TAKING IT TO THE STREETS

April 22, 2019

By David Dawson
Baptist and Reflector
ddawson@tnbaptist.org

High school seniors (from left) Hunter Johnson, Hanna Currey, and Philo Wateau participate in door-to-door outreach. This is just one way that City Reach is making an impact.

FRANKLIN — Roughly 16 months since its launch, the City Reach initiative continues to meet its objectives: Creating gospel conversations and spreading the love of Christ through work projects, community outreach and, most importantly, prayer.

City Reach is a five-city missions ministry designed and implemented by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. First envisioned by TBMB executive director and president Randy C. Davis, the ministry involves a partnership with the five metro associations in Tennessee — Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, and Clarksville — and was created as a means of reaching Tennessee for Christ by concentrating on those five major cities. [Read more…]

FOLLOW THROUGH

April 22, 2019

Staying connected is critical component of VBS decisions

By Lonnie Wilkey
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

Tammy Trembley and her husband Marshall stand in the children’s area of First Baptist Church, McMinnville.

McMINNVILLE — Tammy Trembley remembers the follow up (or rather lack of it) after her decision to accept Christ in Vacation Bible School when she was in the sixth grade.

“I was on fire,” recalled Trembley, now director of childhood ministries at First Baptist Church, McMinnville. “I wanted to learn more about Jesus, but I did not have spiritual help.” [Read more…]

FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH IN BARTLETT MAKES ‘ETERNAL INVESTMENT’

April 22, 2019

By Michael Smith
Contributing writer, B&R

Danny Sinquefield, (left) senior pastor of Faith Baptist Church, Bartlett, recently presented the last payment for The Grove property to Mitch Martin of the Mid-South Baptist Association. — Photo courtesy of Faith Baptist Church

BARTLETT — Danny Sinquefield, senior pastor of Faith Baptist Church, Bartlett, since October 1994, is so thankful that his church decided to make an eternal investment when it purchased Camp Cordova, now known as The Grove at Red Oak Lake, for $2 million in 2009.

Faith Baptist made its 10th and final $150,000 annual payment to the Mid-South Baptist Association during the church’s morning worship service Feb. 3. [Read more…]

TRANSFORMING LIVES

April 19, 2019

By Lonnie Wilkey
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

Mark Proctor, right, visits with Cole Campbell, manager of Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center, in the Janet Bearden Welcome Center, currently under construction. Employees and friends of the camp have written Scripture on the walls. — Photo by Raymond Smith

FRANKLIN — As a pastor in Tennessee, Mark Proctor knew the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board operated two Baptist conference centers/camps but he did not fully comprehend the impact of those two facilities.

“I did not fully understand what the camps were about while I was a pastor. I knew the work of the TBMB but did not fully understand the breadth and scope of all that we had available to us,” he acknowledged. [Read more…]

LEBANON CHURCHES RALLY AROUND THE CROSS AND JESUS

April 18, 2019

By Lonnie Wilkey
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

LEBANON — Baptists, Methodists, Nazarenes, Lutherans, Church of Christ and Cumberland Presbyterians may differ on doctrines, but they can agree on the cross and Jesus Christ.

For at least one week once a year, churches in Lebanon and Wilson County put aside doctrinal differences and join together during Holy Week to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus. [Read more…]

NASHVILLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH EXPANDING FACILITIES

April 18, 2019

Compiled by B&R staff

Demolition has begun on one of Nashville First Baptist Church’s buildings, located at Sixth and Broadway in Nashville. The church’s historic buildings at Seventh and Broadway will remain intact. — Photo by Laurie Hall

NASHVILLE —In anticipation of its 200th anniversary, Nashville First Baptist Church is embarking on a major construction project this month.

While the church’s historic buildings at Seventh and Broadway will remain intact, demolition of the structure at Sixth and Broadway has begun, providing space for a $34 million project. [Read more…]

TOGETHER TIME

April 16, 2019

WMU event features fellowship, worship, wisdom

By David Dawson
Baptist and Reflector
ddawson@tnbaptist.org

WMU attendees bow for a time of prayer during this year’s Get-Together and Connection. –Photos by James Wilson, Baptist and Reflector

GATLINBURG — Many tourists travel to Gatlinburg with hopes of relaxing and rejuvenating. But for those who attend WMU’s Get-Together and Connection, the goal is much deeper: To become re-energized spiritually.

The three-day event, which was held April 5-7 at the Gatlinburg Convention Center, featured the theme “Unshakable Pursuit,” and presented attendees with ideas and plans on how to be strong in the Lord, even amid the turmoil and challenges that life so often presents. [Read more…]

UNION UNIVERSITY, MCUTS TO MERGE IN AUGUST

April 11, 2019

Union University news office

JACKSON — The Memphis Center for Urban and Theological Studies will merge with Union University in August and become the Memphis College of Urban and Theological Studies, an academic unit of Union University. [Read more…]

PROSPERITY GOSPEL A PROBLEM IN AFRICA, CHITWOOD SAYS

April 10, 2019

By Shawn Hendricks
Baptist Press

IMB President and Tennessee native Paul Chitwood, seen here in South Africa, is currently in Uganda. — Photo from Kentucky Baptist Convention

JINJA, UGANDA — There’s a deacon in Uganda who will gladly pray for church members who pay a few shillings; another preacher says God will bless them with a car or house if they are willing to give him some money. And another preaches John the Baptist was born of a virgin birth. [Read more…]

FROM VBS TO TBC PRESIDENT

April 8, 2019

Green’s path in minstry began with profession of faith at Vacation Bible School

By David Dawson
ddawson@tnbaptist.org

TBC president David Green, pastor of First Baptist Church, Greeneville, speaks at a VBS training event sponsored by Maury Baptist Association in Columbia.

GREENEVILLE — Tennessee Baptist Convention president David Green believes in the importance of Vacation Bible School, and he recognizes it as one of the denomination’s most effective evangelistic outlets.

But for Green, it’s actually a little more personal than that.

Understand that Green is not just a proponent of VBS. He’s a product of it. [Read more…]

Staying connected is critical component of VBS decisions

WMU event features fellowship, worship, wisdom

Green’s path in minstry began with profession of faith at Vacation Bible School

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