Baptists taking ‘path of most resistance’ to tribe’s plan to buy land for casino
LEESBURG, Fla. (BP)–Florida Baptists will take the “path of most resistance,” said John Sullivan, executive director-treasurer of the Florida Baptist Convention, regarding attempts by Seminole Indians to acquire 28 acres of Baptist land to build a casino and hotel in south Florida. “The land is not for sale,” Sullivan said in a report to the […]
200 get hands-on involvement via church’s missions center
BRANDON, Fla. (BP)--A Southern Baptist missionary in Southeast Asia asks for volunteers to dig wells and instantaneously 600 churches are mobilized to meet the request.
Ministry Evangelism
Charlotte Rubush's rendezvous with the Lord, via Ministry Evangelism, started in June 1995 when she fled to Florida with her boyfriend and two children to escape prosecution of drug-related felony charges. However, because of continued drug use, she was arrested again, and lost custody of her children as a result. Charlotte was released in December […]
Fla. Baptist annual meeting short on business, long on inspiration
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)–The 136th annual meeting of Florida Baptists, Nov. 10-12 at Jacksonville’s Prime Osborn Convention Center, was long on inspiration and short on business. None of the messengers from Florida Baptist churches presented any miscellaneous business; three of the four resolutions presented were referred to the state board of missions; and the new officers […]
6/2/97 His zeal, experiences yield churches in booming region
PLANTATION, Fla. (BP)–“Bill, have you ever thought of staying in the military; letting the government pay your salary; and starting churches?”That advice — offered in 1957 as he struggled to decide between military service and a seminary degree — still rings in Bill Hinds’ ear. Those words came from the late Corts Redford, former head […]
