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HUGS AND HANDSHAKES: TBMB DESSERT FELLOWSHIP

June 23, 2022

Continuing the tradition, the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board hosted its annual dessert fellowship for Tennessee families who attended this year’s SBC annual meeting at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. The dessert fellowship was held on the night of June 13.

  • Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, far right, prays with Willie McLaurin, his wife, Antonia, and daughters SiChanna and Sierra during the dessert fellowship sponsored by the TBMB prior to the start of the SBC annual meeting. McLaurin formerly served on the TBMB staff and is the interim CEO of the SBC Executive Committee. — Photo by Van Payne / The Baptist Paper
  • Memphis native Jonathan Epting, left, now of California, visits with friends Daniel and Candace Jerkins, of Hickory Withe First Baptist Church, Eads, where he serves as associate pastor.
  • Visiting at the TBMB Dessert Fellowship were, from left, Randy Roper, director of missions, Big Emory Baptist Association, Harriman; Scott White, associate pastor, Central Baptist Church, Crossville, and his wife, Beth; and Kirk Casey, director of missions, Cumberland Plateau Baptist Association, Crossville.
  • Meeting for the first time at the dessert fellowship were, from left, Keith Johnson, senior pastor, East Maryville Baptist Church, Maryville, and his wife, Nancy, and Kim and Todd Capps, associate pastor, Victory Baptist Church, Mount Juliet.
  • Ryan Wicker, associate pastor of education at First Baptist Church, Dickson, his wife, Rebekah, and children, from left, Emmett, John and Madie enjoyed the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim. They attended a dessert fellowship at the convention sponsored by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.
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CONFERENCE CENTERS SPOTLIGHT

June 16, 2022

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Charlene and Joe Carter have been volunteering at Tennessee Baptist Conference Centers for 20 years.

FRANKLIN — Charlene and Joe Carter have been volunteering at Tennessee Baptist Conference Centers for 20 years. Through Campers on Mission and personal trips they’ve worked on landscaping, electrical work, construction, food service, and beyond. When asked about why they give their time, they say the more work serving the Lord, the better. Charlene and Joe recognize the eternal value their investment holds. 

Each summer, they enjoy driving their camper to Linden Valley and showing up to help wherever they can with whatever is needed. The beautiful flower beds around the gate at Carson Springs are one example of work done by the Carters.  [Read more…]

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DREAMS/PLANS CHANGE, BUT GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL

June 15, 2022

By Janice Backer
Contributing writer, B&R

Philip and Betsy Barr, former IMB missionaries, are still ministering to internationals, but instead of overseas, they are at the Knoxville International Church. With them are their sons, Nate, left, and John-Alan.

KNOXVILLE — For 6-year-old Betsy Duncan, moving to Africa seemed perfectly normal.

“My parents told me we would tell people about Jesus. It made complete sense to me that we would move,” she said. Her parents, Alan and Andrea Duncan, were appointed as International Mission Board missionaries to South Africa. The elder Duncans have since returned to Tennessee and he is a staff minister at Manley Baptist Church in Morristown.

She remembers the happy times during the 15 years they served in Port Elizabeth (officially later renamed Gqeberha and colloquially known as PE). “In working with my parents, I knew God wanted me to spend my life showing others how Jesus could make their lives different,” she said. Her parents encouraged and involved their children in every day ministry.

“I loved being a missionary kid,” Betsy said. [Read more…]

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FORMER TBCH PRESIDENT REMEMBERED AS ‘TREMENDOUS LEADER’

June 14, 2022

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Bryant Millsaps

FRANKLIN — Bryant Millsaps, who became synonymous with Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes during his nearly two-decade tenure with the ministry, passed away June 13 after battling Alzheimer’s Disease.

“The Tennessee Baptist Convention has lost a giant servant of the Kingdom,” said Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.

Millsaps served on staff with Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes for 18 years, including a 15-year tenure as president and treasurer. He retired from that position in 2015. [Read more…]

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OFFERING MORE THAN MONEY

June 14, 2022

By David Dawson
ddawson@tnbaptist.org

Members of Connection Church, Columbia, gather in front of a food truck for OneGenAway — one of the ministries that the church supported during its ‘I love my community’ campaign.

COLUMBIA — In most instances, a “love offering” is a one-time gift. 

At Connection Church in Columbia, however, it turned into much more than that. It was the gift that kept on giving. 

Over the past several months, the church has used the combination of sacrificial giving and acts of service to make a major impact for Christ in Maury County. The movement was fueled by the church’s “I love my community” campaign, which raised over $77,000 — more than four times the amount that was set as the original goal — and included more than 300 church members taking part in various volunteer duties throughout the area. 

“It wasn’t just an offering; it was so much more than that,” said Eric Nichols, lead pastor at Connection. “It was a mobilization of God’s people into our community.” [Read more…]

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OFF THE GRID HIKE ‘LIFE-CHANGING’ FOR PASTOR

June 13, 2022

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
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After almost quitting on his first Off the Grid hike two years ago, Pastor Russell Vickers of New Vision Baptist Church in Alexandria, has now led two groups for backpacking hikes on the Appalachian Trail. From left are Mark Morton, Hunter Vickers, Russell Vickers and Brad Vickers.

NEWPORT — Russell Vickers will never forget his first “Off the Grid” hike on the Appalachian Trail (AT). He almost quit and went home on the first night.

Off the Grid is a ministry of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board that provides pastors, staff members and lay leaders an opportunity to be refreshed and enjoy a time of fellowship and outdoor adventure through a variety of different activities.

Vickers, bivocational pastor of New Vision Baptist Church in Alexandria, had wanted to hike the trail, “but I was never brave enough to do it on my own,” he acknowledged. [Read more…]

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TBMB LEADER CALLS FOR BREAK WITH GUIDEPOST SOLUTIONS

June 7, 2022

By Lonnie Wilkey and Chris Turner
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FRANKLIN — In response to a tweet by Guidepost Solutions supporting the LGBTQ+ community, Southern Baptists should “immediately break ties with Guidepost Solutions,” said Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.

Guidepost Solutions posted the following statement to its Twitter account on June 6.

“Guidepost is committed to strengthening diversity, equity and inclusion and strives to be an organization where our team can bring their authentic selves to work.

“We celebrate our collective progress toward equality for all and are proud to be an ally to our LGBTQ+ community.” [Read more…]

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STATE CP GIFTS ABOVE BUDGET

June 6, 2022

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FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches provided $2,792,007 through the Cooperative Program in May.

For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $20,855,902. With five months to go in the 2021-22 budget year, the amount is $527,487 or 2.6 percent over the amount during the same time last year and $439,235 or 2.15 percent over budget needs. [Read more…]

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FOUBERT BOOK HELPS PARENTS PROTECT CHILDREN FROM INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY

June 2, 2022

By Suzanne Rhodes
Union University news office

John Foubert, professor and dean of the College of Education at Union University, has released a new book to help parents teach their children about the harm of pornography.

JACKSON — John Foubert, professor and dean of the College of Education at Union University, released a new book to help educate parents on the harm of pornography and to guide them in difficult conversations with children of all ages.

Foubert’s second book on the harms of pornography, Protecting Your Children from Internet Pornography shows parents how pornography consumption has changed, how it’s affecting their children and what they can do to keep their kids safe.

Foubert, an expert on sexual assault prevention and the dangers of pornography, opens the door for parents to understand the reality of pornography use — how it affects the brain’s anatomy, influences the increase of sexual violence and more.  [Read more…]

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FAITH RIDERS TO SPONSOR ‘PRAYER RUMBLE’ IN MID-JUNE

June 1, 2022

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Jerry Jeter, pastor of Pleasant View Baptist Church, Clarksville, is an active member of F.A.I.T.H. Riders, a national motorcycle ministry that is passionate about sharing Christ.

FRANKLIN — The Tennessee chapter of FAITH Riders will sponsor a “Prayer Rumble” from the western part of the state to the east on June 17-18.

“FAITH Riders of Tennessee will be praying across the state of Tennessee along with other riders and friends,” said Jerry Jeter, a member of the Tennessee chapter and pastor of Pleasant View Baptist Church, Clarksville.

“If there has ever been a time for urgency in spreading the gospel, this is it. This time of prayer across the state is to encourage churches to be active in the mission Jesus called us to,” he sai [Read more…]

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