Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
June 24, 2021
By Scott Shepherd Worship & Music Specialist, TBMB Independence Day is approaching rapidly. And this year’s patriotic holiday is rather unique: For the first time in eleven years, the 4th of July will fall on a Sunday. Tennessee Baptists will choose to gather on this Lord’s Day in different ways. Some will hold festive patriotic […]
June 22, 2021
By Jay Barbier Youth Specialist, TBMB Influence is, was and will always be one, of the greatest tools for a follower of Jesus. Baptist Press recently published an article that shared the results of a survey conducted by Pew Research. The survey revealed that teenagers’ views of religion follow very closely to that of their […]
June 21, 2021
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist & Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org FRANKLIN — Recent statistics reveal that less than half of the United States population has been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. According to Becker’s Hospital Review (visit site for full list of statistics), a total of 135,867,425 Americans have been fully vaccinated. That represents 40.9 percent of the […]
April 16, 2021
How dangerous is the Equality Act that’s currently before the U.S. Senate to religious liberty? In this episode of Radio B&R an attorney for Alliance Defending Freedom explains all you need to know about how this act, if made law, could have far reaching implications in how Christians and churches could be deeply affected. […]
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 […]