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Sep 2, 2010
NORTH AFRICA (BP)—Laila* lies motionless in the sweltering heat of a remote medical clinic poised at the edge of the Sahara Desert.

Black flies swarm the young mother’s face, feasting on the yellow infection that oozes from her eyes. An IV impales one of her arms; the other drapes limply over her swollen belly.
Aug 31, 2010
PENSACOLA (FBW)--Paul Trippe, a member of Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, had reconciled himself to a life of excruciating pain when a prayer request in his Sunday School class led him on a quest for healing.

Prayers on his behalf-he believes-from his class and from others whom he may never meet-led to his healing.
Aug 30, 2010
PENSACOLA (FBW)—Although the words and melodies to a popular youth choir musical “Celebrate Life” had not changed in 35 years, at Pensacola’s Myrtle Grove Baptist Church, the once-teenaged choir members had to bring out the name tags for a reunion with childhood friends in July.

Almost 100 alumni of the Myrtle Grove youth choir of 1968-1984 met in Pensacola July 24-25 to rehearse yet again to sing for a morning worship service at the church where they began.
Aug 30, 2010
GRACEVILLE (BCF)—Four years ago, when BCF graduate and former trustee Richie Allen approached Thomas A. Kinchen, president of The Baptist College of Florida, about training men and women in Brazil for areas of ministry, he had no idea of what might happen.
Aug 27, 2010
BONIFAY (FBC)—More than 200 Florida Baptists from 30 mostly small Panhandle churches have traveled for the past three summers to the land of where Baptist history began to share the Gospel in a state where 97 percent of the residents are non-believers.

Although Baptist roots grow deep in New Hampshire, today the Granite State is considered one of the most irreligious states in the country. Only three percent of the state’s 1.3 million residents profess to be a Christian believer.
Aug 27, 2010
CAROL CITY (FBW)—While South Florida’s New Life Baptist Church in Carol City was seeing refurbished school and church buildings from the work of mission groups from central Florida, adults and teen­agers from Plant City’s First Baptist Church were gaining a new appreciation for inner city ministries.
Aug 27, 2010
POMPANO BEACH (BP)—A young woman working as a clerk at a cell phone store in Pompano Beach was able to persuade a man not to proceed with an attempted robbery by talking to him about Jesus.
Aug 26, 2010
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Aug 25, 2010
Florida Baptists are getting out into their neighborhoods, in their own backyards, and in communities of their mission partners. They are taking Christ’s command to His disciples to heart, going out into their own highways and byways in search of the spiritually lost, the broken and needy.
Aug 25, 2010
MIAMI (FBC)—Three evangelism conferences will be offered in three languages—English, Spanish and French Creole—at the Southeast Florida Evangelism Conference Sept. 17-20 in Broward and Dade counties.
Medical teams meet physical & spiritual needs in North Africa
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PENSACOLA (FBW)--Paul Trippe, a member of Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, had reconciled himself to a life of excruciating pain when a prayer request in his Sunday School Read More Myrtle Grove Baptist youth ‘Celebrate Life’
PENSACOLA (FBW)—Although the words and melodies to a popular youth choir musical “Celebrate Life” had not changed in 35 years, at Pensacola’s Myrtle Grove Baptist Church, the Read More BCF partners with LINC-UP Missions
GRACEVILLE (BCF)—Four years ago, when BCF graduate and former trustee Richie Allen approached Thomas A. Kinchen, president of The Baptist College of Florida, about training men and women in Brazil Read More Panhandle Baptists reinvigorate believers in land of Baptist forefathers
BONIFAY (FBC)—More than 200 Florida Baptists from 30 mostly small Panhandle churches have traveled for the past three summers to the land of where Baptist history began to Read More South Florida mission trip ‘eye-opening’ for Plant City church
CAROL CITY (FBW)—While South Florida’s New Life Baptist Church in Carol City was seeing refurbished school and church buildings from the work of mission groups from central Florida, adults and Read More Clerk thwarts robbery with conversation about Jesus
POMPANO BEACH (BP)—A young woman working as a clerk at a cell phone store in Pompano Beach was able to persuade a man not to proceed with an attempted robbery by talking to him about Jesus. Read More Florida Focus
A one-time announcement of special events is a free service provided by the Witness to Florida Baptist churches. Please send materials at least three weeks before the date of the event, to Florida Read More
Mixed-faith marriages on the rise
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—The recent nuptials of former first daughter Chelsea Clinton and investment banker Marc Mezvinsky were a high-profile example of a growing trend in America: mixed-faith Read More House churches growing in popularity
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—In what is called a throwback to the early Christian church, more Americans are choosing house churches over traditional worship Read More Exhibit honors Cliff Barrows
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—A special two-month exhibit at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C., is now open to honor longtime music and program director Cliff Read More Former Muslims pay heavy price for faith
NORTH AFRICA (BP)—Ibrahim* wasn’t ready to die. He wasn’t ready to back down either. For months, Islamic authorities had ignored the tiny house church he started Read More Experiencing God: 20 years, 45 languages
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Join God where He is working. That simple premise hasn't changed during the two-decade history of "Experiencing God," an interactive Bible Read More McCain, Levin clash over ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
WASHINGTON (BP)—A spontaneous Senate floor debate over the military’s policy on homosexual service became heated Aug. 5, with Republican Sen. John McCain calling its proposed repeal part of a Read More Joni Eareckson Tada undergoing chemo after surgery for breast cancer
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (BP)–Joni Eareckson Tada had a positive prognosis after breast cancer surgery in late June, according to her Read More Epic Pakistan flooding ‘worst in memory’
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (BP)—Unprecedented flooding in an area of Pakistan where people already struggle with great tragedy and hardship has prompted a Southern Baptist disaster Read More
Mobile Dental Unit offers spiritual ‘lifeline’ to Florida’s poor and needy
JACKSONVILLE (FBC)—Coming to a neighborhood near you may be a 40-foot custom-built Blue Bird bus equipped with two dental operatories, a dental x-ray unit and sterilizing Read More Offering takes Jesus into Volusia County’s Hispanic neighborhoods
DELTONA (FBC)—Jorge Amaro retired in Deltona to be near his children, to do a little woodworking and to do a lot of gardening. But God had other plans and cultivated within Read More Jesus walks along the shore to rescue a dying church
ORMOND BEACH (FBC)—Just like the tide coming onto the beach, many churches experience ebb and flow with good times and bad. That was the situation of North Peninsula Baptist Church in Ormond Beach Read More Season of Prayer and Maguire State Mission Offering explores ‘Taking Jesus into the Neighborhood’
JACKSONVILLE (FBC)--With nearly 77 percent of the state of Florida unaware of their need to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, Florida Baptists look to the month of September as a time Read More Cooperative Program: A Sacred Effort
EDITOR’S NOTE: April 11 is Cooperative Program Sunday in the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention. This article is adapted in large part from the video, “Cooperative Program: A Sacred Effort. Read More 2010 Cooperative program goal
Read More Jim Ballard: Mountain-surviving, church planting, cowboy preacher
BLACKFOOT, Idaho (NAMB)—North American Mission Board missionary Jim Ballard—all 243 lbs. of him—lay sprawled in agonizing pain on a snow-covered dirt trail high in the Read More Vivian McCaughan: Multi-housing missionary
WENTZVILLE, Mo. (NAMB)—North American Mission Board missionary Vivian McCaughan enters Hidden Valley Estates in Wentzville, Mo., and thanks God for the changes she sees. McCaughan, who Read More
The Cooperative Program Factor: Mandate, Missions, Ministries
Following the Great Commission Mandate, the Florida Baptist Convention has set as its priorities to reach people for Jesus Christ, start new churches and strengthen existing churches. The summary of Read More
Ephesians 1:1-14: September 5—God’s plan is eternal
One New Testament scholar called the book of Ephesians “the crown of Paul’s writings.” Ephesians possesses several noteworthy characteristics. First, Ephesians, along with Colossians, Philippians, Read More Acts 21:40 to 22:10; 1 Peter 3:15-17: September 5--Making your case
We begin a series of studies given to a reasoned defense of what we believe, a study known as apologetics. We will address such subjects as how to explain the problem of evil, questions related to Read More 2 Samuel 15:13-14, 24-26, 30-37; 19:7-8a: August 29—Face crises with courage
As we read the account of the way David reacted to the treason of his son Absalom, we are saddened. David’s mighty exploits take second place to the tragic events brought about by his adulterous Read More 2 Corinthians 10:1-3, 15-18; 12:14-21: August 29—A model ministry
The Apostle Paul frequently invited Christians to imitate him as he sought to imitate Christ (1 Cor. 4:6; 1 Thess. 1:6). Some people, however, did not want to imitate Paul. In fact, Paul experienced Read More 2 Samuel 11:2-5, 14-15, 12a, 10-14; Psalm 51;1-4: August 22—Deal with personal sin
One verification for the truth of the Bible resides in the way it records the blunders of its heroes. Abraham, the father of many nations, lied about Sarah, thrice calling her his sister (Gen. Read More 2 Corinthians 8-9: August 22—Contrarian kingdom giving
Contrarian investing practices a style of stock investment that differs from conventional wisdom by not following the crowd. In 2 Corinthians, Paul described a contrarian-giving pattern in which Read More 2 Samuel 9:1-13: August 15—Demonstrate kindness
Demonstrating kindness, at least to fellow believers, is not optional for Christians. As Galatians 4:32, admonishes us, “and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as Read More 2 Corinthians 5:11 to 6:1; 7:2-4: August 15—The reconciliation factor
Paul never gave up on being reconciled with the Corinthians that joined with the apostle’s opponents and critiqued him so harshly. Read More
Crossover closes busy downtown Orlando street
ORLANDO (FBW)—On most days, Pine Street in central Orlando is a busy city thoroughfare, but June 12 half a city block was closed to traffic in order to accommodate Downtown Orlando Baptist Church’s Read More GCRTF report overwhelmingly passes after 90-minute debate
ORLANDO (SBT)—After nearly a year of formulation and discussion among Southern Baptists and the pleas of proponents to “penetrate lostness,” messengers to the Southern Read More Bryant Wright fields questions on GCR, CP and Calvinism
ORLANDO (SBT) – Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Bryant Wright wants to see Southern Baptists return to their first love, radically reprioritize their lives, funding and Read More Hunt, Chapman present opposing views before GCR debate
ORLANDO (IB) – Johnny Hunt, two-term president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and Morris Chapman, 19-year president of the SBC Executive Committee, may have similar titles, but they presented Read More Wright elected SBC president on 2nd ballot
ORLANDO (FBW) – Bryant Wright, pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga., was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention June 15 on the second Read More Nearly 1,000 new professions of faith as ICE sweeps Orlando
ORLANDO (FBW)- Sweeping across the Orlando metropolitan area, they knocked on doors, stopped people on the streets, and interrupted basketball games in parks, intent on sharing their faith with Read More Whitten tells pastors to gauge success by God's measure
ORLANDO (FBW)-Florida's Ken Whitten, pastor of Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa, cited King David's unrealized dream of building a temple for God to encourage pastors when they feel worthless or Read More Frank Page elected EC president
ORLANDO (BP)--Frank Page was elected as the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee June 14 in Orlando, Fla. A former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Read More