Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
April 23, 2015
By Greg McCoy President-Elect, TBCH It was in 1894 that the Tennessee Baptist Convention first asked its churches to donate to the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes (then called the Tennessee Baptist Orphanage.) This was our first statewide offering, but it was far from our last. Since 1963, The Mother’s Day Offering (MDO) has been the […]
April 23, 2015
By Larry Robertson Sr. Pastor, Hilldale Baptist Church, Clarksville As pastors, we are often confronted with issues that we don’t necessarily feel equipped to handle. Addictions might fall into such a category for many of us. It’s easy to preach salvation to a fictional addict we’ve never met. But through the years I’ve witnessed the […]
April 23, 2015
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director Stop. Just pause what you’re doing for a few minutes and think with me about a couple of very important things. Have you ever stopped to consider, I mean really consider, what’s important in life? I feel one of the lesser qualities we as Americans seem to have […]
April 21, 2015
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector WEBER CITY, Va. — Johnny Morelock makes it very clear. He is a recovering drug addict and alcoholic. As a result he is able to relate to both groups and that has opened numerous doors for him to share how God rescued him from the grips of alcohol […]
April 21, 2015
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector The Merriam-Webster Dictionary provides several definitions for the word “addiction.” Among them: • a strong and harmful need to regularly have something (such as a drug) or do something (such as gamble); • an unusually great interest in something or a need to do or have something; • […]
April 9, 2015
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R Stanton, Texas used to have a sign at the city limits that said, “Three thousand friendly people and a few old soreheads.” That sign probably describes most churches to one degree or another. If the church is the size of a rowboat, it just takes one or two to […]
April 7, 2015
By Don Pierson Pastor, Stewart’s Chapel Baptist Church, Flintville A few years ago if someone had told you that our nation would be debating whether a person could marry a person of the same sex, you would have said, “No way!” Yet we are not only debating it, some of our states are already doing it, […]
April 7, 2015
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director There is an ancient Afghan proverb that states, “If you think you’re leading and no one is following you, then you’re only taking a walk.” I love the truth in that statement, but it begs a question. “If they aren’t following you, then who did they go follow?” […]
March 26, 2015
By David Evans TBC Evangelism Specialist I have had many conversations about Easter egg hunts and evangelism. Many churches that I have recently spoken with feel incomplete concerning their Easter egg hunt plans. They have a great turnout but it seems to just be another event. The Easter egg hunt seems to be consumed with […]
March 24, 2015
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Growing up in a Southern Baptist church I always knew that church attendance usually was higher on Easter Sunday and the Sunday closest to Christmas. I naturally assumed that a lot of those Easter/Christmas attendees were non-believers. The more I have researched and talked with people who know […]
March 24, 2015
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director I recently reread an old letter that stopped me in my tracks. The author’s passion was evident, and I could imagine the anguished expression on his face. I’m sure tears streamed down his cheeks and into his beard as he wrote. “With Christ as my witness,” he penned. […]
March 13, 2015
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R In our first year of marriage, I was a working, full-time college student with my wife expecting a baby. Though money was scarce, hamburger meat was just three pounds for a dollar. And we had some kind of meat every meal — well, until we didn’t one night. After […]
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