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BIVOCATIONAL PASTORS ARE THE ‘IRON MEN OF MINISTRY’

February 6, 2019

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

PIGEON FORGE — They’re machinists, salesmen, police officers, bankers, teachers, college professors, retirees, electricians, plumbers and the list goes on, but they all have one thing in common — they are dedicated servants of God devoted to spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ.

One hundred and twenty-one bivocational ministers from across Tennessee, along with their spouses and two other family members, gathered Jan. 26-28 in Pigeon Forge for the 2019 Bivocational Ministers and Wives Retreat sponsored by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. [Read more…]

TBC CP GIFTS ABOVE BUDGET

February 5, 2019

Baptist and Reflector

FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,535,940 through the Cooperative Program in January.

For the year-to-date, churches have given $9,181,729 through the Cooperative Program. The amount is $81,281 or 0.9 percent below what was given after the first quarter of the last fiscal year. The amount, however, is $556,729 or 6.45 percent over budget needs.

“We are grateful that our churches are responding to the challenge of meeting our Great Commission needs not only in Tennessee, but throughout our nation and world,” said Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.

— Lonnie Wilkey

DAVIS KICKS OFF FIRST MONTHLY UPDATE ON RADIO B&R

February 4, 2019

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

FRANKLIN — In an effort to keep Tennessee Baptists better informed, Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, will do a monthly podcast on Radio B&R.

It will be a monthly “retrospective” of what is happening not only in the TBMB but with churches across Tennessee, said Chris Turner, director of communications for the TBMB and host of Radio B&R. [Read more…]

BRENTWOOD BAPTIST SUPPORTS TSA WORKERS DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

January 31, 2019

Local church donates grocery gift cards to airport staff after they work 35 days with no pay

Brentwood Baptist communications office

Jamie Bennett, Brentwood Baptist Church missions assistant, thanks a TSA agent as Wesley Henderson, TSA assistant federal security director for the airport, distributes Publix gift cards to the agents.

BRENTWOOD — After a 35-day shutdown, the government is finally open for business again. Yet, government workers are still struggling with the challenges facing them after receiving no pay since before Christmas.

In response to this issue, Brentwood Baptist Church, Brentwood, donated a $20 Publix gift card to each TSA agent working at Nashville’s International Airport. The growing airport serves over 30,000 people daily and requires a TSA staff of 375 workers, the largest team of government employees working within the airport. [Read more…]

TENNESSEAN NAMED TO SBC COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS

January 29, 2019

Baptist Press

Curtis Woods and Keith Whitfield

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear has named members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 11-12 SBC annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala.

“These committee members hail from state conventions, national entities, seminaries, local churches and local associations,” said Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area. “Each was chosen because they demonstrate great commitment to the Southern Baptist Convention, and because they reflect both who we are and who we are becoming. They are men and women who desire to see our convention keep the Gospel above all.”

Curtis Woods of Kentucky was named as the committee’s chairman by Greear. [Read more…]

MUSIC EVENT FOR STUDENTS TO BE HELD IN JACKSON

January 29, 2019

Baptist and Reflector

FRANKLIN — The Youth Project, an event for church youth choirs and youth singers, will be held Feb. 8-9 at West Jackson Baptist Church, Jackson.

The event is co-sponsored by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board worship and music ministries and Union University in Jackson. The cost is $30 and includes two meals and a T-shirt. [Read more…]

UNION’S CAMPBELL BECOMES QUICKEST TO 600 WINS

January 28, 2019

By Steven Aldridge
Union Sports Information Director

Union University coach Mark Campbell addresses his team during a timeout. He recently won his 600th game as a head coach. — Photo by Kristi Woody

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Mark Campbell, head women’s basketball coach at Union University, earned his 600th career victory Jan. 10 with the Lady Bulldogs’ win at Auburn University at Montgomery.

Campbell became the fastest college basketball coach in history, across all divisions, to reach 600 wins. [Read more…]

UNION, NEW MEXICO BAPTISTS TO PROVIDE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

January 28, 2019

By Tim Ellsworth
Union University

JACKSON — Union University has begun a partnership with the Baptist Convention of New Mexico that will place students in New Mexico churches for mentoring by local pastors during the summer.

Todd E. Brady, vice president for university ministries at Union, said the program will meet the needs of both Union University students who are preparing for ministry and New Mexico churches by providing learning and service opportunities. [Read more…]

TBCH’S NEW GYM FLOOR IN BRENTWOOD WAS ‘GOD THING’

January 25, 2019

By David Dawson
Baptist and Reflector
ddawson@tnbaptist.org

Members of Yellow Creek Baptist Church join hands with TBCH representatives and others for prayer at the dedication service for the facility’s newly improved gym floor in Brentwood.

CUMBERLAND CITY — As the crowd gathered at the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes’ campus in Brentwood to celebrate the facility’s newly refinished gym floor on the afternoon of Jan. 13, the basketball court wasn’t the only thing that was gleaming.

So, too, were the faces of many in the crowd as they reflected on the amazing sequence of events that had taken place over the past several months leading up to the dedication service.

“Only God could have orchestrated this,” said Yellow Creek Baptist Church pastor Phillip Chambers. [Read more…]

RECOMMENDATIONS SOUGHT FOR BOARDS, COMMITTEES

January 25, 2019

BRENTWOOD — Below is a replica of the recommendation form which the Committee on Boards and Committee on Committees have jointly developed for Tennessee Baptists to use in recommending individuals for service on Tennessee Baptist Convention boards or committees.

Tennessee Baptists are strongly encouraged to go online at www.tnbaptist.org/boardrec and make recommendations of fellow Tennessee Baptists to serve on the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, one of the seven institutional boards of trust, or one of the eight convention committees, all of which carry on the work of the convention between sessions of the convention. Recommendation form instructions, bylaw requirements and committee preferences are listed on the paper form and are also included on the website. [Read more…]

Local church donates grocery gift cards to airport staff after they work 35 days with no pay

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