by Baptist Press staff
DALLAS — Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines has named members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 12-13 SBC annual meeting in Dallas. [Read more…]
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS NAMED FOR 2018 SBC
MLK50 IN MEMPHIS TO SEEK ‘REPENTANCE AND UNITY’
by Tom Strode
Baptist Press
MEMPHIS — More than 3,600 registrants plan to gather in Memphis to pursue racial unity on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. [Read more…]
STUDY: CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS PROVIDE $60 BILLION IMPACT
From C-N news office
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 142 Christian colleges and universities, including Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, that are affiliated with the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) generate more than $60 million in economic impact each year, according to a new study. [Read more…]
EC’S PAGE RESIGNS OVER ‘PERSONAL FAILING’
By Art Toalston
Baptist Press
Frank S. Page has resigned as president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, effective today (March 27) over what is described as “a morally inappropriate relationship in the recent past.” [Read more…]
RURAL NIOTA CHURCH MAKES UNIQUE CHANGE
By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
Pastor Gerald Perry thanks the members of Mount Pisgah Baptist Church, Niota, for their help in transforming the church’s fellowship hall into a new sanctuary.
NIOTA — Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in rural McMinn County had a small sanctuary that was constructed 60 years ago and a fairly recent fellowship hall/gym.
Recent growth in the church created a space problem in the sanctuary, so members began seeking a solution.
They decided to trade buildings, but it wasn’t quite that simple, said pastor Gerald Perry.
In 2016 the deacons and church leadership presented a proposal that would transform the fellowship hall into a new sanctuary that would seat twice as many people and then remodel the old sanctuary into a fellowship hall. [Read more…]
TENN. MAY REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO POST ‘IN GOD WE TRUST’
By David Roach
Baptist Press
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NASHVILLE — Public schools in Tennessee soon could be required to post “In God We Trust” in a “prominent location” if the governor signs a bill that cleared the state legislature this week. [Read more…]
UNION WOMEN FALL SHORT IN D-II SEMIFINALS
From B&R staff, Union University reports
Union’s Chelsey Shumpert drives to the basket during the NCAA Division II tournament. (Photo from Union University)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Union University women’s basketball team saw its dramatic postseason run come to an end on Wednesday night — just one game shy of playing for a national championship.
Making their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division II semifinals, the Lady Bulldogs suffered a 70-57 loss to the University of Central Missouri at Sanford Pentagon.
The loss ended a historic season for the No. 7 seeded Lady Bulldogs (32-4), who captured their first South Region title and posted the most single-season wins since joining the ranks of NCAA D-II in 2012. [Read more…]
TENNESSEAN RALLIES SMALL CHURCH MESSENGERS
By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
TRENTON — A West Tennessee Baptist pastor who wants small and medium membership churches to have a voice in the denomination is rallying churches to send messengers to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention to be held June 12-13 in Dallas. [Read more…]
TBMB’S ROSE REFLECTS ON HER ‘FIRST LOVE’
By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
Lana Rose will retire April 30 after serving for 21 years on the staff of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.
FRANKLIN — During her 21 years on staff of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, Lana Rose has worked in a number of ministry areas, but when “push comes to shove,” she admits that working with church secretaries/administrative assistants over the years has been her “first love.” [Read more…]
TENNESCENE MAR. 21-APR. 3
EVENTS
The Flintville Community Revival will be held March 25-30 at 7 p.m. each night. A tent will be set up across from Flintville School. A different pastor will speak each night: Chester Slayton, Pleasant Grove Baptist, March 25; Milton Martin, Pleasant Hill Baptist, March 26; Josh Moran, First Baptist Church, Flintville, March 27; Ian Bloxham, Lincoln Baptist, March 28; Winfred Slayton, Gum Springs Baptist, March 29; and Don Pierson, Stewart’s Chapel Baptist, March 30. [Read more…]
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