December 2025 news from Florida Church Planters!

Meet our Newest Church Planters!

Shannon and Sabine Butler launched Redemption Tallahassee on Sunday, September 21. This new church has already celebrated more than a dozen baptisms and is averaging around 80 in attendance each Sunday. They are diligently serving their community and making an impact in our state capitol.

Here is Shannon and Sabine’s story:

"This city is my home. I was born and raised here, and even after living in California and Arizona for college and ministry, I kept finding myself drawn back. Now, as a husband, father, and pastor, I see Tallahassee through the lens of the Gospel—with both love and a deep burden. While there are many churches here, there’s still a spiritual hunger. Nearly half of our city doesn’t claim any faith, and one of the most overlooked zip codes in Florida is right in our backyard. God has placed it on our hearts to plant a church that responds with the hope of the Gospel. We’re praying and believing that God will use this church to tell a better story in Tallahassee."

FCP is excited to partner with Shannon and Sabine as they live out their passion to reach their city!

What A Year!

It has been an amazing year for FCP! We’ve celebrated the launches of five new churches, seen growth in our existing plants, more baptisms than we’ve witnessed in a long time and welcomed new partner churches.

Unity in Leesburg, Redemption in Tallahassee, Tomoka in New Smyrna Beach, Compassion in Miami and Coastline in Sarasota all had healthy beginnings. The Gathering, Bunnell, Ru, Eastside, So Flo and Renaissance all saw people saying yes to Jesus. In August, September and October alone our church plants celebrated more than 100 baptisms!

God is moving and FCP is thrilled to join Him in what He is doing in Florida. Thank you for your prayers and financial support. None of this would be happening without your support and encouragement!

Last Chance for CFR Matching Opportunity

Christian Financial Resources has committed to a matching program for 2025! For every gift given to FCP from a CFR Giving Fund this year, CFR will match the amount up to $250! This means double the impact to plant churches in our rapidly growing state!

Gifts through this program may be made at any time through December 31, 2025.

How to make your gift:

Open a Giving Fund at CFR. Here’s the link to get you started:

https://giving.cfrministry.org/

Recommend a grant to FCP of $250.00 from your new or existing Giving Fund.
CFR will match your gift of $250 resulting in $500 to help FCP plant more churches.

2025 Year End Gifts

As we come to the end of another year, we want to thank you for your prayers and financial support of Florida Church Planters. We cannot fulfill the mission God has given us to plant healthy churches in every county in Florida without your continued partnership. Thanks for helping us plant churches that are sharing the hope of Jesus all over our state.

If you would like to make a year-end gift to help FCP wrap up the year and be prepared for all the opportunities we anticipate God giving us in 2026, you can give by clicking the button below.

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