Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
Baptist and Reflector
FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,588,361 through the Cooperative Program in March.
For the year-to-date, TBC churches have contributed $14,453,152. The amount is $221,138 or 1.5 percent below the amount given over the same time frame last year. [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
Carson-Newman University News Office
Carson-Newman University senior Christian Hissam, a communication major from Oak Ridge, places his completed Easter basket in a donation bin for Food on Foot.
JEFFERSON CITY — During a fun-filled bustle of springtime activities, more than 70 Carson-Newman University student-volunteers assembled Easter baskets for area children in need.
The baskets were then donated to Morristown-based Food on Foot. They included toys, snacks and activity books for young children. Students lined up to assemble the gifts during the recent on-campus Easter event known simply as “The Hunt.” The University’s offices of community connections and residence life sponsored the event. [Read more…]
By Juliana Wilson
TN WMU Communications/Childhood Missions Specialist
Attendees participate in an activity during last week’s event.
GATLINBURG — Connection 2019, a missions event for girls in grades 7 through 12, took place April 5-7 at the Gatlinburg Convention Center in conjunction with Get-Together.
The group of 294 girls and leaders focused on the event theme “Unshakable Pursuit” which was based on the key Scripture from 1 Corinthians 15:58.
Through worship, breakout sessions, missionary testimonies and hands-on experiences, the young women were challenged to pursue the God who pursues them and seek Christ in their life even when things do not go according to plan. [Read more…]
By David Dawson
Baptist and Reflector
ddawson@tnbaptist.org
Natalee Barbier speaks to attendees during a break-out session. Barbier’s session was called “Unshaken by Life’s Storms.”
GATLINBURG — Natalee Barbier didn’t say it has been easy.
She just said it’s been worth it.
Barbier, who was one of the featured guests for the “breakout sessions” at last week’s WMU Get-Together, spoke to the attendees about the challenges that she has faced during parenthood. Her session was entitled: “Unshaken by Life’s Storms.”
Natalee and her husband, Jay, the evangelism event specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, have a 15-year-old daughter, Mary-Clare, who has Down’s Syndrome. The journey of raising a special-needs child has been challenging, of course, but has enabled the couple to grow in their faith in ways they couldn’t have imagined. It has shaped the Barbiers’ ministry, and opened doors to sharing God’s love and faithfulness. [Read more…]
