March 6, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, B&R FRANKLIN — The Gathering at 840 would not be considered the typical new church start in Tennessee today.

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February 28, 2018

C-N news office JEFFERSON CITY — More than 115 Carson-Newman University students and members of the C-N family will spend their spring break volunteering as part of the university’s annual spring SPOTS mission trips.

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February 27, 2018

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press CLARKSVILLE — Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers are on the ground and others are on standby after weekend tornadoes and flooding killed five people and damaged homes in five states.

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February 26, 2018

Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — Longtime Tennessee Baptist pastor Doug Sager died Feb. 24. He was 78. Sager, who was president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention in 1998, served as pastor of First Baptist Church, Concord, in Knoxville, from 1992-2013 when he retired. Retirement did not last long as he began serving soon after as […]

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February 26, 2018

Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — South Gate Baptist Church in Nashville has given its building and 11 acres, valued at $750,000, to Iglesia Bautista Renacer. The signing of paperwork on Jan. 7 marked the celebration and culmination of months of study and prayer by members of South Gate, according to Rusty Sumrall, director of missions […]

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February 23, 2018

Davis encouraging Tennessee Baptists to put high priority on health and fitness By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — When Tennessee Baptist Mission Board president and executive director Randy C. Davis first launched a fitness initiative — called “The Chubby Challenge” — in January of 2015, he encouraged the participants to lose 10 percent […]

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February 22, 2018

By Nathan Handley Union University JACKSON — James Merritt, lead pastor at Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, Ga., will be the keynote speaker at the third annual West Tennessee Evangelism Rally on March 4 at Union University.

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February 22, 2018

Baptist & Reflector  “Dr. Billy Graham was indeed America’s pastor and a great global ambassador for Christ. His gospel-centered message was always clear as he made one simple appeal, ‘Come to Jesus.’ As a Southern Baptist, he epitomized everything good about our Great Commission focus.” Randy C. Davis, TBMB president and executive director

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February 22, 2018

Tennessee Baptists Remember Graham’s Last Crusade in Nashville Editor’s Note: A post with quotes from Tennessee Baptists about the impact of Billy Graham and his ministry is also available. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, B&R FRANKLIN — Southern Baptists’ (and the world’s) most widely recognized evangelist died Feb. 21 in Montreat, N.C., at the age of […]

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February 22, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector SEVIERVILLE — When Justin Randolph signed up more than a year ago for a month’s membership at a fitness club, he thought he was doing it in order to spend time with his wife and get some exercise. Little did he know that the membership would not only […]

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February 12, 2018

By Janice Backer Contributing Writer The word “replant” according to Webster’s dictionary means: to plant again or anew.  For Magna View Baptist Church — now Grace Point Baptist — it means a fresh start. Although the building and property will remain in the same location east of Jefferson City (1170 East Highway 11E), the congregation […]

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February 12, 2018

By Nathan Handley JACKSON  —  Union University and the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board partnered to send 25 directors of missions to Israel for the first time in January. Union University President Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver led the trip alongside Nathan Finn, dean of Union’s School of Theology and Missions, and Ernest Easley, professor of evangelism […]

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