptist Church<\/a>, for follow up and discipleship.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69540\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69540 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-8-375x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-8-375x500.png 375w, https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-8-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-8-9x12.png 9w, https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-8.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Six students make professions of faith at the recent Fields of Faith event in Escambia County. Each is connected to a local church for follow up and discipleship.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event concluded with student-led prayer as attendees stood hand-in-hand circling the football field, a show of unity and solidarity in faith.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis event was once seen as a youth-only event, but it has become more well-attended throughout the community,\u201d said Ted Bridges, pastor, Walnut Hill Baptist Church. \u201cThe spiritual move in the youth across the country is reaching all ages, and in our area, this event helps quicken people to live out their faith boldly among their peers.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69537\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69537 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-1-1-375x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-1-1-375x500.png 375w, https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-1-1-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-1-1-9x12.png 9w, https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-1-1.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worship music at the Fields of Faith event is led by Walnut Hill Baptist Church youth band, and several students share testimonies and lead in prayer, including, Mikenna Chance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOLINO\u2013\u201cThe field is ready for the harvest,\u201d said Phil Fischer, pastor, Dogwood Park Baptist Church Molino, as he spoke to more than 300 students, parents and community members at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":69539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,40,2617,155,25,220,51],"tags":[2959,2960,2961,1993,788],"class_list":["post-69536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-missions","category-developing","category-featured","category-next-generation","category-stories","category-students","category-region-west","tag-dogwood-park-baptist-church","tag-fields-of-faith","tag-first-baptist-church-bratt","tag-highland-baptist-church","tag-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69536"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69589,"href":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69536\/revisions\/69589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}