Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
November 12, 2019
LEADERS Leroy Davis recently retired as director of missions for Jefferson County Baptist Association, based in Jefferson City. He served from 2010-19. Davis also has served a number of Tennessee Baptist churches as pastor, including Montvue Baptist, Morristown; First Baptist, Whitesburg; Looney’s Chapel Baptist, Surgoinsville; and others. He was called into the ministry in 1982. […]
October 29, 2019
LEADERS First Baptist Church, Gleason, recently called Paul Conquest as pastor and Graham Brown as student director. Richard Hipps will retire as pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Cordova, on Nov. 10 after 17 years of ministry at the church. He and his wife, Patricia, who also is retiring from her work as a professional counselor, […]
October 22, 2019
CHURCHES Grace Baptist Church, Braden, will have revival services Nov. 10-13 with guest evangelist Phil Glisson of Memphis. Sinking Creek Baptist Church, Johnson City, will have a Restoration Benefit Concert featuring Muster Grounds Musik Fife & Drum and the Singing Duggers Nov. 2 from 6-8 p.m. Donations will be accepted at the door. All proceeds […]
September 27, 2019
CHURCHES Brush Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Brush Creek, will hold revival services Sept. 29 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at 6:30 p.m. Roc Collins of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff will serve as guest evangelist and the Nesbitt Family will lead worship. Shiloh Baptist Church, Nashville, will host a […]
September 10, 2019
LEADERS David Ward has been called as pastor of C3 Cornerstone Cowboy Church in Columbia. He has been in the ministry for more than 20 years and has been in pastoral ministry since 2012. An Army veteran, Ward is the past moderator of Maury Baptist Association, based in Columbia. The cowboy church meets each Sunday […]
August 20, 2019
LEADERS Lewis McMullen recently celebrated his fifth anniversary as church planting specialist/new churches team leader for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. McMullen formerly served with Nashville Baptist Association in Nashville. He has been the lead planter on eight church plants and a team member on four others. Bruce Chesser will celebrate his 10th anniversary as […]
July 23, 2019
LEADERS Grant Gaines, senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Jackson, for the past eight years, has been called as senior pastor of Belle Aire Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, effective Aug. 4. Gaines is a graduate of Union University, Jackson and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. Gaines has served as an adjunct professor at both Union […]
July 9, 2019
LEADERS Paul Conquest is serving as interim pastor of First Baptist Church, Gleason. Chris Ward recently celebrated his 15th anniversary as director of missions of Riverside Baptist Association, based in Livingston. Rodney Norvell celebrated his fifth anniversary with the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board in July as Baptist Collegiate Ministry director at the University of Tennessee […]
June 26, 2019
LEADERS First Baptist Church, Lafayette, has called Tim Hickman as full-time senior pastor. Former Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff member Robert “Bob’ Brown began serving June 16 as interim pastor at First Baptist Church, Seymour. Brown is the executive director of Lakeway Christian Schools. Shawn Lowery recently resigned as youth minister at First Baptist Church, […]
June 11, 2019
LEADERS David Mosher was recognized recently as Alumnus of the Year at The King’s Academy (formerly Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy) in Seymour. Mosher has taught at The King’s Academy for 34 years. In addition, his wife, Jama, teaches at the academy and their three children are alumni of the school. The Moshers are members of First […]
May 28, 2019
LEADERS Joe Wiles, recently retired as director of missions for Stone Baptist Association in Cookeville. He later accepted a call as pastor of University Heights Baptist Church, Cookeville. Wiles has served in Stone Association for 41 years as a pastor, DOM and BSU (now BCM) director at Tennessee Tech. He also is a former pastor […]
May 14, 2019
LEADERS Evan Owens, former associate pastor of The Journey Church in Lebanon, has been called as pastor of Rutledge Falls Baptist Church, Tullahoma. He is a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. His grandfather, Don Owens, served as pastor of Rutledge Falls from 1954-57. Owens and his wife, Megan, have a son, Mack. […]