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TOP STORIES OF 2018

January 8, 2019

Analytics of the B&R website reveal these stories to have received the most clicks in the past 12 months

1-5. RESIGNATION, TERMINATION OF PROMINENT SBC LEADERS MAKE UP TOP-5 STORIES OF 2018

Stories about Frank Page (left) and Paige Patterson (above) were among the most read on the B&R site in 2019. — Photos from Baptist Press

Frank Page’s resignation as president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee in late March and Paige Patterson’s termination from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in late May were among the biggest stories of the year among B&R readers. In fact, the five most-read stories of the year on the B&R website involved either Page or Patterson. The No. 1 most-read story — “Southwestern Trustees terminate Patterson” — was posted on May 31 and was compiled by the B&R staff. Other stories that made the top-5 included:

No. 2 — EC’s Page resigns over ‘Personal Failing’ (posted on March 27)
No. 3 — Patterson removed as SWBTS President (posted May 23)
No. 4 — Patterson: ‘I will not preach the convention sermon’ (posted on June 8)
No. 5 — What the Southwestern action really means (Column by B&R editor Lonnie Wilkey, posted May 23).

 

6. GREEN TO BE NOMINATED AS TBC PRESIDENT

David Green, pictured here with his wife, Tracy, was elected TBC president in November. — Photo by James Wilson

On July 5, the B&R posted a story announcing David Green, pastor of First Baptist Church, Greeneville, would be nominated for president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention.

The story, compiled by the B&R staff, noted that Danny Sinquefield, pastor of Faith Baptist Church, Bartlett, had notified the Baptist and Reflector of his intention to nominate Green. Sinquefield said he asked Green to prayerfully consider the nomination.

Green was elected president of the TBC three months later during Summit at West Jackson Baptist Church, Jackson.

 

7. THE KING’S ACADEMY APPOINTS MERCER AS PRESIDENT, HEADMASTER

On July 12, the B&R posted a story announcing that the Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy/The King’s Academy board of trustees had unanimously elected Matthew Mercer as president/headmaster. Mercer was picked to replace Walter Grubb, who retired after seven years of service as principal and 24 years as academy president/headmaster. “We are eager to see what God is going to do in and through our family at TKA,” said Mercer.

 

8. TENN. DR TEAMS RESPOND AFTER HURRICANE IN N.C.

On Sept. 19, the B&R posted a story about Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams that were providing assistance in North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Florence. The story, compiled by the B&R staff, included information from TBMB disaster relief specialist Wes Jones.

 

9. GOD’S PLAN IS PERSONAL FOR RICKY SKAGGS

Ricky Skaggs poses with his wife Sharon White.

On Nov. 2, the B&R posted a feature story about country music star Ricky Skaggs. The story, from Baptist Press, was posted roughly three weeks after Skaggs was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Skaggs, a longtime member of First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, told BP that he believes God wants to be intimately involved in life’s details.

“God is such a personal God,” Skaggs told BP. “He loves the journey in our life, and He wants to walk with us, and He wants us to walk with Him.”

 

10. COURT UPHOLDS AMENDMENT 1 VOTE

On Jan. 10, the B&R posted a story that informed readers that “A federal appeals court ruled to uphold the results of a 2014 statewide vote in Tennessee that provided for stricter abortion regulations in the state.” The story, compiled by the B&R staff, noted that a number of churches and religious organizations, including the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, supported Amendment 1 through an effort called “Yes On 1.”

 

11. RETIRED TBMB STAFFER PAUL CLARK DIES

Paul Clark

On Dec. 26, the B&R posted a story that reported the passing of Paul Clark Jr., (left) the retired director of worship and music ministries for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Clark died after a long illness.

The story, written by Baptist and Reflector editor Lonnie Wilkey, was among the most read stories of the year even though it was posted only five days before the year ended. The high volume of readers underscores the impact of Clark’s far-reaching ministry and the amount of lives that he touched.

 

12. PASTOR’S WIFE SHARES STORY OF TRAGEDY, FAITH

On April 10, the B&R posted a story about Kim Harmon, who endured an unspeakable tragedy that involved her nephew being charged with the death of her brother-in-law.

Harmon, the wife of a Tennessee pastor, used the tragedy to bring glory to God, expressing how she learned to forgive her nephew in a recently-published book, When Life Knocks You Down, Fall Forward: A Story of Struggle, Strength, & True Forgiveness.

 

13. LESSONS LEARNED FROM THAILAND CAVE RESCUE

On July 11, the B&R posted a blog from editor Lonnie Wilkey about the 12 soccer players and their coach who were rescued after being trapped in a cave for 18 days in Thailand.

In his blog, Wilkey wrote, “Christians and churches can learn from this incredible cave rescue as they are faced with a similar life and death issue: reaching the thousands upon thousands of people in our world who will die without professing faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.”

 

14. BAPTISTS RALLY AROUND HISPANIC FAMILIES

On April 10, the B&R posted a story, written by editor Lonnie Wilkey, about Tennessee Baptists who were ministering to families affected by the raid on a Bean Station slaughterhouse. The story included quotes from William Burton, ethnic church planting specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. In the story, Burton noted that some of the 100-plus or so children whose families were employed by the slaughterhouse went home from school only to find one or both parents were in the process of deportation. Burton said First Baptist Church, Morristown, and Hillcrest Baptist Church, Morristown, along with other churches of Nolachucky Baptist Association, had sent food, water, and toiletries to family members and even provided toiletry kits to those who were being deported.

 

15. IN PURSUIT OF THE PERFECT PASTOR

Randy C. Davis

On Feb. 6, the B&R posted a column by TBMB president and executive director Randy C. Davis in which he encouraged pastors to “quit trying to be everywhere, do everything, and please everyone.” Davis said pastors should, “Lean into the One Who is perfect. … We need to daily sit at the feet of Jesus and just enjoy His presence. He is the One who renews, restores, and reenergizes. You can only serve from the overflow of His grace in your life, so you need to drink often from His refreshing fountain.” Davis closed the column by challenging both pastors and church members: “Let’s live as people of grace, loving one another, and loving the spiritually lost. Let’s help each other finish strong.”

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ANSWERING THE CALL IN ASIA

December 7, 2018

Jackson pastor leads Hispanic mission team to other side of globe

Jackson pastor Daniel Tuchez has been making a difference in Southeast Asia, according to an official with the Southern Baptist International Mission Board. Tuchez was featured in the IMB’s Week of Prayer for International Missions.

Editor’s Note: The Week of Prayer for International Missions is underway through Dec. 9. Every December since 1888, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering has empowered Southern Baptists’ international missions work. The goal for this year’s Lottie Moon offering is $160 million.

By Grace Thornton
Writer, International Mission Board

RICHMOND, Va.  — Daniel Tuchez remembers the day he got the call.

“Jason called me and said, ‘I need you to pray about this city in Southeast Asia, because it is going to be opening up, and maybe there are opportunities,” relayed Tuchez, who serves as pastor of Iglesia Bautista El Shaddai in Jackson, Tenn.

It was a big deal. But the call itself wasn’t a surprise. In the years before, Tuchez had accompanied Jason Carlisle, the IMB’s director of Hispanic mobilization, on many trips. [Read more…]

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WAYS TO WIN

November 26, 2018

With creative methods of evangelism, Tennessee Baptists are finding new ways to win…

As Tennessee Baptists, we have Five Objectives, but the First Objective — “To see 50,000 people a year saved, baptized and set on the road to discipleship by 2024” — is the key one.

We want to see people come to Christ and if that isn’t happening, then the spiritual condition of our state slides ever into the darkness of spiritual lostness.

The theme of Summit 2018 was to WinTN. Normally, a convention speaker would share a “Theme Interpretation” sermon, but this year we wanted to show the theme.

The stories represented on this page are vignettes of the videos shown throughout the Summit. They are the stories of people who shared the gospel and the people who received it and had their lives transformed by the Living Christ.

Please take a few moments to read the abbreviated versions here but it is worth a few minutes of your time to watch and download each of the videos. You’ll be encouraged by how God is moving in the lives of people across Tennessee.

— Chris Turner
TBMB Director of Communications

 

Snatching life from death

Brian Cantrell (pictured) has a fascinating story to tell about being brought back to life after a drug overdose. But Cantrell’s personal story isn’t the one he is most interested in sharing.

Cantrell — a former “strung-out street junkie,” as he puts it — has come to know the Lord, and is now sharing the gospel with virtually everyone who comes in his path. Cantrell’s main mission field is Buffalo Valley Inc., a recovery center that helped Cantrell get over his addiction.

Cantrell, a member of First Baptist Church, Hohenwald, returns to the rehab facility on a regular basis, and is leading the recovering addicts to Christ in a remarkably rapid manner.

“So many things are happening, man,” Cantrell said. “God is putting my family back together and these other families. I just know all things are possible through Christ. So, that’s the reason I’m so passionate about it. Just the joy of God and Jesus Christ in my life. It’s only by His grace, that I’m here today and I know that.”

Cantrell’s desire to share the gospel began to develop when he started attending an evangelism class taught by Tommy Hart, a member at FBC Hohenwald. Cantrell wasn’t exactly an expert in theology — to say the least — but he had a burning desire to share the good news that had changed his life.

“Here is a guy who turned from knowing nothing about the Bible — I mean, he couldn’t find Genesis or Revelation either one — but he knew what had happened to him,” said Hart. “And that was all he needed.”

Hart estimates that Cantrell has helped lead nearly 100 men to Christ.

Bert Spann, pastor of FBC Hohenwald, said the act of witnessing can be contagious, and that’s what is happening to Cantrell.

“The Lord is a living Lord who has personally changed lives,” said Spann. “And whenever I see and hear Him, changing my life and the lives of those around me, I can’t help but to share that story with somebody else. … And, that’s what’s going on at Buffalo Valley right now. These men are seeing and hearing Jesus Christ, and they’re telling their story to the next guy, who in turn tells their story to the next guy.”

“And, that’s how we win Tennessee for Christ,” he said.

 

Journey to Christ

To say that Aparna Roy Thompson’s life has been impacted by Baptist Campus Ministries would be a gigantic understatement.

It was through the BCM — at East Tennessee State University — that Aparna met her future husband. More importantly, it is also where she met Jesus.

Aparna (pictured above) was born and raised in India. She came to the United States to attend college and get a degree. But she actually received a lot more than that.

After arriving at ETSU, a friend of Aparna’s invited her to BCM, and she began learning about the Lord from ETSU BCM campus minister Jonathan Chapman.

“The thing that moved me the most were Jonathan’s words, and I believe that God spoke to me through Jonathan,” she said. “I was so overwhelmed — like how was I living all my life without knowing Jesus? And now I want more and more people to know how my life changed. I want everyone to know Jesus.

At the same time that the Lord was working in Aparna’s life, He was also working in the life of Mark Thompson, who had recently made a profession of faith through the BCM.

It was at the BCM where Thompson met Aparna — and there was an immediate attraction. The two fell in love and got married.

They likely didn’t realize that God was using their relationship in a special way, but that soon became obvious.

“When my family came to the US for my marriage, that’s when my pastor (Luke Temaj, the pastor of Faith Fellowship Baptist Church) met my dad,” Aparna said. “He took him out to Cracker Barrel and they talked a lot. And who knew a breakfast at Cracker Barrel could end up with my dad accepting Christ in his heart? That was amazing.”

Temaj said the sequence of events that led to Aparna and Mark’s relationship — and the lives that have been forever changed — is a display of God’s remarkable plan.

“Through that act of God’s gift, we see Aparna’s family come and visit the United States, and we, as the children of God, responded to the call,” he said. “We reached out to Aparna’s family, her dad received the Lord. That right there shows us how we need to respond, how urgent it is for us to share the gospel. The most important thing is that we need to win Tennessee for Christ.”

 

Hope in the midst of tragedy

Jibrell Jackson, a freshman football player at East Tennessee State University, experienced a life-changing series of tragedies last summer. He lost two of his sisters in the span of only a few weeks when they each were killed in separate car accidents.

But in the midst of his grief, Jackson found Jesus.

Jackson, who did not grow up in church, had started attending Bible Study and worship services just before the tragedies took place. And as he searched for peace in the situation, he learned more and more about the Lord — and ultimately became a believer.

“The first time we ever met Jibrell, you could tell he was searching and asking questions about Jesus,” said Jessie Tucker, a friend of Jibrell’s who played a key role in getting Jibrell involved in Bible Study. “And then tragedy struck him — twice.”

Jackson (pictured above) admits that he blamed God for the loss of his sisters. But his friends stayed close by his side, and the Lord continued to work in Jackson’s life.

One night, after Bible study, one of Jackson’s new friends, Amanda Tucker, felt the Holy Spirit leading her to talk to Jackson.

“The feeling was so overwhelming, I knew it was the presence of God,” she said. “So, I asked Jibrell if he knew Jesus and his answer was no. Well, he ended up accepting Jesus Christ that night.”

Jackson said he immediately felt a peace and a joy that had been missing from his life.

“The night when I decided to ask Jesus in my heart, it felt like I was so relieved,” he said. “It felt like I could just float off my feet. It felt like everything was just gone that I had held in for a long time.”

Jackson is now spreading his joy around campus, sharing the gospel with other football players and ETSU students essentially everywhere he goes.

“The last couple of months, me and my friends have been going all over campus, sharing our testimonies, bringing more people to faith and trying to win more people to Christ.”

 

Gospel multiplication

Lynn Walker, who has been a pastor for 50 years, views evangelism somewhat similar to the mathematical format of exponential numbers. It’s all about telling one person, who tells another, who tells another and so forth.

“That’s always been in my mind from the very beginning, and I have shared from the pulpit many times,” said Walker, pastor at Rock Hill Baptist Church. “You win a person to Christ, and then that person wins others to Christ, and it’s an unending chain of events.”

Walker has seen this formula work in dramatic ways in the life of Fady Al-Hagal (pictured above).

Fady was a college student at UT-Martin when he first visited Walker’s church in the early 1980s.

Walker shared the gospel with Fady, and when Fady became a Christian, it set off a perpetual wave of salvations that remains on-going several decades later. Fady went on to become a pastor, and has led countless people to the Lord. And many of those people are now leading others to Christ.

“Had Fady not led us to the Lord, my wife and I, we would have continued down the destructive road that we were on,” said Brian Gass, the pastor at First Baptist Church, Howell. “We would not have come to faith, we would certainly not have been led into ministry, our children probably would not have grown up in a Christian home and been saved. And we would not have reached the dozens and dozens that we’ve reached through local church ministry, and certainly we wouldn’t have shared the gospel across Central Asia the way that we had the opportunity to do.”

Fady’s story of multiplication is a perfect example of how the perpetual sharing of the gospel can serve as the key to reaching Tennessee for Christ.

“We have a great opportunity to win Tennessee for the Lord Jesus Christ, and if it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen because a story like ours can be repeated over and over and over again,” said Fady, pastor of The Shepherd’s Field Church. “A faithful man, carrying a burden to share the gospel, with a student, with a next-door neighbor, with somebody that may visit the church, or they may meet out in a Walmart somewhere.”

“That individual receiving the gospel, and the modeling of the gospel, they share it with somebody else,” he added. “I believe the ground is tender for us to win Tennessee because this story can be repeated over and over again, and many can come to Christ.”

 

From refugee to missionary

As a child, Thi Mitsamphanh (pictured above) benefited from others who were serving as the hands and feet of Jesus. Now, he is making sure he is doing the same.

Mitsamphanh is the pastor of an international church, and he is reaching the nations for Christ right here in the heart of Tennessee.

Mitsamphanh’s family came to the United States when he was four years old as refugees from the country of Laos. His family was “adopted” by a local church, and his life — as well as the lives of his family — were forever changed.

“We came here, with nothing but the clothes on our back,” he said. “We didn’t know any English, and had never heard of Jesus. … My parents were Buddhists, and when we came to the US, we settled in Nashville, and a local church reached out to my family, and loved on us, and helped my parents to learn English, helped them to find jobs, helped us to really get started.”

Mitsamphanh said the church “loved us well” — and through that, his family began to understand the life-changing details of the gospel.

“Through their act of kindness and love towards my family, my parents became followers of Christ, and began to take us to church, and each one of us came to know Christ in our own time.”

Mitsamphanh got saved at age 13 while attending All-Nations camp.  Now, as the pastor of an international church, he says he is seeing the same wonderful events that happened to his family take place in the lives of others.

“The last few churches that I’ve pastored have had people from Nepal, from Bhutan, people groups from Burma,” he said. “And so many of them have come as refugees. We’ve seen many families give their lives to Christ. Many families have turned from Buddhism, from Animism,from spirit worship, and see them now serve the Lord.”

Mitsamphanh has a firm understanding that — as Tennessee Baptist Mission Board executive director Randy C. Davis often says — “any way you slice it, Tennessee is a mission field.”

“We can reach the nations (here) because the nations have come to the state of Tennessee,” Mitsamphanh said. “We have an opportunity to be able to love on, and share the gospel with,  people from countries where it is difficult to get missionaries in there, where the gospel is not accessible. God, in His sovereignty has brought them here to our doorsteps.”

-By David Dawson
Baptist & Reflector

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‘EVERY TRIBE, EVERY TONGUE, EVERY NATION’

June 14, 2018

156 internationals make salvation decisions at All Nations Camp

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

Children and teenagers from 15 ethnic groups, representing 32 nations, enjoyed worship services during the 25th annual All Nations Camp held recently at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport.

NEWPORT — William Burton has been praying all year that 150 children and youth would come to know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior during the 25th All Nations Camp held May 28-June 1 at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center.

He fell just a tad short in his expectations. God provided 156 first-time salvation decisions and 24 recorded rededication decisions among the record 438 campers and staff. “It was an incredible week,” affirmed Burton, ethnic evangelism/church planting specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.

Burton said this year’s attendance was a 52 percent increase over last year’s then record of 288. Twenty-five additional ethnic churches participated as well, a 32 percent increase over last year, he added. The camp is open to international children, ages 7 to 17, he noted. [Read more…]

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BAPTISTS RALLY AROUND HISPANIC FAMILIES

April 10, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector

David Williams, pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church, Morristown, speaks during a prayer rally for Hispanic families affected by a recent raid at a Bean Station slaughterhouse.
— Photos by William Burton for the Baptist and Reflector

BEAN STATION — Tennessee Baptists are ministering to families affected by the raid on a Bean Station slaughterhouse on April 5.

Federal agents raided Southeastern Provisions, a cattle slaughterhouse in Grainger County, as part of a probe on allegations that the company was paying undocumented immigrants cash to avoid paying $2.5 million in payroll taxes over the past three years, according to the Knoxville News-Sentinel.

Of the more than 95 employees who were detained until their immigration status was verified, approximately 54 have been held for possible deportation due to their undocumented status, according to news reports. Those who have been released still face court dates and possible deportation, sources said. [Read more…]

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CHURCH GIVES PROPERTY, LAND FOR REPLANT

February 26, 2018

Baptist and Reflector

Pastor Eliab Saenz signs paperwork giving property from South Gate Baptist Church, Nashville, to Iglesia Bautista Renacer.

NASHVILLE — South Gate Baptist Church in Nashville has given its building and 11 acres, valued at $750,000, to Iglesia Bautista Renacer.

The signing of paperwork on Jan. 7 marked the celebration and culmination of months of study and prayer by members of South Gate, according to Rusty Sumrall, director of missions for Nashville Baptist Association

Sumrall said that South Gate began looking into revitalization in the spring of 2017. After studying five different options for the future, the congregation entered into a time of prayer, he recalled. [Read more…]

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CHANGING CULTURE PROVIDES NEW OPPORTUNITIES

January 16, 2018

By Benjie Shaw,
BCM Director, University Of Tennessee Health Science Center

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: America’s religious landscape has undergone large shifts in the last 20 years. In September, the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) released its latest study, titled “America’s Changing Religious Identity.” In short, the PRRI study discovered: [Read more…]

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IMMIGRATION AND MY CHRISTIAN RESPONSIBILITY

January 15, 2018

By Chris Turner
TBMB Communications Director

The plane taxied to a stop and flight attendants opened both the forward and rear doors for us to disembark. As I rose from my seat, a smell hit me like a sucker punch and triggered a gag reflex. People cleared a space. Fortunately, it turned out well for everyone.

The smell continued its assault on my senses. As we pulled away from the airport and navigated around the emaciated cow meandering down the expressway, I asked the missionary, “What’s that smell?”

“Oh, that’s just Calcutta,” he responded with a chuckle. “You get used to it after a few months.” [Read more…]

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GOTM, DR RESPONSES TOP 2017 NEWS

January 9, 2018

Past year’s biggest stories include record-breaking totals for Golden Offering, tireless work by DR teams

Baptist and Reflector

FRANKLIN — Record gifts through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions and disaster relief responses were among the top news stories in 2017 throughout the Tennessee Baptist Convention

Tennessee Baptists gave $1,843,511.03 through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions for 2016-17, just barely falling short of the $1.85 million goal. It’s the largest amount in the 115-year history of the GOTM, reflecting a 7.6 percent increase over the previous year. GOTM offerings have increased more than 20 percent in four years.

Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers responded to at least eight different disasters during the year, the most in recent memory. [Read more…]

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ALL NATIONS CAMP IMPACTS STUDENTS

June 16, 2017

By Michael Smith
Contributing Writer, B&R

A record number 278 students recently attended All Nations Camp held at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport. The camp attracted participants from 18 ethnic churches across the state.

NEWPORT — God’s favor was evident before and during the annual All Nations Camp at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center on May 29-June 2, and the spiritual impact from the week will be seen for years to come.

The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board sponsored camp, in its 24th year, saw a record turnout of 278 registered students. There were 158 recorded spiritual decisions, with 104 students professing their faith in Christ — the most in the camp’s history.

Students, ages 7 to 17 years old, spent the week enjoying games, nature activities, energetic worship, and insightful group Bible studies. [Read more…]

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