Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
January 23, 2019
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptists gave $2,987,042 through the Cooperative Program in December. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have contributed $5,645,789 through the CP giving channel. Gifts are $200,833 or 3.4 percent below the amount given after the first two months of the last fiscal year. They are $104,211 or 1.81 percent below […]
January 22, 2019
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Jan. 10 proved to be a “red-letter day” in the life of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. The TBMB paid off the remaining balance of an $8 million loan that originated in 1999 to begin construction of Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport and Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center […]
January 22, 2019
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org SHELBYVILLE — Last year Logan Reed was in the backseat of his parents’ car when they stopped at a red light and saw a homeless person holding a sign. He asked his dad about it and Scott Reed, pastor of Midland Heights Baptist Church, Shelbyville, responded the […]
January 14, 2019
From Carson-Newman University JEFFERSON CITY – Carson-Newman University’s Appalachian Outreach Ministry (AO) was the recent recipient of a grant from the East Tennessee Foundation. The grant comes from the Jefferson Health Care Foundation Fund. The funding will help in three specific areas of need, according to AO Director Jean-Ann Washam, a member of Knoxville’s […]
January 14, 2019
From Union University JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University is accepting applications for committees that will plan events for the university’s bicentennial during the 2022-2023 academic year. “Union’s bicentennial celebration will be a significant event in the life of the university,” said Catherine Kwasigroh, Union’s vice president for institutional advancement. “For 200 years, by God’s grace, […]
January 11, 2019
Parsons church experiences revitalization one year after fire destroys sanctuary By Lonnie Wilkey lwilkey@tnbaptist.org PARSONS — As the first anniversary of the fire that destroyed the building of Bear Creek Baptist Church in Parsons approaches, the memory of Jan. 21 is still vivid in the mind of pastor Adam Wood, down to the exact minutes. […]
January 11, 2019
By Lonnie Wilkey lwilkey@tnbaptist.org DOVER — Three distinct Baptist associations voted during their annual meetings to become JST Baptist Association. For nearly 20 years, Judson Baptist Association, Stewart Baptist Association and Truett Baptist Association have been linked together by sharing one director of missions. William Gray served all three associations as DOM until two years […]
January 9, 2019
By Lonnie Wilkey lwilkey@tnbaptist.org LAFAYETTE — Though the front entrance door and windows were shot out of Calvary Baptist Church on Friday night, Jan. 4, and bullet holes remain inside the church, services went on as usual on Sunday, Jan. 6. Attendance was slightly below the normal average attendance of between 140-150 people each week, […]
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 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 […]
January 8, 2019
It has been my privilege to serve the Lord in ministry for 69 years. During that time, I have mentored preachers, taught preachers, served with preachers, assisted preachers and loved preachers. It is my conviction that Todd Brady is absolutely “right on” in his estimation of the young preachers of today (see column in Dec. […]
January 8, 2019
Five Objectives progress, anniversaries top news of 2018 By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org FRANKLIN — Statistics indicating that the convention-adopted Five Objectives are having an impact in Tennessee, along with significant anniversaries of Tennessee Baptist Mission Board ministries, were among the top stories in the Tennessee Baptist Convention in 2018. In addition, […]
December 31, 2018
By Jessica Tate Grainger Today BLAINE — Mouth of Richland Baptist Church in Blaine celebrated its 230th anniversary with a homecoming celebration on Oct. 28. The church opened in 1788, eight years before the establishment of the state of Tennessee and Grainger County in 1796. It was the first Baptist church in Grainger County and […]