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Gramling to be nominated Pastors’ Conference president

NORTH PORT (FBW) – Troy Gramling, lead pastor of Flamingo Road Church in Cooper City, will be nominated president of the Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference during its June meeting in Orlando, John Cross, pastor of South Biscayne Church in North Port, announced March 18.

Cross told Florida Baptist Witness he will nominate Gramling because he embodies the Great Commission Resurgence "we're praying and believing God for … in our churches and convention."

SBC president announces 2010 meeting theme

ORLANDO (BP)—Registration for messengers and local hotels is open for the June 15-16 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.

SBC President Johnny Hunt has selected “LoveLoud through the Great Commission” (1 John 3:18) as the theme for this year’s sessions.

Accounting prof joins BCF faculty

Joining the faculty of The Baptist College of Florida in Graceville M.F. Albin will teach three days a week in the business concentration of the Leadership and Christian Education degree

Amazon Vision Ministries relocates offices to BCF campus

Amazon Vision Ministries, with a long-standing relationship with Baptist College of Florida, relocated its offices in January from Gainesville to the BCF campus in Graceville. AVM is a mission sending organization that coordinates short-term volunteer mission teams from Southern Baptist churches to northern Brazil to minister in remote villages along the Amazon River.

Did Jesus really rise from the dead?

NASHVILLE (LWCR) – Each spring Christians around the world gather to celebrate Easter, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ and His victory over sin and death. The Bible provides convincing evidence of Jesus' resurrection, yet even Scripture records that some people in Jesus' day doubted His return from the grave.

Raceway volunteers use 10-second conversations to share Christ

DAYTONA (FBW)—Central Florida Raceway ministry volunteers have about 10 seconds with most race fans to influence them with the Gospel, according to Grey Scofield, ministry chairman.

Volunteers learn with each passing year how to make the most of their contacts with the fans.

“We want to go out and tell the people we care and that Jesus loves them,” Scofield said. “We just want to serve.”

Robbers take Sunday offerings from Spring Hill church

SPRING HILL (FBW)—Northcliffe Baptist Church in Spring Hill was robbed late Feb. 21 of the day’s offerings.

According to Pastor Jerry Waugh, police said the church is only one of five churches, two schools and one homeless shelter in Hernando County to have been robbed by the same thieves. They may also have been the perpetrators of a break-in at the Northcliffe church office just one month ago.

Strategy change a must for SBC, GCRTF says

NASHVILLE (BP)--Penetrating the lostness of North America will require a shift in strategy -- how Southern Baptist Convention missionaries and money are distributed across the continent, members of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force told associational directors of missions in a March 16 conference call.

Urban Impact Center staff lead fellow workers to Christ

HIALEAH (FBC)—Cuban immigrant Mariela Hernandez moved to Miami in need of a new job and found one that changed her family’s life for eternity.

The family was nominally religious, having lived in Spain for the past 15 years. But after taking a job as housekeeper with the South Florida Urban Impact Center (UIC), Hernandez learned the difference between religion and a walk with Jesus Christ.

Jump for Joy benefits Liberian children

TAMPA (FBC)—How can jumping rope in Tampa, make a difference in lives of students in Liberia, Africa?

Amy Kiefer, GA leader for Carrollwood Baptist Church, devised such a plan after reading a project suggested by the Girls in Action website. Girls in Action is an missions organization for girls in grades one through six.

Commentary/Opinion/Staff Blog
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JERUSALEM, Israel (FBW)-In the garden, perhaps one close to the very Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, I finally opened a little album I brought with me to Israel. Looking at the Read More...
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JERUSALEM, Israel (FBW)-It's one of our last days in Israel and it's the day my tears began to flow. We visited Yad Vashem, the world's most famous Holocaust memorial as Shabbat (Sabbath) approached, when most activity ends at Read More...
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I have refrained from extended comment on the health care reform bills -- not because I do not have multiple concerns about the bills, but because I recognize that committed Christians can and will disagree over the political and policy Read More...
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After Jesus cleansed the Temple of the moneychangers, children cheered Him, saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” That prompted Jesus to quote the Psalm: “From the lips of children and infants,you have ordained praise. Read More...
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JERUSALEM, Israel (FBW)-The Holy City is a busy place; a place where, in the words of our tour guide, "every stone can tell you a story. Read More...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is part of an occasional series of commentaries examining and explaining the Baptist Faith and Message 2000, the Southern Baptist Convention’s confession of faith. Read More...
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MASADA, Israel (FBW)-Even in praying for inspiration along the Jordan Valley from Tiberias to the Dead Sea region, I admit I really looked forward today to floating in the salty water I’ve heard so much Read More...
Accounting prof joins BCF faculty
Joining the faculty of The Baptist College of Florida in Graceville M.F. Albin will teach three days a week in the business concentration of the Leadership and Christian Education Read More
Amazon Vision Ministries relocates offices to BCF campus
Amazon Vision Ministries, with a long-standing relationship with Baptist College of Florida, relocated its offices in January from Gainesville to the BCF campus in Graceville. AVM is a mission Read More
Raceway volunteers use 10-second conversations to share Christ
DAYTONA (FBW)—Central Florida Raceway ministry volunteers have about 10 seconds with most race fans to influence them with the Gospel, according to Grey Scofield, ministry Read More
Urban Impact Center staff lead fellow workers to Christ
HIALEAH (FBC)—Cuban immigrant Mariela Hernandez moved to Miami in need of a new job and found one that changed her family’s life for eternity. The family was Read More
Jump for Joy benefits Liberian children
TAMPA (FBC)—How can jumping rope in Tampa, make a difference in lives of students in Liberia, Africa? Amy Kiefer, GA leader for Carrollwood Baptist Church, devised such a plan after Read More
Rural church relocates to larger facility
FORT OGDEN (FBW) -- The days of worshiping in a triple wide and baptizing in a cattle trough are almost over for First Baptist Church in Fort Ogden, as they broke ground for a new 52,000 square foot Read More
2005 Clyde Maguire Ministers Wives recipient dies
PENSACOLA (FBC)- The 2005 Recipient of the Clyde Maguire Ministers' Wives Award, Cascile Middleton Knight, died Tuesday, Feb. 23 in Pensacola after an extended illness. She was Read More
Senior adults at ‘Hopes Harvest’ feed 40-50 families a month
CANTONMENT (FBC)—Forty-nine million Americans, including 17 million children, are food insecure according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The food insecurity paints a Read More
SBC president announces 2010 meeting theme
ORLANDO (BP)—Registration for messengers and local hotels is open for the June 15-16 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Orange County Convention Center in Read More
Bryant Wright to be nominated SBC president in Orlando
ORLANDO (FBW) – Bryant Wright, senior pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga., will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention during the June SBC annual meeting Read More
AAEO: NAMB commissions 30 in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (BP)—Against the backdrop of a land as rugged and wild as it is spiritually lost, the North American Mission Board commissioned 30 new missionaries and chaplains, many of whom will Read More
IMB trustees seek prayer for presidential search
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)—The International Mission Board’s presidential search committee continues to narrow down its field of candidates to select the organization’s 11th president. The committee has Read More
Executive Committee discusses GCR Task Force process
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—Regular processes of the Southern Baptist Convention will be followed if the convention’s messengers approve the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force’s recommendations, Read More
EC actions include 1-year seminary reallocation to aid NOBTS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee approved a request Feb. 23 from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary to include full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment Read More
'Giddyup' for a ride to Saddle Ridge Ranch VBS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (LCR)—Despite the onset of snow and ice, almost 900 VBS leaders came to Nashville with summer on their minds. Vacation Bible School 2010, titled "Saddle Ridge Ranch," was the focus Read More
Enlistment Tips for VBS
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (LCR)—It seems to be true in all churches. Big, small, city, country, contemporary or traditional—VBS directors say one of their hardest jobs is enlisting Read More
AAEO: Colorado Springs not a ‘Christian mecca’ missionaries say
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (NAMB)—What could be better than serving as a North American Mission Board missionary in picturesque Colorado Springs? After all, the city of 380,000 Read More
AAEO: Reaching Students at Syracuse University
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NAMB)—Mike McQuitty has almost always seen himself as a missionary. He gave his life to Christ at the age of six and in high school, realized he loved ministry work and especially Read More
AAEO: Missionary reaches out with ‘word and deed’ in Uptown Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. (NAMB)–Two blocks east of the “El” Train Red Line in Uptown Chicago, a lady named Susan limps from under a covered bus stop. “That’s my spot. I was here. I just had to sit Read More
What Missionaries Say About Annie Armstrong Easter Offering
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END TIMES: Scholars differ on what the Bible says about the subject
GRAPEVINE, Texas (SBT)—When it comes to the end of time, at least one thing is certain: Southern Baptists have a variety of opinions. And according to leading Baptist theologians, nearly all of Read More
END TIMES: Is there a generational gap?
GRAPEVINE, Texas (SBT)—As a 6-year-old growing up at a time when Hal Lindsey’s “Late Great Planet Earth” was holding sway in Southern Baptist churches, Jerry Johnson was fascinated by the talk of Read More
END TIMES: Explaining dispensationalism
GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP)--Lamar E. Cooper is the interim president, as well as executive vice president, provost and professor of Hebrew and Old Testament, at Criswell College in Dallas. He is also a Read More
SBC president announces 2010 meeting theme
ORLANDO (BP)—Registration for messengers and local hotels is open for the June 15-16 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Orange County Convention Center in Read More
Accounting prof joins BCF faculty
Joining the faculty of The Baptist College of Florida in Graceville M.F. Albin will teach three days a week in the business concentration of the Leadership and Christian Education Read More
Amazon Vision Ministries relocates offices to BCF campus
Amazon Vision Ministries, with a long-standing relationship with Baptist College of Florida, relocated its offices in January from Gainesville to the BCF campus in Graceville. AVM is a mission Read More
Raceway volunteers use 10-second conversations to share Christ
DAYTONA (FBW)—Central Florida Raceway ministry volunteers have about 10 seconds with most race fans to influence them with the Gospel, according to Grey Scofield, ministry Read More
Urban Impact Center staff lead fellow workers to Christ
HIALEAH (FBC)—Cuban immigrant Mariela Hernandez moved to Miami in need of a new job and found one that changed her family’s life for eternity. The family was Read More
Jump for Joy benefits Liberian children
TAMPA (FBC)—How can jumping rope in Tampa, make a difference in lives of students in Liberia, Africa? Amy Kiefer, GA leader for Carrollwood Baptist Church, devised such a plan after Read More
Rural church relocates to larger facility
FORT OGDEN (FBW) -- The days of worshiping in a triple wide and baptizing in a cattle trough are almost over for First Baptist Church in Fort Ogden, as they broke ground for a new 52,000 square foot Read More
2005 Clyde Maguire Ministers Wives recipient dies
PENSACOLA (FBC)- The 2005 Recipient of the Clyde Maguire Ministers' Wives Award, Cascile Middleton Knight, died Tuesday, Feb. 23 in Pensacola after an extended illness. She was Read More
March 21: When members insist on their own way - 1 Corinthians 8:1-4, 7-13; 10:31-33
Since moving to Graceville in 1968 to teach at what was then Baptist Bible Institute, but now the Baptist College of Florida, I have been privileged to serve in 47 interim pastorates in some 35 Read More
March 21: Amazing deliverance - Exodus 12:1-14
Outside of the moment that I called upon Christ to deliver me, August 6 is the most important day in my life. On August 6, I received as my wife in marriage a precious gift from God to me. My wife Read More
March 14: When immorality comes to church - 1 Corinthians 5:1-2, 9-13; 6:15-20
We should not be surprised when, not if, immorality comes to church. Jesus chose twelve men, one of whom betrayed Him, and all of whom abandoned Him at His trial. When the church came into its Read More
March 14: Knowing God - Exodus 5:1-3; 6:6-8
God created humans for a divine purpose. God created in His image for a relationship with Him. One of the major themes in this section of Scripture is "the knowledge of God." In the context of Read More
March 7: When members won’t get along - 1 Corinthians 1:10-15, 26-29; 3:1-4
Baptists long have wrestled with the problem of members who cannot get along. In difference of opinion about moral issues, early Baptists frequently solved the problem by putting it to a vote. For Read More
March 7: God remembers and calls - Exodus 2:23 to 3:10, 19-20
The book of Exodus recounts the departure of the Hebrews from bondage in Egypt. The message of the book expresses theological truths beyond the historical miracle. Exodus celebrates God as Sovereign Read More
FEBRUARY 21: What’s On Your Mind? - Colossians 3:1-14
Have you noticed that what’s on our minds depends on what time of day and what day of the week it is? On Monday morning for adults in the work force, the day begins with a groan. For those of us who Read More
FEBRUARY 21: Prayer: Key to Life - Mark 14:32-39, 41-50
I found that the quickest and best way to learn about another person is through listening to the individual pray. I learned to pray as a new believer in high school as I listened to senior adults Read More
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