As Hurricane Helene intensifies and sets its sights on Florida with possible life-threatening impact, Florida Baptist Disaster Relief leaders are on “standby status,” preparing to respond immediately as needed.
The Florida Baptist State Board of Missions welcomed Stephen Rummage as the new executive director-treasurer of the Florida Baptist Convention during its August 2024 meeting.
Stephen N. Rummage has been elected to lead the Florida Baptist State Convention as executive director-treasurer.
Pastor AD Lenoir, senior pastor of Westview Baptist Church in Miami since 2009, was stabbed to death on the steps of his church building Saturday, April 6.
Thomas A. Kinchen, president emeritus of the Baptist University of Florida (formerly Baptist College of Florida), died Jan. 11 of pancreatic cancer. He retired from the school in December 2022 after 32 years as its president.
Like most of the surrounding area, First Baptist Church Madison, Florida, was without electricity for a few days in the wake of Hurricane Idalia, but it didn’t stop its members from preparing and serving hundreds of meals each day.
“Southern Baptists have been so good to us,” said Robin Hoffman, a Florida Baptist who is among those helping her community recover from Hurricane Idalia. “They have made it bearable because we know help is on the way. We’re not alone.”
“We have been communicating with churches in Perry, Cross City, Live Oak and others where public feeding and cleanup efforts will be taking place,” said David Coggins, Florida Baptist Disaster Relief director.
Pastor Jongha Park planned to retire, but God seemed to have other plans. Park had been in ministry since 1996, serving as pastor at a
What can a church do when it desires to reach its local community but isn’t sure where to start? That’s the question Steven Ruff, who
