By Bob Smietana
LifeWay news office
NASHVILLE — Most churchgoers say the Bible commands them to give. But their tithes don’t always go in the offering plate. [Read more…]
By Bob Smietana
LifeWay news office
NASHVILLE — Most churchgoers say the Bible commands them to give. But their tithes don’t always go in the offering plate. [Read more…]
From Carson-Newman
JEFFERSON CITY — More than 500 Carson-Newman University graduates are ready to make their mark on the world following Spring Commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 4. [Read more…]
Baptist and Reflector
POWELL — Retired Southern Baptist missionary Patricia “Pat” Stooksbury died April 29 in Knoxville. She was 70. [Read more…]
By David Dawson
Baptist & Reflector
FAIRVIEW — A causal phone call about formal clothing.
That’s really all it took to prompt Jamie Gillette to start a ministry. [Read more…]
By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
FRANKLIN — The board of directors of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board unanimously approved a $2.1 million goal for the 2018-19 Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions.
The goal is an increase of $250,000 or 13.5 percent over the 2017-18 goal of $1.925 million. The projected income is $1.85 million.
The Golden Offering for Tennessee Baptist Missions is a cooperative effort of Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union and the TBMB. The goal also was approved by the Tennessee WMU Executive Board.
The Golden Offering “is an important part of what we do,” affirmed Martha Pitts, president of Tennessee WMU. [Read more…]
By David Dawson
Baptist and Reflector
SEYMOUR — Having been in existence for less than five years, The King’s Academy softball team has quickly established itself as a genuine Goliath — in a David-sized body.
Proudly carrying the banner for a high school that has only about 160 students, the Lady Lions have captured back-to-back Division II-A state championships in the past two years, and they appear primed to make a push toward a third consecutive title in the next few weeks.
Owning a 24-2 record this season, the team is ranked No. 4 in the state (through April 27). The Lady Lions have compiled a 140-22 overall record in their four-plus seasons of varsity fastpitch softball, and have been ranked among the Top-25 teams in the country by USA Today.
The secret to all this success? Oh, it’s no secret at all. In fact, it’s a very visible, very prominent part of the TKA program. It can be seen in the Scripture references that some of the players write on their arms before games, and it can be spotted when the team gathers for prayer after each game and each practice. [Read more…]
LifeWay News Office
NASHVILLE — Randy Parks remembers the music, the games, and the wacky events from the first summer he attended Centrifuge in 1979. But most of all, he remembers the clear message of the gospel and the strong conviction that a life following Christ was exciting and worth living. [Read more…]
by Baptist Press staff
DALLAS — Going into this year’s annual meeting as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Steve Gaines acknowledged Southern Baptists face some critical decisions in the days and months ahead. [Read more…]
By David Dawson
Baptist and Reflector
FRANKLIN — Rusty Sumrall said the momentum continues to build for City Reach Nashville.
In the weeks ahead, he is hopeful the excitement will transform into action.
“We have 30 churches across Tennessee who have shared interest in coming to Nashville,” said Sumrall, executive director of the Nashville Baptist Association. “So, now we need these churches, and other churches, to make the commitment to come.”
City Reach Nashville is one phase of a five-part initiative designed and implemented by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. [Read more…]
NASHVILLE (BP) — With the lone suspect in a Nashville mass shooting still on the loose Sunday morning, area churches tightened security and heightened their focus on prayer.
“It was a scary thing to a lot of our people,” said Cathey Williams, the ministry
assistant at Hickory Hollow Baptist Church, which is less than two miles from a Waffle House where Travis Reinking is accused of killing four people and injuring four others shortly after 3 a.m. April 22.
After a Waffle House customer wrestled away Reinking’s AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, the suspected gunman fled seminude and likely armed, according to police. Some 160 law enforcement officials searched the area for more than 24 hours before Reinking, 29, was arrested today (April 23). [Read more…]
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