By Ken Carver Special to the Baptist and Reflector COLLIERVILLE — They are a “Circle of Friends.” They have no organization chart. No elected leaders. No budgeted funding. They keep no minutes. Yet they minister mightily to the widows of Collierville First Baptist Church. God has called these 20 women to serve the church’s widows in ways that the church’s deacons — … [Read More...]
Tennessee
WATSON RECOGNIZED FOR TENNESSEE BAPTIST DR WORK
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org CLARKSVILLE — The tornadoes that swept through Clarksville in late October were … [Read More...]
Columnists
GOD WORKING THROUGH SBC MISSIONARIES
By Paul Chitwood President, International Mission Board Looking back on my first full year as your IMB president, the words that come to mind are: … [Read More...]
SBC
PASTORS LESS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ECONOMY’S IMPACT
By Aaron Earls LifeWay News Office NASHVILLE — As retail stores hope the holiday shopping season gives their bottom line a lift, American Protestant pastors … [Read More...]
SS Lessons
DEC. 15: GOD REQUIRES
By Glenn Metts Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Numbers 20:1-13 Being a Christian leader is humbling, rewarding and challenging! … [Read More...]
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TENNESCENE: WEEKS OF DEC. 11-24
DEATHS Frank Green of Sparta, who served on the staffs of the Executive Board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention (now Tennessee Baptist Mission Board) and the former Southern Baptist Brotherhood Commission, died Nov. 12 at the age of 69. He served as manager … [Read More...]
TBC CP GIVING OFF TO SLOW START
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Cooperative Program gifts from Tennessee Baptist Convention churches got off to a slow start in November, the first month of the new 2019-2020 fiscal year. TBC churches gave $2,445,574 through the Cooperative Program in … [Read More...]
SPECIFIC WAYS TO PRAY FOR MISSIONARIES
IMB Communications Staff RICHMOND — IMB president Paul Chitwood came home from a recent trip to East Africa with a plenty of memories — and 1,000 snapshots. He knew missionaries faced challenges in taking the Gospel to the unreached. He knew the … [Read More...]