FREE Registration Now Required
You must be a registered user to access our website. Please complete the registration form at no cost, or login if you are already a registered user. Be assured, your registration information is secure and will not be sold or made available to others.
To learn why registration is now required, see this editorial on the website changes. Once you have completed the registration process, to include verification of your email address, a cookie will be placed on your computer to automatically complete the login process in the future.
Registered users, click here.
New users or if you have never registered before, click here.
- Lakeland pastor launches anti-pornography initiative at SBC
- Angie Dennis joins a million women praying for a million men in pornography fight
- ‘Tweet’ good news of growth in CP giving, Sullivan urges at SBOM
- U.S. Coast Guard honors Naples church with ‘Patriot Award’
- Florida Focus
- Edwin G. Holton, 80, dies
- DOM’s Raising Cain identifies 900 expressions based on biblical texts
- Eternity takes readers on exploration of first-century Jerusalem
- B&H named Spanish publisher of the year
- Florida Baptists graduate from Southern Baptist seminaries
- Latest Stories...
RSS News Feed (What is it?)
Back to Print Edition Archive
LAKE YALE (FBC)-The State Board of Missions considered the future use of two pieces of Convention-owned property at two ends of the state during its May 16 meeting at Lake Yale Baptist Assembly.
NEW ORLEANS (BP)—New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, in partnership with LifeWay Christian Resources, recently launched the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry to help bridge the gap between the academy and the local church.
NORTH MIAMI (FBC)–As the morning worship service concludes, members of Eglise Baptiste Haitian Beree in North Miami circle the pulpit to celebrate the Lord’s Supper, a symbol of unity, community and faith.
“Everything comes from Him; Everything happens through Him; Everything ends up in Him. Always glory! Always praise! Yes. Yes. Yes” Romans 11:36 (The Message).
Letters to the Editor may not reflect the views or opinions of the Witness. Letters may be mailed, faxed or submitted using our online form. Only letters marked clearly for publication, signed with address will be considered for use. Letters are subject to editing. Please limit letters to 250 words.
Anger is a destroyer of life and witness.
Some people think they can turn off their conscience. Don’t believe it. Paul says that God’s law is “written on the heart.” And although we can be desensitized to evil, we can’t really forget that it’s evil. Even if you drive your conscience underground, you can never erase it.
Have fun with cryptography and exercise your Bible knowledge. A King James Version verse is encoded by letter substitution. The same letter is substituted throughout the puzzle. Solve by trial and error.
JACKSONVILLE (FBW)-Sarah Vermilyea of Orlando and Natalie Whorton of Perry, the 2003 state Bible Drill and Speakers Tournament winners, will represent Florida in the first-ever national competition June 13 in Atlanta.
Right now, if I asked you the question, “Do you believe in God?”, you would probably say, “Yes, I believe in God.” But what if you were put into a difficult situation that would affect you, your children, or other family members? After you hear what that statement has cost some people, you may change your mind.
JACKSONVILLE (FBW)-Doyle Elam Carlton Jr., 80, died May 10 at his home in Wauchula. He served on several Southern Baptist Convention boards, including the SBC Peace Committee, 1985-1987, and the Executive Committee, 1970-1978. He was a member of the Brotherhood Commission, 1956-1963, Foreign Mission Board, 1964-1969, and the Baptist World Alliance, 1970-1975. Carlton was first vice-president of the Florida Baptist State Convention in 1960.
SAN DIEGO (BP)—The shy 13-year-old doesn’t seem like your typical evangelist. His voice cracks when he speaks. He has yet to fill out his not-yet-adult body. And pimples dot his face.
PHOENIX (BP)—Too often, Christian leaders have personal problems but feel they have no place to turn, Mac Brunson says.
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)—Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has removed a Texas Baptist newspaper from its campus and filed a formal grievance against the paper and its managing editor.