Faith Archive

First Baptist Church of Navarre (FBCN) was blessed with a visit from a mission team of young adults from Second Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri March 17-19. During these college-aged students’ Spring Break, they choose to come to Florida and serve others and spread the love of Christ. The church is calling this week “Love Navarre Week.”

Kathey Barnard (Blankenship) has been a member of Community of Christ Church since 1983, the year it opened on a quiet street in Navarre. Over the years, Presidio Street has grown, as has the church. In January, Barnard was elected pastor by the congregation. In Community of Christ Church’s denomination, which is an offshoot of the Church of Latter-day Saints, pastors and other positions of authority within local congregations are elected.

On Thursday, March 13 and Friday, March 14, Jewish people across the world will be in a state of celebration.

Finding the right way to spread the Word of God can be tricky. Especially when people come from such different backgrounds and often have very different points of view. To help their congregants meet people where they are but still stand firm in the good Word, Risen Savior Lutheran Church in Navarre has started a new Bible study that looks at communicating faith to people with varying perspectives.

The Catholic Church is a worldwide church. With congregants of various backgrounds and cultures, there is plenty to celebrate. St. Sylvester Catholic Church in Navarre is no exception.

With tax season in full swing, local churches are facing financial hardship they have never faced before. One local church was charged $16,000 for their non-ad valorem assessment that funds fire districts.

On Sunset Drive in Navarre, there is a small church with a big impact.

Living Word Evangelistic Association, an independent Christian fundamentalist church, has been in Navarre since 1986 and is currently led by pastor Stan Price, an East Milton resident.

Trying to start a new venture in life can be difficult. That’s why it helps to have a few friends.

Russell and Rachel Siemer are looking to plant an Assemblies of God church somewhere in the Fort Walton Beach area within the next year. The couple, who have been involved in ministry for 10 of the 12 years they’ve been married, recently moved from Tallahassee and wanted to get to know the Emerald Coast a bit better by serving at a local church.

Soup kitchens are nothing new in the Christian church. Every day you can find churchgoers preparing and serving meals for the needy.

While the soup kitchen is a well-known fixture of ministry work, St. Paul United Methodist Church is using theirs to serve more than just sustenance.

Five decades ago, Steve Janke was in a warzone. He had been sent to Vietnam and served during the middle portion of the war, from 1970 to 1971, at Cam Ranh Air Base.

Despite the fact Janke hasn’t been in a war in over 50 years, he is still does battle with the enemy. Only this time, its for his congregants’ souls. Janke serves as lead pastor of Open Door Baptist Church, an Independent Baptist congregation which meets at Hampton Inn & Suites Navarre each Sunday.