Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
December 19, 2019
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Columnist, B&R For many families, the Christmas season is the busiest time of the year. In addition to the numerous activities, there is the shopping and wrapping of presents. What should be a time to honor the birth of Christ the Savior is turned into a most stressful time. This year, […]
December 19, 2019
By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Recently, the staff of one of the local funeral homes in our county hosted their annual “Hope for the Holidays” service and invited me to share a word of hope and practical help to those in attendance who had lost loved ones. The holidays can be very […]
December 17, 2019
By Todd E. Brady Vice President for University Ministries, Union University, Jackson “Happy Thanksgiving!” “Merry Christmas!” “Happy New Year!” This is the time of year when everyone is encouraging others to be happy. But for those who have lost a loved one, there is a sadness that no amount of encouragement can overcome. For these […]
December 16, 2019
By Lonnie Wilkey lwilkey@tnbaptist.org There has been growing evidence over the past two decades that Christians are becoming increasingly reluctant to openly share their faith. Research from The Barna Group, LifeWay Christian Research and others in recent years confirm that more and more Christians are having fewer gospel conversations. That leads to the question: Why? […]
December 10, 2019
By Paul Chitwood President, International Mission Board Looking back on my first full year as your IMB president, the words that come to mind are: “Thank you.” Thank you, Lord Jesus, for saving souls across the globe daily amid hardship and persecution, and for upholding Your servants as they go forth to share Your gospel. […]
December 10, 2019
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director There are two distinctives that bind Southern Baptists together. The first is our shared biblical belief system. Unfortunately, the Bible can be mishandled in many ways and our Southern Baptist forefathers recognized that, so in 1925, they took the providential step to clearly define what Southern […]
December 4, 2019
By Chris Turner Director of communications, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board cturner@tnbaptist.org There are two types of organizations in our world: Those who have had a crisis and those whose crisis hasn’t yet hit. For years I’ve been leading crisis communications and media relations workshops for all types of organizations and I usually open those training […]
November 26, 2019
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director My No. 1 desire is to see the spiritually lost people of Tennessee won to saving faith in Jesus Christ, and it is weeks like last week that give me hope that together as Tennessee Baptists, we might see that happen. Summit, our annual gathering of […]
November 19, 2019
By Lonnie Wilkey As one might expect, evangelism was a popular topic during this week’s Summit held at First Baptist Concord in Knoxville. The theme for the 145th annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention was Win TN By All Means. Several excellent videos focusing on evangelism were featured throughout the sessions. During the Tuesday […]
November 18, 2019
By David Green President, Tennessee Baptist Convention Tennessee Baptists are amazing people. I already knew that through years of serving in various Tennessee Baptist Convention committees, boards and institutions. However, after traveling literally thousands of miles from one end of the state to the other this year as president of the TBC, I can say […]
November 15, 2019
By Matt Tullos Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB You and I came to the celebration late, but we are invited to stay for eternity and as we worship, God begins to teach us new concepts, new subtleties, new songs. What is God teaching you as you worship? Here are a few things He’s been teaching me. […]
November 14, 2019
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org In 2015, Tennessee legislators passed a state law that authorized local school boards across the state to put policies in place allowing students to be excused during the school day to attend a class in “religious moral instruction.” The freedom to have release time for biblical or […]