Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
May 27, 2020
LEADERS Randy Franklin Keene, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Minor Hill, will write the Bible Studies for Life lessons for the June-August quarter. He joins Travis Biller, who will continue writing the Explore the Bible lessons for the next quarter. Keene did his New and Old Testament studies at Liberty University and completed the […]
May 14, 2020
LEADERS John Parrott, bivocational ministries specialist and Harvest Field 7 team leader for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board since 2015, retired May 7. Parrott has been involved in the ministry since 1969 when he was a student at Carson-Newman University. He was called to his first pastorate in 1972 and served as a pastor until […]
April 28, 2020
LEADERS Brad Childres began serving April 1 as pastor of New Zion Baptist Church, Pulaski. He formerly served as senior pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Danville, Va. DEATHS Longtime Tennessee Baptist pastor Claude Ferguson died March 27. He had served as pastor of Reunion Baptist Church, Knoxville, for more than 30 years before retiring […]
March 31, 2020
LEADERS Zion Baptist Church, Brownsville, recently called Mike Young as pastor. He is a graduate of Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va., and Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Cordova. He has served on staffs of different West Tennessee Baptist churches for 16 years. He is the Tennessee coordinator for Evangelism Explosion International. He and his wife, Kathy, have […]
March 19, 2020
LEADERS Gary Snuffin recently became the senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Jackson. He has served at the church since 2012 as families and discipleship pastor. He holds degrees from Union University, Jackson, and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, N.C. He and his wife, Natalie, have three children. First Baptist Church, Halls, has […]
March 3, 2020
LEADERS Shop Springs Baptist Church, Lebanon, has called Cissy Turner as children’s ministry director, effective March 1. A longtime member of Shop Springs, Turner has been serving as church treasurer and as a leader in the children’s ministry. Todd Brady, vice president of university ministries at Union University, Jackson, has been called as interim pastor […]
February 18, 2020
LEADERS Rodger Eakin recently retired after serving as pastor of Glenwood Baptist Church, Nashville, for six years. Over the past 50 years he has served as pastor of churches in Davidson, Wilson and Cannon Counties in Tennessee as well as churches in Texas and Kentucky. He also has served as a hospital chaplain. He is […]
February 4, 2020
LEADERS Mike Young recently retired as director of missions for Tennessee Valley Baptist Association, based in Dayton, after 19 years of service. Prior to becoming director of missions he was pastor of Salem Baptist Church in the association. He and his wife, Sandra, have three children and seven grandchildren. Daniel Calvert began serving Jan. 1 […]
January 21, 2020
LEADERS Randy Pressnell retired as pastor of First Baptist Church, Oneida, effective Jan. 5. He has served churches in Tennessee and Kentucky since 1978. Other Tennessee pastorates include First Baptist Church, New Tazewell, and Oak Grove Baptist Church, Mount Carmel. He also is a former administrator and professor at Clear Creek Baptist Bible College in […]
January 9, 2020
LEADERS Joe Shannon, director of missions for JST Baptist Association resigned recently to accept the pastorate of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in the association, effective Dec. 1. He served with the association for 14 years as an administrative assistant and assistant director of missions before becoming the DOM. William Taylor recently celebrated his 25th anniversary […]
December 26, 2019
LEADERS Jason Bullington has been called as senior pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Clarksville. He previously served as youth pastor of Warren Community Church, Somerville. Matthew Watkins has been called as associate pastor and youth leader at Warren Community Church, Somerville. He previously served on the staff of First Baptist Church, Somerville. Juliana Wilson, communications/childhood […]
November 26, 2019