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TENNESCENE APR. 18-MAY 1

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Russ Wilkins

Russ Wilkins, former associate pastor for students, missions, and education at First Baptist Church, Huntingdon, has been named director of missions for Shiloh Baptist Association. Wilkins is a former admissions counselor at Union University in Jackson and youth pastor at Oakfield Baptist Church, Oakfield. Shiloh Association is comprised of 47 churches in McNairy and Hardin Counties.

John Adams, a former university administrator at Union University in Jackson who is now serving in his 31st interim pastorate at Spring Hill Baptist Church, Trenton, and Gayle Alexander, who has served as pastor of churches in Tennessee and Mississippi, have written Who Is In Control of The Church: A Guide to Unity and Peace Within the Church. The two men have more than 100 combined years of experience. The book offers a “big picture” look at what the church expects from the pastor, what the pastor should expect from the church, and how people in positions of authority can work together under the submission of God’s ultimate authority. The book is available on Amazon by title and authors. [Read more…]

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NEB., TENN. DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD

By Samantha Gobba / WORLD
(From Baptist Press)

NASHVILLE — Nebraska and Tennessee this month joined more than a dozen states that have cut funding for abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, a pro-life campaign that has seen mixed results. [Read more…]

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EC ELECTS DIVERSE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE

By David Roach & Diana Chandler
Baptist Press

The EC presidential search committee comprises (clockwise from left) Stephen Rummage, Adron Robinson, Rolland Slade, Steve Swofford, Joe Knott and Carol Yarber. Photo by Rebecca Manry, Baptist Press.

NASHVILLE — The six-member committee charged with nominating the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee is marked by racial and gender diversity as well as a mixture of clergy and laypeople. [Read more…]

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GOTM GIFTS FALLING SHORT OF GOAL, NEEDS

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FRANKLIN — With just over four months to go in the 2017-18 Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions year, gifts are running 4.75 percent behind the same point last year. This leaves the offering about 18 percent short of the $1.925 million goal. [Read more…]

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FORMER TBC PASTOR QUADRUPLES CP GIVING

By Erin Roach
Baptist Press

Ben Mandrell is the pastor of the Denver-area Storyline Fellowship in Arvada.

DENVER — A Denver-area church plant, in only its third year, voted to quadruple its giving through the Cooperative Program, realizing the value of the missions-support system that has aided them — and through which they can help reach the world for Christ. [Read more…]

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TBC CP GIVING HOLDS STEADY

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FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,775,621 through the Cooperative Program in March.

After five months of the 2017-18 fiscal year, Tennessee Baptists have given $14,674,290.

The total is $59,461 or 0.4 percent over the amount given during the same time frame last year. It also is $299,290 or 2.08 percent over current budgeted needs. [Read more…]

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IMB TRUSTEES ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS

IMB News Office

RICHMOND  — The International Mission Board’s Presidential Search Committee is accepting nominations for the agency’s next president. The committee, chaired by Chuck Pourciau, senior pastor of Broadmoor Baptist Church in Shreveport, La., released the following statement April 12, 2018:

“The International Mission Board Presidential Search Committee has benefited greatly from your prayers and input during the early stage of this process. We continue to desire your help as we seek the person God has chosen to be the next leader of the IMB.   [Read more…]

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PRAYER MADE A DIFFERENCE, BEARDEN AFFIRMS

May 20 is set as the second annual day of prayer for Tennessee Baptist Conference Centers

By David Dawson
Baptist and Reflector

FRANKLIN — Tim Bearden said last year was a good start.

Now, he is hoping for even greater participation — and more impactful results — during the second annual Day of Prayer for the Tennessee Baptist Conference Centers.

Bearden, the TBMB’s conference centers senior manager, is encouraging churches across Tennessee to “pray with expectation” for the two conference centers — located in Carson Springs and Linden Valley — when the second installment of the Day of Prayer is held on Sunday, May 20.  [Read more…]

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PEW: CHRISTIAN WOMEN MORE DEVOUT THAN CHRISTIAN MEN

By Aaron Earls
Baptist Press

NASHVILLE — Pew Research has found a significant gender gap concerning religious beliefs and practice among self-identified Christian men and women in America. More than 7 in 10 U.S. Christian women (72 percent) say religion is very important to them, compared to 62 percent of Christian men. [Read more…]

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