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‘PORTABLE CHURCH’ FINDS NEW HOME DURING COVID

March 18, 2021

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

Kent Shingleton, pastor of Hope Fellowship Church in Smyrna, is helping guide the church through the process of relocating — a move that has been made through a series of miraculous events.

SMYRNA  — Only God.

That’s the explanation pastor Kent Shingleton has for what occurred at Hope Fellowship Church in Smyrna during a year that will forever be known by a virus that brought the world to a screeching halt.

For nearly nine years the former church plant met in a local elementary school and members spent a great deal of time each week setting up and tearing down their “portable church.”

In the fall of 2019, Shingleton felt called to lead the church to begin its first ever fund-raising campaign to begin the process of buying property for future relocation.

On Jan 1, 2020, Hope Fellowship launched its “Hope for the House,” a two-year campaign to fully fund the church’s ministry budget while intentionally raising money for a future church home. [Read more…]

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OCT. 18: GOD LISTENS

October 12, 2020

By Glenn Metts
Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Seymour

Focal Passage: Isaiah 37:14-20, 30-35

Sunday School Lessons explore the bibleGod listens to the prayers of His children. Indeed, He hears, He cares and He responds to us according to His righteousness, His love and wisdom. He is never too early. He is never too late. He is always on time. It stirs in my heart that I do not pray enough!  

Franklin Graham, the son of the late Billy Graham, said that one regret his father had was that he didn’t pray enough. He felt that if he had prayed more and preached less, that he would have seen God do even greater things than he had witnessed over the course of his ministry.  

King Hezekiah is described in the Bible as one of the most godly kings of Judah who had a close relationship with God. He was known as a reformer. When he became king, he was most concerned with Judah’s present obedience to the Lord.  [Read more…]

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TBC COOPERATIVE PROGRAM GIFTS HOLD STEADY

August 5, 2020

Baptist and Reflector

FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,941,530 through the Cooperative Program in July.

For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $25,831,963.

In the midst of a pandemic, the amount is just $295,149 or 1.1 below what was given at the same time last year. In addition, gifts are $418,037 or 1.59 percent below budget needs after the first nine months of the budget year. [Read more…]

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