Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
February 1, 2019
By Aaron Earls Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Most young adults who attended church as a teenager say they believe in God today, but fewer consider themselves devout Christians, according to a study released today (Jan. 31). And as a whole, they have conflicting recollections about the churches they attended in high school. LifeWay Research surveyed […]
January 30, 2019
By Tom Strode Baptist Press ALBANY, N.Y. — New York may have re-established itself as America’s leading abortion state by enacting a law that critics say goes beyond even the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Reproductive Health Act (RHA) into law Jan. 22 shortly after the state […]
January 29, 2019
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press DULUTH, Ga. — The Georgia Baptist Mission Board (GBMB) has laid off 20 staff members after a near-$1.2 million budget shortfall in 2018 Cooperative Program giving, the Christian Index reported. The GBMB will restructure the workforce for greater efficiency, GBMB Executive Director W. Thomas Hammond, Jr., told the convention’s newsjournal […]
January 24, 2019
By Julie McGowan IMB RICHMOND, Va. — The International Mission Board will install Dr. Paul Chitwood formally as its 13th president on Feb. 6, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond. The public is invited to attend the installation service, which will include a Sending Celebration honoring the appointment of 19 […]
January 23, 2019
EDITOR’S NOTE (Baptist Press): Jan. 16 marked the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which outlawed “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.” By David Roach Baptist Press NASHVILLE — When the 18th Amendment was ratified 100 years ago and prohibition became law of the land, the […]
January 17, 2019
By Christian Index & BP Staff DULUTH, Ga. — Evangelist Bailey Smith, who helped sustain the Conservative Resurgence at its outset in the Southern Baptist Convention, died Monday morning (Jan. 14) at his home in Duluth, Ga. He was 79. Smith’s election as SBC president in 1980 was the second victory for conservatives following the […]
January 17, 2019
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press LOS ANGELES — Protecting children from obscenity on television has never been more difficult than in 2019, the Parents Television Council (PTC) said in listing the top five reforms the entertainment industry needs to make this year. “Even with the most diligent parental oversight, the industry has exceptional power and […]
January 17, 2019
By Aaron Earls Lifeway Research Church pews may be full of teenagers, but a new study says college students might be a much rarer sight on Sunday mornings. Two-thirds (66 percent) of American young adults who attended a Protestant church regularly for at least a year as a teenager say they also dropped out for […]
January 11, 2019
By Art Toalston Baptist Press EUREKA, S.C. — Rick Stanley, a stepbrother to Elvis Presley who turned to Christ two months after Presley’s death in 1977 and, as an evangelist, spoke at Billy Graham-sponsored events and in a multitude of other settings, died Saturday evening, Jan. 5, in Aiken, S.C. Stanley returned to First Baptist […]
January 11, 2019
By David Roach Baptist Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Jimmy Allen, a former Southern Baptist Convention president and entity leader known for his gregarious personality and engagement with cultural issues, died Jan. 8 in Brunswick, Ga. He was 91. The last SBC president to serve before the convention’s Conservative Resurgence, Allen also was a confidant of President […]
January 8, 2019
By Aaron Earls LifeWay Christian Resources NASHVILLE — The economic recovery has reached the offering plate, according to a study from Nashville-based LifeWay Research. Today, eight in 10 Protestant pastors (79 percent) say the total offerings at their church this year are at or above last year’s levels, including 42 percent who say this year is […]
January 4, 2019
By Tim Ellsworth Baptist Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Despite being a big-time college football player headed to the NFL, Miguel Chavis was on a path to destruction. Self-centered and vile. Hedonistic and drunk. A tough brute who partied hard and pursued every fleeting pleasure he could think of. You name it, and Chavis, during his early […]