Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
May 3, 2018
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press WASHINGTON (BP) — Unity across the nation and among churches spanning all denominations, generations, races and cultures is the overarching plea of the 2018 National Day of Prayer, scheduled for May 3. Mobilizing people across the nation in public prayer events May 3 — capped by a nationally televised and […]
April 30, 2018
LifeWay News Office NASHVILLE — Randy Parks remembers the music, the games, and the wacky events from the first summer he attended Centrifuge in 1979. But most of all, he remembers the clear message of the gospel and the strong conviction that a life following Christ was exciting and worth living.
April 26, 2018
by Baptist Press staff DALLAS — Going into this year’s annual meeting as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Steve Gaines acknowledged Southern Baptists face some critical decisions in the days and months ahead.
April 23, 2018
By Juliana Wilson TENNESSEE WMU BOSTON, Mass. — A team of Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union ladies recently traveled to the Greater Boston area to prayerwalk. The group, consisting of Bobby Turner, Shelby Lord, Yolanda Heuser, and Colleen Richardson, worked with Sam Taylor, director of missions for the Greater Boston Baptist Association.
April 19, 2018
Baptist Press RICHMOND — Southern Baptists’ contributions to support international missions through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering are 4.4 percent ahead of last year’s pace, according to a report by Rodney Freeman, IMB treasurer and vice president of support services.
April 18, 2018
By David Roach & Diana Chandler Baptist Press NASHVILLE — The six-member committee charged with nominating the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee is marked by racial and gender diversity as well as a mixture of clergy and laypeople.
April 18, 2018
By Erin Roach Baptist Press DENVER — A Denver-area church plant, in only its third year, voted to quadruple its giving through the Cooperative Program, realizing the value of the missions-support system that has aided them — and through which they can help reach the world for Christ.
April 17, 2018
IMB News Office RICHMOND — The International Mission Board’s Presidential Search Committee is accepting nominations for the agency’s next president. The committee, chaired by Chuck Pourciau, senior pastor of Broadmoor Baptist Church in Shreveport, La., released the following statement April 12, 2018: “The International Mission Board Presidential Search Committee has benefited greatly from your prayers […]
April 9, 2018
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press KIGALI, Rwanda — An estimated 6,000 churches have been closed across Rwanda and six pastors arrested in a government crackdown that began March 1 with 700 closures in the nation’s capital of Kigali, according to news reports.
April 9, 2018
By David Roach Baptist Press NASHVILLE — D. August (Augie) Boto has been named interim president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee.
April 5, 2018
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines has named members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 12-13 SBC annual meeting in Dallas. Jason Duesing of Missouri was named as the committee’s chairman by Gaines.Duesing is provost and associate professor of historical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City […]
April 2, 2018
by Baptist Press staff DALLAS — Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines has named members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 12-13 SBC annual meeting in Dallas.