Generosity, stewardship, Cooperative Program and missions giving. What do these all have in common? Listen as TBMB’s Matt Tullos offers perspective on the money and finance in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Matt Tullos:                  We are a blessed country, and I know we’re going to make it through it. This is a difficult, difficult time. But I think God is using it in some powerful ways to help us get our focus back on what is really important. And the great thing about what we do is we begin to look at where our money is going, how it’s being spent, and how much we are giving back. Because the only thing that really matters is what we give. [Read more…]

TBMB Executive Director and President Randy C. Davis stopped by the Radio B&R studio to review his 10 years at the help of the mission board. Some of the milestones Dr. Davis mentions may surprise you.

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Chris Turner:                 Hello, and welcome into this edition of Radio B&R. I’m your host, Chris Turner, director of communications at the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. And today we have our executive director and president, Randy Davis. And this is a milestone podcast because this is a milestone anniversary. Randy, welcome into our podcast. [Read more…]

Everybody wants the church to grow, but why isn’t it? TBMB Church Revitalization Specialist Kevin Minchey stops by the Radio B&R studio to discuss all things church revitalization, including what the COVID-19 pandemic means for the future of churches, especially those that need to be revitalized.

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Kevin Minchey:             Jesus says “The gates of Hades shall not prevail against the church.” The pastor wants to see the church do better. The church wants to see the church do better to reach people. So all these factors would indicate that, hey, it’s a no-brainer that we’re going to be able to just take this church down the road to the next level, but that doesn’t happen. So that’s when we come in and we say, well, let’s help you assess your church and find out if all these things are true why are we not making any progress for the kingdom? [Read more…]

June is traditionally Vacation Bible School season, but with the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, VBS is looking a lot different in 2020. In this episode, we are joined by TBMB children’s ministry specialists Vicki Hulsey and Donna Blaydes to discuss how VBS is being approached this year.

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Vicki Hulsey:                 We’re seeing four main ways that people are looking at. One, the traditional VBS, virtual VBS neighborhood VBS, and then alternate schedules, whether it may be one day VBS on a Saturday or a weekend or delaying into fall break. We’ve even got one church that’s doing Christmas break. So that’s a lot of ways, but there are still some church situations that none of that fits. [Read more…]

Lewis McMullen, TBMB Church Planting Specialist, discusses church planting that relates to schools in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis in 2020.

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Lewis McMullen:           I know that even as an established congregation, dealing with COVID is, has been a challenge. It’s new territory. Well, for a new church planter, it has been more than new territory. A lot of them have lost their facility they had been meeting in and they’re trying to scramble and figure out how do I shepherd this little flock? And they need to know, that there’s some other shepherds out there who really care about them. [Read more…]

Join guest TBC President Bruce Chesser as he discusses the challenges pastors face ministering to families during this time of COVID-19. He answers many questions like how to conduct a funeral with social distancing, what pastors and church staffs need to consider for future memorial services after the crisis ends and many more challenges that have altered “normalcy.”

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Bruce Chesser:

And I would say to pastors, if any pastors are listening to this, no one knows how to do this. We’ve never done it before. No one’s ever done it before, so we’re all in the same boat, we’re learning as we go. We’re going to learn a better way from what we did last time, and even when we get past this crisis, whenever that is, no one knows, but when that is and the doors are open to people who can come back to church, we now have an open door of ministry, maybe a new mission field that we never really considered before. [Read more…]

TBMB Executive Director Randy Davis spent just a few minutes with the Radio B&R crew discussing several emerging issues in the SBC including the recent SBC Executive Committee meeting that generated headlines regarding the ERLC, concerns surrounding the 2020 SBC Pastors’ Conference and the launch of the Conservative Baptist Network.

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Chris Turner:                 Hello and welcome into this edition of Radio B&R. I’m your host, Chris Turner, director of communications, and today our guest is Dr. Randy Davis, executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Randy, thanks for being with us. [Read more…]

Lead TBMB Youth Ministry specialist Jay Barbier stopped by the Radio B&R studio to discuss the 2020 Youth Evangelism Conference, keys to a successful youth ministry and the importance of a solid youth ministry to support parents, families and to reaching a community for Christ.

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Jay Barbier:

Being in the community, serving the community. That’s when you can make a difference as a church. Because if your church is in this community, if your church didn’t exist, would the community ever notice a difference? When a student ministry, if you could take that on to say, “Hey, we want to make a difference here by serving our people and loving our people,” that’s when you’ll start seeing more kids want to show up, more parents want to be involved, and you’ll have buy in from your surrounding area. [Read more…]