Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
January 31, 2024
By Roc Collins Strategic Objectives Director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board “Your mission, should you choose to accept it …” These words are the familiar disclaimer of the “Mission Impossible? franchise. In 2014, Tennessee Baptists began a less famous and yet eternally more significant mission. And we chose to accept it together.
January 30, 2024
By Jay Hardwick President, Tennessee Baptist ConventionHappy New Year, Tennessee Baptists! I am grateful for what God is doing in our state and for the opportunities we have to serve Him and advance the gospel together in 2024! The new year is often a time to think new beginnings, new habits, new goals, and new […]
January 26, 2024
By Randy C. DavisPresident and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board It was a day to remember, May 6, 2013. It was the day I met, “The GOAT.” True, not everyone would agree that he’s the greatest of all time, but what is irrefutable is what Nick Saban accomplished during his years at the University […]
January 25, 2024
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBBefore I ask the question that I am about to ask, please know that it does not come from a place of judgment. I simply want you to take a moment to think about your answer. My question is this: When was the last time you prayed specifically for the […]
January 22, 2024
By Adam B. DooleyPastor, Englewood Baptist Church, JacksonI know it isn’t part of our culture anymore, but many are old enough to remember the full-service gas station in small towns across our nation. With service that is foreign to our modern experience, attendants would not only put gas in your car, but also wash your […]
January 18, 2024
By Lauren C. GrimCreative Services Manager, The Baptist PaperEDITOR’S NOTE — Mason Grim has been on many people’s prayer lists since the day he was born in the fall of 2018. His mother, Lauren Grim, who designs the pages you read in The Baptist Paper, shared his birth story in the Jan. 14, 2021, issue […]
January 12, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorIn a recent story in the Baptist and Reflector, Tim Ellsworth, a longtime friend and a talented journalist provided coverage of the last service of one of our Tennessee Baptist churches in Brownsville. Calvary Baptist Church closed its doors after 70 years of ministry. The church began in 1953 as […]
December 22, 2023
By Randy C. DavisPresident and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission BoardHistorically significant milestones are often years in the making, and we have one rising on our horizon. Look with me through the months ahead to November, Summit 2024. We just finished Summit 2023 so you may wonder why we’d already be looking 11 months down […]
December 19, 2023
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBFrom time to time, I will run into someone who says, “I am kind of a Scrooge when it comes to Christmas. I just don’t like it all that much.” At this point, I usually start making a few assumptions about this person. For instance, I presume that they hate puppies. […]
December 15, 2023
By Kathy McBroomContributing writer, Baptist and ReflectorEditor’s Note: While this column is written by a minister’s wife, the article is applicable to anyone, man or woman, who feels stress during the Christmas season. Ministers’ wives, does the Christmas season ever privately make you think “Oh, wow” versus “Yay?” So many parties, so many “bring a […]
December 15, 2023
By Adam B. DooleyPastor, Englewood Baptist Church, JacksonAs early as 1926, Neiman Marcus Company published its first annual catalogue of unusual Christmas gifts to the delight of customers. Then, in 1959, the retailer generated even more publicity by producing a list of fantasy gifts for the person who has everything. This unique holiday tradition continues […]
December 13, 2023
By Gary ElmorePastor, Point Pleasant Baptist Church, NewportAll of us will be surprised when we enter God’s presence and He reveals events and scenes from our lives that helped shape the eternal destiny of another — even though we didn’t have a clue at the time. However, sometimes The Father pulls back the curtain and […]