Local Media Coverage
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"One growing demand is for their women's addiction recovery program -- known as the "Charis House." Drayton Smith, with Ministry Village, says there is a huge need right now to help women in the community."
-WEAR NEWS Channel 3
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“Charis House drug rehab program helps transform lives physically & spiritually"
— The Baptist Paper, May 22, 2022
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“Ministry Village at Olive hands out food at Olive Baptist Church Saturday, May 2, 2020 during its Ministry Village at Olive Community Drive-thru Food Distribution. The ministry had 1200 bags of food to give away.”
- Pensacola News Journal, May 2, 2020
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"An Escambia County native, Smith grew up in Cantonment. He has served as an associate pastor and lead pastor, and most recently served as the director of major gifts at Waterfront Rescue Mission in Pensacola."
- North Escambia.com, January 2, 2020
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"While the Bargain Center offers discount shopping and thrifty finds to bargain-loving shoppers, its primary mission is to fund the various programs of Ministry Village at Olive."
— North Escambia.com, January 29, 2020
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"A dedication service next weekend will celebrate the launch of the $1.6 million Ministry Village Early Learning Center at Olive Baptist Church."
-Pensacola News Journal, September 15, 2018
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"The Ministry Village at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola began with prayer, the Bible and a hurricane. About 10 years ago, many of Olive Baptist Church’s neighbors lost their homes and jobs when Hurricane Ivan slammed the Gulf Coast. Families who had once been struggling to get by now slipped deeper into poverty."
- Lifeway Research, April 8, 2014
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“I came to know Christ here at Olive five years ago and The Most Excellent Way drug and alcohol support group was a most needed ministry for me,” Echarri said.
— Baptist Press, May 18, 1999
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Greyhound closed its Pensacola bus station, moved depot to rural gas station. Why it's a problem."
Pensacola News Journal - July 2, 2024
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Rising inflation, food costs hitting Escambia charity just as hard as its clients
Pensacola News Journal - July 3, 2024
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After collapsing from a stroke, an Alabama man wound up in Pensacola with no way home
Pensacola News Journal
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