Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
August 18, 2022
By Randy C. DavisPresident and Executive Director, TBMBOn Tuesday, Aug. 9, I pinned a TBC lapel pin on my black suit and headed to historic First Baptist Church of Nashville. I wear lapel pins as I represent the Tennessee Baptist Convention and Tennessee Baptist Mission Board at various events. However, this day it seemed especially […]
August 18, 2022
By Lonnie WilkeyB&R editorI was looking over a copy of Telling the Truth in Love: A Brief History of the Baptist and Reflector from 1835, written by former editor Wm. Fletcher Allen (now deceased) in 2005. The Baptist and Reflector has a long and distinguished history. It remains one of the oldest, continuously published newspapers […]
August 15, 2022
By Carolyn TomlinContributing Writer, Baptist and ReflectorChildren live in a different world than those known to adults today. Instead of purchasing name-brand shoes, buying school clothes like their peers and getting the latest haircut to start school, they have more serious concerns. Today, many schools require mesh or see-through backpacks, metal detectors, security cameras throughout […]
August 10, 2022
By Laura Erlanson Managing editor, Baptist Press During June, I did what many said could not be done. I pulled off the exhaustion hat trick, the triathlon of tired, the white whale of weariness — the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Vacation Bible School and Centri-Kid in back-to-back weeks. It was the Baptist Ironman of […]
August 8, 2022
Compiled by staff of Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Moses did it. So did Samuel. And David. Elijah really did it, along with Jeremiah, Jonah, John the Baptist and even the Apostle Paul. Each of these “heroes of the faith” hit a brick wall in their life and ministry. Moses, Elijah and Jonah despaired of life […]
August 4, 2022
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist and ReflectorOur world is so mixed up. We live in a day and age where things that once were so cut and dried are now hot topics of debate. One case in point is the definition of a woman (female). In today’s culture people are trying to define what shouldn’t need […]
August 4, 2022
By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Sometimes you must look back to gain a vision for the future. That’s biblical. The word, “remember” is ubiquitous throughout the Old Testament. There are scores of instances where God reminds His people to “remember the Lord your God.” Many of those instances […]
July 27, 2022
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist and ReflectorJuly 13 likely will be a day that Bill Highsmith will never forget. Nearly 200 people gathered in the fellowship hall of Tusculum Hills Baptist Church in Nashville to help him celebrate his 80th birthday, along with his retirement (see story on page 8 of the print edition). While many […]
July 22, 2022
By Randy C. DavisPresident & Executive Director, TBMBThank you, Tennessee Baptists, for giving through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions. Because you gave … So much follows that statement. Because you gave, people across our state are hearing and responding to the gospel, being discipled, planting new churches or are part of a revitalization process […]
July 8, 2022
By Chris Turner Director of communications, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board The Commissioners for the Presbyterian Church in America recently voted to leave the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), which the PCA had been connected to since the denomination’s founding in 1973. The reasons for leaving were many, but at the heart of the split was […]
July 7, 2022
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org When the Supreme Court passed its landmark decision in 1973 legalizing abortion nationwide, it was just a blip on my radar. After all, I was 15 years old and was more concerned about sports, getting my driver’s license and then a job to buy my first car. […]
July 1, 2022
By Todd E. Brady Vice president For university ministries, Union University, Jackson If M.E. Dodd were living and were to come to the Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim, I think Willie McLaurin would hug Dodd’s neck and take him to a long, long lunch so he could pick his brain. As the oldest institution […]