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Baptist and Reflector
Sam Greer, pastor of Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga, leads a joint worship service with Signal Mountain Baptist Church on Sept. 30. The two churches have merged and the Signal Mountain church will become a satellite campus of Red Bank and be called The Point Church at Signal.
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN — Members of Signal Mountain Baptist Church voted Sept. 16 to dissolve and strategically merge with Red Bank Baptist Church in Chattanooga. [Read more…]
From Carson-Newman University
Paul Percy
JEFFERSON CITY – The Carson-Newman University Interim Presidential Search Committee and Board of Trustees has announced that Dr. Paul Percy will serve as interim president following the retirement of the University’s 22nd president, Dr. J. Randall O’Brien. O’Brien will conclude his presidency Dec. 31. [Read more…]
By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org
Cassidy Marcom, left, and Ashley Montgomery served as summer interns for Cumberland Baptist Association in Clarksville and ministered during the Bonnaroo Music Festival held earlier this year.
CLARKSVILLE — Sometimes missions volunteers meet people, share Christ and never see or hear from the individual again.
Two college students with Tennessee ties had the unique opportunity of not only sharing the gospel with someone, but doing personal follow up in a state thousands of miles from Tennessee.
During the summer Cassidy Marcom, a BCM student at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville and member of Excell Baptist Church, Clarksville (where her dad Terrell Marcom is pastor), served as a summer intern, along with Ashley Montgomery, a member of Living Hope Baptist Church in Clarksville and a student at the University of Kentucky, for Cumberland Baptist Association in Clarksville under director of missions Rick Stevens. [Read more…]
By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org
Tennessee Baptist DR volunteers work to clear a tree off a home in Florida. TBDR volunteers were dispatched to Lake Ellen Baptist Church, Crawfordville, Fla., where they have been providing hot meals, chain saw work, flood recovery and shower and laundry trailers.
FRANKLIN — The destruction caused by recent hurricanes Michael and Florence will keep Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief and rebuild teams busy for months and even years to come, say veteran disaster relief officials.
“The combined devastation of these two hurricanes rival, if not exceed, any storm to hit the United States — maybe not in the total number of people directly affected, but by the sheer scope and amount of destruction,” observed Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. [Read more…]
From Union University
Rachel Glazebrook
JACKSON, Tenn. — Rachel Glazebrook, assistant softball coach at Union University, was found dead in her home Wednesday morning. [Read more…]
Editor’s Note: Tennessee Baptists are participating in “Christmas Backpacks for Children and Teens” (see story “Blessings in Backpacks” in the Sept. 26 issue of the B&R).
Englewood Baptist – East Campus | Nov. 5-8, 2018, 9am-4pm
1646 Highway 70 East, Jackson
Contact: Randy Pool: 731-431-7101
TBMB Missions Mobilization Center | Nov. 5-8, 2018, 9am-4pm
6434 John Hagar Road, Mt. Juliet
Contact: Elizabeth Holmes: 615-371-7926
God’s Warehouse | Nov. 5-8, 2018, 9am-4pm
3441 W. Andrew Johnson Hwy, Morristown
Contact: Don Owen: 865-384-8691
If you plan to bring your backpacks to the Summit, contact Joe Sorah (423-895-1481) or Randy Pool (731-431-7101). For more information about Christmas Backpacks, please see www.tnbaptist.org/backpacks or contact Joe Sorah.
“Thank you for all those who are donating Christmas Backpacks this year. We have many churches that are requesting our assistance and your participation is greatly needed. As the collection dates are nearing, we want to remind you of where to take your backpacks and ask that you call your collection center in advance to schedule a delivery time.”
“Please know that we appreciate all you are doing to help with Christmas Backpacks. Join with us in praying that many children and family members will respond to the gospel this Christmas.”
By David Dawson
Baptist and Reflector
ddawson@tnbaptist.org
The conference center at Linden Valley provides a great place for pastors and staff members to break away from the noise and spend time with the Lord.
— Photo by Kazeray Campbell.
FRANKLIN — For Pete Tackett, the importance of taking a day off is as clear as the stubble on his face.
Tackett, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Johnson City, admits that he often finds himself caught up in the treadmill-style work patterns that so many pastors and staff members encounter. But he said one of the keys to escaping the cycle is to set boundaries — and stick to them.
“My definition of a true Sabbath is a day when I get to decide whether I have to shave or not,” said Tackett. “That might seem like a funny thing to say, but in the church world, when you are always on the clock, it’s necessary to have a day where you say, ‘I’m going to be free to decide what I want to do.’ ” [Read more…]
From Union University
MercyMe lead singer Bart Millard sings during the band’s performance at Union University’s 21st annual Scholarship Banquet on Oct. 18. Photo contributed by Union University.
JACKSON, Tenn. — A concert by Christian recording artist MercyMe was the highlight of the 21st annual Union University Scholarship Banquet on Oct. 18, with more than 1,600 people in attendance at the Carl Perkins Civic Center. [Read more…]
Baptist and Reflector
Children and leaders gather for a time of exciting worship and learning during Middle Tennessee JAM 2018.
MOUNT JULIET — Middle Tennessee JAM (Journey Adventures in Missions) 2018, a missions event for boys and girls in grades 1-6, including Girls in Action, Royal Ambassadors and Children in Action, took place Sept. 29 at Victory Baptist Church in Mount Juliet.
JAM allows children from across the state to come together to learn more about what it means to know God and make him known, said Juliana Wilson, communications/childhood missions specialist for Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union. The Middle Tennessee event was the first of three JAM events which will take place in each grand division of the state, she added.
The group of 275 children, leaders and volunteers attending JAM learned fun new ways they could make Christ known to their families, communities, country and world.
[Read more…]
Carson-Newman news office
Bill Hadam, a freshman communications major from Knoxville, joins other Carson-Newman University students in participating in Operation Inasmuch on Sept. 29 throughout a four-county region.
JEFFERSON CITY — In an outpouring of love for the community, 570 student volunteers from Carson-Newman University fanned across four counties during the university’s annual Operation Inasmuch day of service. [Read more…]
