Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
November 5, 2014
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director There are those people who touch your life and have an impact that shapes who you become. Charlie was one of those for me. I’ll never forget Charlie. Charlie died in his mid-90s. He served as treasurer of Little Escambia Baptist Church for well over 40 years. Every […]
November 4, 2014
By Larry Robertson TBC President, & Pastor, Hilldale Baptist Church, Clarksville In a few days Tennessee Baptists will gather in Brentwood for this year’s Summit. I ask that you make every effort to pray for and participate in this 140th annual session. Our theme this year is “Whatever It Takes,” representing the mindset and missional […]
October 22, 2014
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director I can imagine W.C. and Mildred Golden sitting at a candlelit table over 114 years ago working tirelessly to write letter after letter to Tennessee Baptists. The flicker of light probably danced across the materials spread out before them waiting to be slid into an envelope and sent […]
October 22, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector We have all heard the accusation. Christians are just a bunch of hypocrites. They preach one thing, but live the exact opposite. Sadly, there are Christians who do just that. But there are also Christians who try the best they can to match their words with their actions. […]
October 8, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Hunger. For most of us, we have no idea of what true hunger is. We all perhaps have gone a day or so without food, but we seldom can say we are really hungry. I recently had a colonoscopy which means I went without eating solid food for […]
October 8, 2014
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director There’s a homeless man who lives in Chattanooga tucked under a towering overpass. He abused crack cocaine and alcohol. Physically, his life was a wreck and heading for death. Spiritually, he was heading for hell. But about a year ago, someone navigated quarry stones, briar bushes and the […]
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 […]
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