By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org FLINTVILLE — Perhaps no one knows better than Don Pierson how desperately the United States needs to be intimately connected with God through prayer during this point in the nation’s history. In a nation filled with fear over COVID-19, increasing racial turmoil and divide and a country divided by … [Read More...]
Tennessee
DR TEAMS CALLED TO ACTION AFTER ‘SALLY’
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Mission Board disaster relief teams are being called on to assist in the recovery efforts from Hurricane … [Read More...]
Columnists
SEPTEMBER 11
By Todd Brady Vice President for University Ministries, Union University My job is filled with days that often include a front row seat to good things … [Read More...]
SBC
SBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ADOPTS CP BUDGET CUT BY FIVE PERCENT DURING COVID
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Decreased giving during the COVID-19 pandemic led the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee to adopt a … [Read More...]
SS Lessons
SEP. 27: GOD REIGNS
By Glenn Metts Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Seymour Focal Passage: Isaiah 23:8-18 It is an incredibly humbling and comforting thought to know that our … [Read More...]
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TENNESSEE DR VOLUNTEERS RESPOND TO HURRICANE LAURA
Editor's note: The story was updated on Sept. 21. By Lonnie Wilkey lwilkey@tnbaptist.org WINNFIELD, La. — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are in action, ministering in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. Volunteers began arriving over … [Read More...]
UNION UNIVERSITY BANQUET ENCOURAGES WEST TENNESSEE PASTORS TO ‘STAND FAST’
Union University new office JACKSON — The labor of pastors as they seek to lead their congregations in a time of pandemic is not in vain, Ray Van Neste told a group of pastors and their wives at Union University on Sept. 8. Van Neste, dean of Union’s … [Read More...]
CARSON-NEWMAN PRESIDENT SHARES HOW MISSION WILL DIRECT THE UNIVERSITY’S FUTURE
Carson-Newman news office JEFFERSON CITY — Carson-Newman University President Charles A. Fowler shared with students, faculty and staff how the University’s mission must become the prevalent navigational influence on the school’s future and determine … [Read More...]