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Grasping that our faith involves not only the spiritual, but also the deeply human aspects of who we are, wise Black ministers have made it a point for decades to educate their members to appreciate who they are, the remarkable resilience and grace they have shown, the impact they have had upon the building and beauty of our nation, and their importance to the future of our nation.  

How Howard Thurman influenced Martin Luther King Jr to embrace love as a core principle for the civil rights movement.

The year 2025 deserved to be celebrated as the year in which the collaborative work between CBF Florida, CBF Global, the Caribbean, and sister churches in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic culminated in extraordinary ways. On December 20, in the beautiful Berea Baptist Church in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, nearly a hundred friends, pastors, and fellow ministers representing 17 churches on the sister Caribbean Island gathered. The reason for such a blessed gathering was

Jane Goodall's Challenge To Us for 2026

Last Saturday evening, Troy and Jean Willingham hosted a dinner for Paul Baxley as he was visiting with and preaching at First Baptist St Petersburg on Sunday morning. We were welcomed by a house full of church staff and lay leaders.   As we were gathered in Willingham’s living room introducing ourselves, I noticed a beautiful pearl-white nativity scene. When viewed from afar it was gorgeous.  However, as I moved to admire it more closely, I noticed little imperfections.  The

However you decide to find rest after Advent, we hope these 4 suggestions will help.