Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
June 20, 2024
By Kathy McBroomBapitst and ReflectorRecently I heard someone say that in three years no one will remember you. I am going through a season of change right now, and that struck me as quite depressing. I am the wife of a pastor, and we have been in ministry for nearly 30 years. I am a […]
June 14, 2024
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBMany, many years ago, when I was just a boy, my family took a vacation to California. One night while there, we were eating at a restaurant when we looked across the room and spotted — you won’t believe this — Muhammed Ali! The three-time heavyweight champion was eating a quiet […]
June 14, 2024
By Adam DooleyPastor, Englewood Baptist Church, JacksonWhy do you go to church? It was an honest question from an unbeliever I’d known for years. Our recent discussion about following Christ turned to more pragmatic matters born out of his general observations about Christianity in general. “Why would I give up my one day off in […]
June 4, 2024
By Ray Van Neste Dean and professor of Biblical studies, Union University, Jackson’ Tis the season for graduation addresses, and as a college professor for many years I’d like to share some thoughts with you (and others who might want to listen in). Our culture encourages you to laziness, and then, mocks and caricatures you […]
May 31, 2024
By Randy C. DavisPresident and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission BoardMy mother’s first cousin was an adult with exceptional needs. He unfortunately died several years ago. His name was Doug. Doug lived with his mom and dad, had several siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins who deeply cared about him and for him. His parents were […]
May 29, 2024
By Jay Hardwick President, Tennessee Baptist ConventionIn just a few days, thousands of Southern Baptists will journey to Indianapolis for our annual meeting. Every year, it feels like the SBC is a big pressure cooker on the stove building steam throughout the year until we hit the release valve at the annual meeting each June. […]
May 29, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorI attended my first annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Pittsburgh in 1983. The “Conservative Resurgence” was in its infancy. The conflict between “moderates/liberals” and “conservatives” remained throughout the 1980s and most of the 1990s. Many moderates left the SBC in 1991 and formed the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. […]
May 27, 2024
By Dani BrysonGuest columnist, Baptist and ReflectorNecessary legal disclaimer: I’m a lawyer. I’m not your lawyer. I’m not the SBC’s lawyer. This article isn’t legal advice or intended to create a lawyer-client relationship between the SBC or any other party and me. Mike Law circulated a letter last year informing the Southern Baptist Convention that […]
May 24, 2024
By Adam Dooley Pastor, Englewood Baptist Church, JacksonI will never forget the day God visited my college campus. None of the songs we sang that day readily come to mind. The subject of the visiting preacher’s message is less familiar to me than what I had for dinner on this same date last year. What […]
May 23, 2024
By Jeff Iorg President and CEO of the SBC Executive CommitteeThe Southern Baptist Convention will soon consider final action on an amendment to the SBC Constitution stating that a cooperating Southern Baptist church “affirms, appoints, or employs only men as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by Scripture.” This is a significant decision […]
May 16, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist and ReflectorFor more than 35 years, I have attended countless events at Tennessee Baptists’ two camps/conference centers at Carson Springs in Newport and Linden Valley in Linden. But it wasn’t until the last two-plus years that I have truly come to understand the treasure Tennessee Baptists have at Carson Springs Baptist […]
May 16, 2024
By Randy C. DavisPresident and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission BoardI love good advice. Proverbs 11:14 has been a benchmark verse for me: “Where there is no counsel people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety (success).” You can never have enough wise counsel. Conversation from competent and proven practitioners in any […]