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HAVANA, CUBA (FBC)—Florida Baptists have spiritually journeyed with Baptists in Cuba through the ministry of an ongoing partnership since 1997.
RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)–Islam is rising in America, not because of its strength, but because of the retreat of the church; and if the religion founded by Muhammad 1,400 years ago continues to grow at its current rate, there will be more Muslims than Christians in every major U.S. city by 2020.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP)–The Ten Commandments monument, which sat in the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building for more than two years, was moved out of public view Aug. 27.
GAINESVILLE (FBW)–Volunteer workers from Westside Baptist Church in Gainesville were asked to help deliver food to the Iraqi people, but instead of traveling to Iraq, they were scheduled to travel to Jordan Sept. 2, where a half-million Iraqi refugees are in urgent need of supplies.
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God never asks us to trust or obey Him without saying, "You can prove it by me."
Thirty years ago today, I visited Tom Phillips, president of the Raytheon Company, at his home outside of Boston. I had represented Raytheon before going to the White House, and I was about to start again.
JACKSONVILLE (FBW)—Two Florida Sunday school teachers, in their combined 134 years of teaching Sunday School, have touched countless lives through their Bible teaching. Violet Walton of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Pensacola and Bertha Ricks of Westside Baptist Church in Gainesville were honored recently by their churches for their faithfulness to their calling as teachers.
ORANGE PARK (FBC)—Nearly 150 years ago, "delegates" (now referred to as "messengers") from 13 churches gathered in a Madison home to discuss how Baptists could work together to do missions and ministry more effectively. It was an historic event as God’s people in faith laid foundations to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ within the young, pioneer state called Florida.
HAVANA, CUBA (FBC)—A faint breeze rustles a line of palm trees. Their branches sway in a gentle motion, outlined against the muted colors of a Caribbean sunset.
JACKSONVILLE (FBC)—While other college students spend their summers working a second job or soaking up sun at the beach, each year a growing number of Florida Baptist students dedicate summer vacations to carry the message of Christ throughout the United States and across the world.