JACKSONVILLE (FBC) - As Florida Baptists braced for an onslaught of rain, Tropical Storm Fay made its second landfall in Florida, South of Naples, in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

BRANDON (FBW) - Simeon Nix, 47, pastor of music and worship at Bell Shoals Baptist Church in Brandon, passed away Sunday morning after suffering a heart attack at his home Aug. 16.

ORLANDO (FBW) – The pastor of one of the largest Southern Baptist churches in Florida has been named to lead a new effort to rally pastors to pass the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment in November.

ORLANDO (FBC)—”The Youth Evangelism Conference is like going to boot camp for your faith,” said Jessica Tavone, director of student ministries at Florida Gardens Baptist Church in Lake Worth, who brought eight students to the State Youth Evangelism Conference Aug. 1-2 at First Baptist Church in Orlando.

SEBRING (FBC)—Hopeless and hurting after being diagnosed with a brain tumor, Robert Roger’s suffering was further aggravated when hospitals denied him treatment. Unable to pay for his medical treatment, he was left to wonder if he would live or die.

ATLANTA, Ga. (NAMB)—The Florida Baptist Convention was recently honored by the North American Mission Board’s church planting group for “being No. 1 in the commitment to expand the Kingdom of God” by planting 140 new churches in 2007—an achievement that led the Southern Baptist Convention in new church starts.