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DAVIS: BE KNOWN BY YOUR FAITH

April 14, 2020

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org

FRANKLIN — In his weekly COVID-19 update on April 8, Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, reminded Tennessee Baptists that the world is watching.

“How is this generation going to remember how we, as Christians, responded to this crisis?” [Read more…]

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WORRIED? KEEP CALM AND CARRY THE GOSPEL

March 13, 2020

By Randy C. Davis
TBMB President & Executive Director

It was 1939. War gathered in the distance as German military might rumbled like a deadly thunderstorm rolling across the open plains. Brits looked toward the horizon and saw dread tumbling their direction. It was inevitable. It was widely accepted that German bombers would darken the sky and rain fury on England’s prominent cities once war began. Tension rose; fear increased. Doom was imminent.

It was then the British Ministry of Information produced posters of what has become one of the world’s most iconic slogans intended to strengthen morale in the face of impending danger.

“Keep Calm and Carry On.” [Read more…]

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CHRISTIAN, ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR CRISIS?

December 4, 2019

By Chris Turner
Director of communications, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board
cturner@tnbaptist.org

There are two types of organizations in our world: Those who have had a crisis and those whose crisis hasn’t yet hit. 

For years I’ve been leading crisis communications and media relations workshops for all types of organizations and I usually open those training sessions with that statement. The response is usually an uncomfortable laugh, especially since I don’t smile when I say it. I have been a reporter and organizational communicator for about 30 years and I’ve unfortunately seen – and experienced – the truth of that statement from both sides. 

In my role as director of communications for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, I often counsel ministers, mostly pastors, how to communicate during a crisis in which they and their churches find themselves. Unfortunately, the frequency of such sessions has increased in the past 18 months.  [Read more…]

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