Tennessee

FRANKLIN — The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board has teamed up with GuideStone Financial Resources, Lifeway Research and other Baptist state conventions for the SBC Church Compensation Survey. Conducted every two years, the survey helps churches of all sizes understand current compensation practices and make informed decisions about salaries and benefits for pastors and church staff. The 2026 survey is now live and takes approximately 10 minutes to complete at GuideStone.org/CompensationSurvey. 

Spanish-language VBS trainings equip Hispanic churches FRANKLIN — More than 250 Hispanic church leaders gathered across four regional trainings this spring to learn how to lead Vacation Bible School in Spanish. The effort, organized and funded by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions, is part of a broader push to multiply gospel leaders and open doors to evangelism in Hispanic communities across the state.

Tennessee Baptists called to 1% step of faith toward $40M CP goal Editor’s Note: The following are comments Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, made to TBMB Board of Directors during their spring board meeting April 28, 2026, challenging them to back an initiative to increase Cooperative Program giving to a record $40 million. What I hope to do in the next few

Nurses are asked to perform simple and complex tasks many times a day while working long hours and receiving little recognition. Charlotte Wyckoff, president of the Baptist Nursing Fellowship (BNF), wants the local church to change that. “As I look back, from my upbringing in my home until now, this was part of the missional work that the Lord wants me to do,” said Wyckoff. The BNF, based in Gadsden,

SOMERVILLE, Tenn. — Baptist Memorial Health Care broke ground April 30 on a $27 million community hospital in Fayette County, marking the first hospital for the rural West Tennessee county of more than 41,000 residents. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Fayette County will be located at the northwest corner of Highway 64 and Warren Road near Somerville. The facility will include eight emergency department beds, eight inpatient beds, telehealth capabilities, inpatient and outpatient

Recent surveys present numbing numbers about spiritual status   Note: The following article has been compiled from research done by Lifeway, the General Social Survey, and Barna. More information for sources is located at the end. NASHVILLE — Recent research paints a sobering picture of faith in America: The religiously unaffiliated are growing, theological convictions are weakening, and the “spiritual” population remains a relatively small group. The data carries a

Tenn. Baptists celebrate ‘New Life Baptism Day’ with nearly 200 statewide  FRANKLIN — From Johnson City to Jackson, 47 Tennessee Baptist churches set aside the Sunday after Easter as a day for baptism. When the day came, 185 people said yes. “New Life Baptism Day” on April 12, organized by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, marked the first statewide baptism emphasis specific to Tennessee in a number of years, according

NASHVILLE — Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, didn’t say it would be easy. He did say, however, that “the work is worth it.” Davis presented a vision to the TBMB’s Board of Directors on April 28 during its spring meeting for Tennessee Baptist to reach $40 million in Cooperative Program giving by 2030. That number represents a $5 million increase over the current CP budget