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TENNESSEE BAPTISTS INDICATE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM OPTIMISM

September 12, 2018

By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptists indicated their strong support of the Cooperative Program in a recent survey conducted by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, with more than 26 percent of those surveyed saying they anticipated their churches would increase Cooperative Program giving in 2019. The survey conducted between July […]

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TBDR PREPARES FOR FLORENCE

September 11, 2018

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief has been placed on alert status as Hurricane Florence barrels toward the East Coast. The category 4 hurricane is expected to hit the Carolinas on Sept. 13, continuing into the next day, according to The Weather Channel. Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued in North and […]

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UNION TRUSTEES APPROVE NEW OFFICERS

September 7, 2018

Union University news office JACKSON — Union University trustees celebrated the success of the university’s women’s basketball and debate teams, approved new officers and established tuition and fees for the 2019-2020 academic year during their Sept. 6-7 meeting on the Union campus.

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CHURCH PROVIDES CAMP DESPITE OBSTACLES

September 4, 2018

Baptist and Reflector HARRIMAN — It appeared that the best laid plans of Pine Ridge Baptist Church were falling apart, but God intervened. Last year Pine Ridge sponsored its first IGNITE basketball camp which was a successful outreach tool, said pastor Michael Koontz. “After what we saw in 2017 we were very excited for 2018,” […]

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OLIVER ADDRESSES TEMPERANCE AT UNION’S FALL CONVOCATION

September 4, 2018

By Nathan Handley Union University JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University President Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver said in pursuing a virtuous life, the biblical concept of self-control is counter-cultural.

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MOVIE BRINGS BACK MEMORIES

September 3, 2018

Johnson City pastor was on the ship featured in ‘Summer of 67’ film By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org JOHNSON CITY — When Pastor Garry Edwards of Pinecrest Baptist Church, Johnson City, read a story in the June 13 issue of the Baptist and Reflector about a faith-related movie (Summer of ’67) based […]

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BARRON RETURNS TO LEAD BLENDED CONGREGATION

September 3, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org FRANKLIN — In early 2004, life was going great for Ridley Barron, former youth minister at Forest Hills Baptist Church in Nashville. Four years earlier he moved to Douglas, Ga., to plant a new church in the southeast portion of the state, and the church was taking […]

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MATCH ORCHESTRATED BY GOD

August 30, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org CHAPEL HILL — Chapel Hill Community Baptist Church was a congregation seeking its identity and without a pastor. The Church at College Grove was a new church plant with a pastor looking for a place to meet. The two congregations came together in a way that only […]

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PUTTING AN EMPHASIS ON MEMPHIS

August 30, 2018

Determined church reaches out to share gospel in community By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector ddawson@tnbaptist.org MEMPHIS — It would have been easy for Barron Martin to take the safe route. He could have moved from the Memphis area, found a comfortable job, and simply “tuned out” the violence and poverty that plagues the neighborhood […]

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BELLEVUE MEMBERS CANVAS COMMUNITY FOR JESUS

August 28, 2018

Bellevue Communications Office CORDOVA — On Sunday, Aug. 12, more than 1,300 members of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, left the church building and went door-to-door in a five-mile radius around their church. Offering a simple gift bag and prayer, Bellevue members were able to invite the community to church, but more importantly they were […]

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HAMPTON RETURNS ‘HOME’ TO PLANT CHURCH

August 27, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org CLARKSVILLE — Cal Hampton has come full circle. He moved with his family to Clarksville at the age of 5 and was reared there. He stayed in the military town and attended Austin Peay State University. While at Austin Peay, he worked in a restaurant not far […]

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ONCE ON THE VERGE OF CLOSING, RIVER ROCK IS NOW ROLLING

August 24, 2018

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector ddawson@tnbaptist.org MURFREESBORO — It’s been quite a journey for River Rock Baptist Church in Murfreesboro: In the past decade, the church has gone from survival to revival. Under the leadership of pastor Don Herron — along with the help of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board’s revitalization team and abundant […]

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