Ethnicity

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Chinese Baptist Fellowship of the United States and Canada’s dinner Tuesday evening, June 9, at First Baptist Church of Orlando was a precursor for members of their biennial meeting set for September in Texas.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Two items of business at the Korean Council’s annual meeting that could have resulted in a great deal of discussion instead drew little because of previous conversations at the local and regional levels.

ORLANDO, Fla. – In a sermon at the 55th anniversary celebration of the Filipino Southern Baptist Fellowship of North America, Florida Baptists’ executive director, Stephen Rummage, described Jesus’ strategy.

ORLANDO (BP) – The Fellowship of Native American Christians – FoNAC – “enlarges their tent” by partnering with like-minded groups that want to reach the Native American and First Nations people of North America with the Gospel of God’s unconditional love. 

ORLANDO – Comprising members from nine different countries, the 11-member board of directors, which sets the strategic vision and governance for the Hispanic Baptist Network (HBN), held its first retreat June 5-6 in Orlando, in anticipation of the network's major Hispanic celebration and the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) – Voices sang in Creole French, “Se yon privilèj, pou mwen adore w, Papa w fidèl, Papa w fidèl,” as the National Haitian Fellowship Worship Ensemble led Southern Baptist African diaspora fellowships in collective praise. “What a privilege to worship you, faithful God, faithful God,” they sang the English translation.

ORLANDO (BP) – Nearly 150 fellowshipped, worshipped, ate and received ministry updates at the SBC National Haitian Fellowship (NHF)Business and Ministry Luncheon, held on June 7 at First Haitian Baptist Church of Orlando, with a theme built on Romans 8:37-39.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) – The primary goal of Christian immigrants in the U.S. is to spread the Gospel amid darkness, a panel of Haitian, Ghanaian and African American Southern Baptist pastors affirmed June 8, encouraging Southern Baptists to advocate for the just treatment of immigrants here.

ORLANDO (BP) – Velma Chen of Coral Springs, Fla., squealed in amazement. She’d happened to sit at the same table as Gideon Lee of Milpitas, Calif. The two, who had known each other as teenage members of the same church in Hong Kong, met again at the Asian NextGen Pastors Network annual meeting June 8 at the Orange County Convention Center, which took place in the days preceding the SBC annual meeting.

ORLANDO (BP) – More than 35 Brazilian Baptists gathered for the Fellowship of Brazilian Baptist Churches in North America’s annual meeting at the Rosen Centre in Orlando on June 8 preceding the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).