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BCM – REACHING THE NEXT GENERATION

August 7, 2018

BCM mobilizes believers, trains leaders, influences campuses

(Left to right): Hattie Zhang, Hannah Lee, Tori Qualls and Ashley Rivera get together for a selfie during a Baptist Collegiate Ministry event. The four students, all Vanderbilt graduates, are among the roughly 5,000 students in Tennessee who are impacted by BCM each year.

I looked across Mark Whitt’s desk at MTSU Baptist Collegiate Ministry office and asked, “What are the blue cards?” Mark, BCM Campus Minister, said all 750 were contact information cards from new students coming to MTSU.

They were gathered by Mark and student leaders over a summer of on-campus student orientation events.

Of the approximately 4,500 new students on campus at MTSU this fall, BCM already has touched and gathered contact information from 750. School hasn’t even started! [Read more…]

CARSON-NEWMAN’S O’BRIEN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

July 16, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector

Randall O’Brien

JEFFERSON CITY — Randall O’Brien, president of Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City since 2008, has announced his plans to retire, effective Dec. 31, 2018.

O’Brien celebrated his 10^th anniversary as Carson-Newman’s 22^nd president on July 8.

O’Brien was elected by the university’s trustees in July of 2008 and began transitioning to the position in August of that year. He didn’t officially join the college until Jan. 1, 2009. A native of McComb, Miss., O’Brien was executive vice president and provost at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, at the time of his election. [Read more…]

MERCER ELECTED TO LEAD THE KING’S ACADEMY

July 12, 2018

HCBA News Release

Matthew and Angie Mercer, center, are congratulated by D. Carter Davis, left, and Joe Tarwater, right, following Matthew Mercer’s election as the new president/headmaster of Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy/The King’s Academy. Davis is chair of the board of trustees and Tarwater is vice chair.

SEYMOUR — The board of trustees of Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy/The King’s Academy unanimously elected Matthew Mercer as president/headmaster in a specially called board meeting on the academy campus Thursday, June 28. Mercer currently serves as headmaster of First Baptist Academy in Powell. He assumed his new duties July 1.

Mercer becomes the eighth person to hold the title “president” since 1932 when the academy began operations as Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy.

Mercer will replace Walter Grubb, who will retire July 31, after seven years of service as principal and 24 years as academy president/headmaster. [Read more…]

FORMER TBC STUDENT LEADER DIES

July 5, 2018

Baptist and Reflector

Former TBC student leader Glenn Yarbrough.

BRENTWOOD — Former Tennessee Baptist Convention student leader Glenn Yarbrough died June 29 at the age of 94.

The Illinois native served as the state director for Baptist Student Unions (now Baptist Campus Ministry) with the Executive Board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention (now Tennessee Baptist Mission Board) from 1969-87. [Read more…]

BIBLE DRILLERS COMPETE AT STATE LEVEL

May 18, 2018

Baptist and Reflector

MOUNT JULIET — The 2018 Bible Drill season culminated at the Missions Mobilization Center in Mount Juliet on May 5 with the Youth and High School State Bible Drills.

For the 17 State Drillers, their journey to this event began many months before, said Donna Blaydes, childhood specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.

The state drillers joined approximately 1,300 other 4th through 12th grade students, who participated in Children, Youth and High School Bible Drill at the church level throughout Tennessee Baptist churches. “These drillers were actively involved in learning God’s Word. As they memorized Scripture verses, the reference of key passages, steps to salvation, and Scripture defending what they believe, their love for the Bible increased and the Word became a part of them,” Blaydes said. [Read more…]

TENNESSEE BAPTISTS, CP, UNION, & THE KINGDOM

May 18, 2018

By Todd Brady
Vice President for University Ministries, Union University

Money is not evil. But loving it is.

The Apostle Paul said “The love of money is a root of all kinds of evils” (I Timothy 6:10). The difference is a matter of the heart, not the wallet. It’s not about how much money I have. It’s about how much does money have me. The issue is not the size of my bank account, but the proclivity of my heart.

Believers are not to love money. However, believers can and should leverage money for God’s purposes. When I think about God’s work through Tennessee Baptists, it seems obvious to me that major leveraging has been happening. [Read more…]

ON A MISSION

May 1, 2018

Pursuing their third straight state championship, The King’s Academy softball players keep Christ first

By David Dawson
Baptist and Reflector

The members of The King’s Academy softball team, which captured its second consecutive state championship last year, gather for prayer. — Photos by Rich Baker, TKA

SEYMOUR — Having been in existence for less than five years, The King’s Academy softball team has quickly established itself as a genuine Goliath — in a David-sized body.

Proudly carrying the banner for a high school that has only about 160 students, the Lady Lions have captured back-to-back Division II-A state championships in the past two years, and they appear primed to make a push toward a third consecutive title in the next few weeks.

Owning a 24-2 record this season, the team is ranked No. 4 in the state (through April 27). The Lady Lions have compiled a 140-22 overall record in their four-plus seasons of varsity fastpitch softball, and have been ranked among the Top-25 teams in the country by USA Today.

The secret to all this success? Oh, it’s no secret at all. In fact, it’s a very visible, very prominent part of the TKA program. It can be seen in the Scripture references that some of the players write on their arms before games, and it can be spotted when the team gathers for prayer after each game and each practice. [Read more…]

C-N RECEIVES $1 MILLION GIFT

April 9, 2018

Baptist and Reflector

JEFFERSON CITY — An estate gift of more than $1 million to Carson-Newman University will allow the school to provide a first for future Carson-Newman students.

A gift from the late Anna Lee and Harrell Pendleton of Morristown endows a full scholarship for four years for one student. [Read more…]

WALTER GRUBB TO RETIRE

March 6, 2018

Baptist and Reflector

Walter Grubb

SEYMOUR — Walter Grubb, president of The King’s Academy (Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy), will retire July 31. Grubb joined the academy as principal in 1987 before being named president and headmaster in 1994.

Grubb announced his plans to the academy’s board of directors on Feb. 27 and shared his intentions with faculty, staff, and students the following day.

“What a wonderful journey this has been for me over the last 30 years,” Grubb said. “No head of a school could have asked for a more supportive and cooperative board to work for, or a greater group of professional educators and staff to serve alongside. The highlights of my time here involve amazing students who have blessed me daily. I am honored to have known these students and their parents.” [Read more…]

VIOLENCE: HELPING CHILDREN/YOUTH COPE

December 8, 2017

By Carolyn Tomlin
Contributing Writer, B&R

Church and school violence can happen anywhere and anytime in churches and schools, regardless of size. No one is immune.

On Nov. 5, in the peaceful community of Sutherland Springs, Texas, a lone gunman opened fire in the First Baptist Church, killing 26 people and injuring about 20. In this small community of about 400 people, people knew their neighbors. Many were related family members. Among those killed were several children and youth — friends and siblings of those who survived. [Read more…]

BCM mobilizes believers, trains leaders, influences campuses

Pursuing their third straight state championship, The King’s Academy softball players keep Christ first

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