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TENNESCENE: JUL. 25-AUG. 7

July 24, 2018

PEOPLE

Steve Roper

Steve Roper, Baptist collegiate ministry specialist at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, was recognized recently for 30 years of ministry with the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Roper was licensed to preach in 1985. He and his wife Rhonda have twin sons.

Tim Bray has been called as associate pastor at First Baptist Church, Morristown. He served the church as student pastor from 2008-10. Since then he has completed his master’s degree from New Orleans (La.) Baptist Theological Seminary, served as senior pastor of a church in Louisiana and served on a multi-staff church in Texas. He and his wife Emily have two children.

David Harrison, president of Let My People Hear, Inc., and a member of Oakwood Baptist Church, Chattanooga, has written Bill of Rights for the Hard of Hearing. The book was written to recognize the unique communication needs for the hearing impaired in church and to challenge churches to make changes to accommodate those who are hard of hearing.

CHURCHES

Oak Grove Baptist Church, Puryear, will hold revival services Aug. 5-8 with guest evangelist Todd Gray, leader of the evangelism and church planting team of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday-Wednesday.

New Bethel Baptist Church, Shelbyville, will hold a gospel concert with Russ and Becky Jeffers (who performed at Opryland from 1974-1997) on Aug. 5 at 6 p.m. All are invited. Call 931-639-7741 for more information.

Hopewell Baptist Church, Savannah, and Shiloh Baptist Association are hosting a Man Up Men’s Conference at Hopewell Baptist on Aug. 3 with dinner at 5 p.m. and worship at 6:45 p.m. Guest speakers are Larry Robertson, pastor of Hilldale Baptist Church, Clarksville, and Bartholomew Orr, pastor of Brown Missionary Baptist Church, Southaven, Miss. Tickets are $15. For more information, call the church at 731-925-5842.

DEATHS

Frank Proffitt

Frank Proffitt, who served as a pastor and director of missions for 53 years, most of it in Tennessee, died July 1 in Jonesborough after a battle with cancer. He was 85. A native of Green County, Proffitt served as pastor of numerous churches before serving as director of missions for Sevier County Association of Baptists and Lawrence County Baptist Association. He is survived by his wife Polly, two children, seven grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren.

Harold Allen, pastor of First Baptist Church, Gallatin, from 1968-1986, died July 15. He was 84. A native of Humboldt, Allen’s ministry spanned 65 years. He served churches as pastor in Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, and Georgia. He was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, the former Nancy Ann Clark, who died earlier this year. They are survived by two sons, David and Stephen Allen.

  • Roaring Fork Baptist Church, Gatlinburg, recently took a team to Jacobs Well Church in Eau Claire, Wis., to work on a church with members of Builders for Christ. Roaring Fork was a beneficiary of Builders for Christ last year following the destruction of their sanctuary in the Gatlinburg fires of 2016. Team members included, from left, Dean Crosby, Paul Dearing, Susan and George O’Leary, Donovan and Lora Randolf, Mark Carter, Mary Bowlin, Chuck Clabo, Lisa and Donny Hatfield and pastor Kim McCroskey. “We were blessed to be able to give back by helping Builders for Christ for the wonderful gift God provided us through them in 2017,” McCroskey said.
  • William Maxwell, center, administrative director for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, was recently honored for 25 years of service. He has served with two executive directors — James Porch, right, now retired, who hired him in 1993, current TBMB president and executive director Randy C. Davis. — Photo by Corinne Rochotte
  • First Baptist Church, Morristown, hosted Vacation Bible School at the Lakeway area’s Pregnancy Crisis Center June 26-28. There were 150 people enrolled with a nightly average attendance of 131. Classes were held for the mothers and their children, birth through third grade.
  • Members of the staff of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board recently were honored for years of service. From left are Carrie Smith Kidd, ministry assistant, 10 years; William Burton, ethnic evangelism/church planting specialist, five years; and Heather Beard, ministry assistant, 20 years. Not pictured is Samantha Hawes, collegiate ministry associate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, five years.
  • Steve and Valerie Stewart led a mission team of 34 from New Grove Baptist Church, Ardmore, on a trip to the Shepherd’s Center in Rogersville. The group helped with food distribution, children’s lunches and did construction work at the Shepherd’s Center. The mission team conducted a block party for the community in which six people received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Pictured are Kase Curtis, Evan Pollard, Levi Beard, Roger Berry, Nathan Collins, Kaden Burgess, Gage Curtis, Lake Konyndyk, Dylan Pollard, Caleb Beard, Don Franklin, Nolan Collins, Daniel Beard, Gideon Beard, Peggy Franklin, Amy Beard, Doris Berry, Roark Konyndyk, Adeline Grisby, Erika Konyndyk, Leith Konyndyk, Faith Beard, Julie Beard, Leah Beard, Cynthia Pollad, Jennifer Bradford, Debbie Keith, Brittany Bottom, Billy Foster, Valerie Stewart, Rachael Mitchell, Sonia Bradford, Brad Stewart and Steve Stewart.
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