Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
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. […]
April 30, 2019
LEADERS Hollie Miller concluded his 31-year ministry as senior pastor of Sevier Heights Baptist Church, Knoxville. He passed the mantle of leadership to his oldest son, Tim Miller, was elected by the church to serve as the next senior pastor last November. Miller is a former president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. In addition to […]
April 16, 2019
LEADERS Mark Anderson celebrated his 30th anniversary with Tennessee Baptist Adult Homes on April 1. Anderson joined the staff in 1989 as director of disabilities ministry and was elected president of the TBAH on Jan. 1, 2016. He is a member of Woodmont Baptist Church, Nashville. Walnut Grove Baptist Church, Vonore, recently called Jonas Turpin […]
April 2, 2019
LEADERS Cairo Baptist Church, Alamo, recently called as pastor. Bedford, who has been preaching for 53 years, recently retired as pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Bolivar. Webb Baptist Church, Newport, recently called Daniel M. Bell as pastor. He succeeds his father, D. Frank Bell, who has retired.
March 19, 2019
DEATHS Longtime Tennessee Baptist volunteer Charles E. “Charlie” Guthrey died March 1 at the age of 94. The McMinn County native moved to Knoxville in 1957 and eventually formed Galloway & Guthrey Achitects-Engineers. Guthrey did numerous church construction projects over the years at no cost. He led the restoration and expansion of the Baptist Collegiate […]