Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
February 26, 2021
Editor’s Note: The following is an open correspondence to Tennessee Baptists by Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Tennessee Baptists, it’s time for vigilance and action. We stood for life and were heard just a couple of years ago when we needed to speak into prolife legislation […]
January 14, 2021
Church leaders continue to grapple with tough decisions regarding worship, other ministries By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org FRANKLIN — A new year has begun, but church leaders must continue to address a question that has been present since the onset of COVID-19 nearly a year ago: Do we have live-person or virtual […]
January 13, 2021
By Jerry Drace Evangelist/Senior Pastor, Friendship Baptist Church, Friendship As the last grains of sand ran out of the 2020 hourglass I read once again the speech of Russian dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn given on June 8, 1978, at the Harvard University commencement service. They were profound at the time and prophetic for 2021. A portion of his speech […]
December 15, 2020
By Aaron Earls LifeWay Research NASHVILLE — Almost all Americans celebrate Christmas, but most say COVID-19 will cause some changes to their usual holiday habits. A new study from Nashville-based LifeWay Research found 93 percent of American adults say they celebrate Christmas. That number is essentially unchanged from a decade ago when 91 percent said […]
December 15, 2020
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org Christmas celebrations may look a little different this year for many Tennessee families as they deal with the reality of COVID-19. But take heart. One thing COVID-19 can’t affect is the reason we celebrate Christmas — the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Christmas is always hard […]
November 19, 2020
‘Barbershop conversation’ focuses on steps needed for racial equality By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector ddawson@tnbaptist.org MURFREESBORO — Among the many powerful moments of the 2020 Virtual Summit was the “barbershop conversation” with Grant Gaines and Ternae Jordan. The two pastors got together to discuss the topic of racial justice, and how the Bible promotes […]
November 6, 2020
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press SALEM, Ore. — Oregon will become the first state in the nation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs including Oxycodone, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine beginning in February 2021. Voters approved the measure on Election Day by a margin of 58.6-41.4 percent and concurrently approved by 66.7-33.3 percent a […]
September 23, 2020
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org FLINTVILLE — Perhaps no one knows better than Don Pierson how desperately the United States needs to be intimately connected with God through prayer during this point in the nation’s history. In a nation filled with fear over COVID-19, increasing racial turmoil and divide and a country […]
August 21, 2020
Student pastors, leaders finding new ways to “do ministry” amid pandemic By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector ddawson@tnbaptist.org FRANKLIN — When the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic first began impacting daily lives, many youth pastors were sent scrambling. The entire landscape of youth ministry changed almost overnight. Trips and events were postponed or canceled. On-campus […]
August 5, 2020
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org In today’s world, anyone who stands boldly on the Word of God will be ridiculed and criticized. Yet, it’s really not an option to not stand firmly on God’s Word. As Christians, we really don’t have a choice if we have truly given our lives over to […]
July 9, 2020
By Todd Brady Vice President for University Ministries, Union University Some of society’s half-baked thinking has been exposed and mocked recently by conservative pundit, Jesse Kelly. Last week, Kelly tweeted “Yale University was named for Elihu Yale. Not just a man who had slaves. An actual slave trader. I call on @Yale to change it’s […]
July 8, 2020
Baptist Press WASHINGTON — Pro-life leaders expressed deep disappointment with the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal 29 to uphold a Louisiana law designed to protect the lives and health of women by requiring hospital admitting privileges for doctors who perform abortions. In a 5-4 decision, the high court ruled the law — which mandated a physician […]