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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

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

See what happens when collaboration, partnership , love,  commitment and intentionality combine to do God's work as we serve one another.

Read testimonies from the CBF Florida & The Caribbean Islands retreat for women pastors.

This leadership retreat was the first such retreat the Representative Assembly of FLCI has held in its history with a primary focus on creating a deeper sense of family among the members and a deeper commitment to our mission as an RA for our region.