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Pastor Russell Sauls 1965 - 1971 | | Faith Baptist Church of Milton, Florida was founded on Sunday July 27, 1965 by Pastor Clifford Russell Sauls.
Pastor Sauls and twenty other people met together to worship God and to start a New Testament, local church. Meetings were first held in the First Nation Bank Community Building on Willing Street. A short time later, property was purchased for Faith Baptist Church.
Faith Baptist Church is now located at 6423 Hamilton Bridge Road, Milton, Florida 32570. Under Pastor Sauls' Leadership, the By - Laws and Articles of Faith were completed and approved August 4, 1965, and the church was granted a Charter by the State of Florida in November, 1965. Pastor Sauls firmly stood on the principles found in the Word of God - which he taught each Sunday from the Authorized King James Version until September 1971, when he resigned due to ill health. |
Pastor Mac Johnson 1971 - 2002 | | In October of 1971, Pastor Mac Johnson assumed the position as pastor and began his ministry with Faith Baptist Church. Through the years, God added many arms of outreach to the local community and to the world. While he was pastor, Pastor Johnson started two radio stations. WTGF (Where Truth Goes Forth) was started as a result of Pastor Mac's ministry. WECM was bought and became the church's first AM station, it was later sold. WTGF started broadcasting Truth Radio in Pace, Florida and can be found at 90.5 on your FM dial. Truth Radio is responsible for spreading the gospel through the "Voice of Victory" broadcast which airs
8:00am every day. The "Voice of Victory" broadcast has been airing for over 30 years.
In 1975, the Faith Bible College was established to meet the Bible education needs of the church and community. In 1979, the College expanded to Faith Bible Theological Seminary in order to assist ministers and their staff in their non-residential studies. The correspondence Seminary has been responsible for training and leading many people in the ways of Christ.
Also in 1979, Home & Abroad Missions was formed. Home & Abroad Missions is a mission board that supports several missionaries from around the world.
Pastor Mac Johnson increased his vision of helping people by opening Helping Hand Missions in 1988. Helping Hand Missions is a thrift store that works off of donations from people in the community. Helping Hand Missions provides clothing, furniture, and home accessories to needy people. |
Pastor Charles Boyd 2002 - 2004 | | After Pastor Johnson's death in August 2002, Pastor Charles Boyd filled in the position as an interim Pastor. He comforted us during the bereavement of the Former Pastor, many changes and improvements were made under his leadership. He gave encouragement and guidance in the search for a new Pastor. Pastor Boyd helped in the remodeling of the City of Refuge, the church, and Helping Hand Missions. Pastor Charles continued as Pastor until he resigned in 2004. |
2004 - Present | | Pastor Dewey Mars is the current pastor of Faith Baptist Church. Pastor Mars preaches from the Authorized King James Version, and is involved in improving the church and continuing the legacy began by Pastor Clifford Sauls.
Currently, Faith Baptist Church runs several ministries. The church offices staff those in charge of and working for Helping Hand Missions, Faith Bible Theological Seminary, Home & Abroad Missions, International Ministries, Inc., and Southeast Accrediting Association. The church also has a bookstore as well as a library.
Faithbaptistmilton.org began on June 6, 2005. Since then it has multiplied to many other websites, WTGF Truth Radio, Helping Hand Missions, and Faith Bible Theological Seminary. |
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