Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
September 30, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector I love good popcorn, but not necessarily the microwave variety. In my household, I usually am the one designated to make popcorn. I use a deep pot with a lid on the stove top. I place oil and butter in the pot and let the butter melt into […]
September 25, 2014
By Richard Skidmore Financial Support Specialist, TBC It is quite possible that beginning this past January your pastor or other church staff member began being taxed on their health insurance premium. It will be the church’s responsibility to report the amount of the premium as taxable income as part of the salary paid to this […]
September 23, 2014
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director There are churches everywhere in Nashville. Let’s take a ride. For instance, nine large churches sit adjacent to Franklin Road in a two-mile stretch if you drive north from Old Hickory in Brentwood. If you drive south another two or three miles through Brentwood you can add another […]
September 12, 2014
By Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,421,683 through the Cooperative Program in August. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $27,893,395. The amount is $801,328 or 2.8 percent below what was given at the same point last year. With two months remaining in the 2013-14 budget year, Cooperative Program receipts […]
September 12, 2014
By Larry Robertson President, TBC, & Clarksville Pastor I didn’t grow up in a strong Cooperative Program giving church. When I got to Blue Mountain (Miss.) College as a ministerial student, however, my eyes were opened to the unparalleled strategy Southern Baptists have to fund missions and ministry. Dr. James Travis, longtime biblical studies professor […]
September 11, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector I watched a recent video clip of Victoria Osteen, wife of noted pastor and author Joel Osteen of Houston. Honestly, I was not impressed. I recently wrote a column expressing my opinion of the “health and wealth” ministers that are so prevalent today. At least one reader chastised […]
August 30, 2014
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director To say Litz Manor Baptist Church was on life support is an understatement. The reality was its slow death was only delaying being moved from the category of once-thriving congregations to just another statistic of churches that closed its doors. You’ve seen those churches. They are now community […]
August 27, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Change. For many people this “five-letter” word may as well be a “four-letter” (curse) word. Most people detest change. I admit that while I am not necessarily anti-change, I am usually not out in front leading the change band-wagon. Change is hard for most individuals and even churches […]
August 14, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Dizzy Dean, a baseball great who pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1930s, was known for his wit as well as his pitching. He once said, “It ain’t bragging if you can do it.” Bragging is bragging, but of course it does help when you can […]
August 13, 2014
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director I never tire of seeing people baptized. Every one of them tells a unique story of God’s grace at work in the lives of individuals. One I remember is Charlie Tanner. I led Charlie to the Lord in his living room almost 35 years ago. He came out […]
July 31, 2014
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC Ten years worth of stellar performance reviews. You gave yourself to your job and your company. Needed somebody to work overtime? You were there. Last second projects that needed doing? You were all over it. Deadlines? You ate lunch at your desk to ensure you met them. Employee […]
July 31, 2014
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R My diary entry for June 20, 1955 reads, “I feel that Phyllis is the answer to my prayers if I will try to seek God’s will.” I was 18; she was 16. At 15, I had reluctantly answered a Moses-like call to preach God’s Word. To answer that call, […]
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