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NO DEBT LEADS TO MORE MINISTRIES

September 28, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

UNION CITY — The math is very simple at Second Baptist Church in Union City: no debt = more resources for missions.

For the first time in 15 years, Second Baptist Church is learning to live debt free, said Pastor Justin Hiens.

In 2003, Second Baptist began a relocation process that would eventually cost the church over $12 million. Hiens joined the church that same year (fresh out of Union University) as youth minister and served for almost five years before moving on to become pastor of churches in Georgia and Mississippi. [Read more…]

FIRST BAPTIST, NEWBERN, REACHES MILESTONE

May 10, 2016

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector

Burning the note at FBC, Newbern, are, from left, Jeff Thomas, Bill Adcock, and Tom Foster.

NEWBERN – First Baptist Church here reached a milestone on April 3 as the congregation celebrated becoming debt free.

The church held a note-burning service on its new sanctuary. The church borrowed $1 million in 2011 to go along with the $1,032,923 in cash the church had raised before breaking ground for its new $2.3 million facility. The church moved into the new building on Aug. 5, 2012.

Pastor Danny Klutts chose the title “Milestones” based on Matthew 17:1-9 for his message on April 3. [Read more…]

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