Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
August 8, 2018
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,766,596 through the Cooperative Program in July. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $26,029,445. The amount is $504,905 or 2 percent over the amount given at the same time last year. After nine months of the current fiscal year, the gifts are $154,445 or […]
August 7, 2018
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector ddawson@tnbaptist.org FRANKLIN — Bill Choate, the collegiate ministry specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, is a big-picture kind of guy, especially in regard to his view of the Baptist Collegiate Ministries. Choate believes BCM is about so much more than simply being a place for college-aged Christians to […]
August 7, 2018
BCM mobilizes believers, trains leaders, influences campuses By Bill Choate bchoate@tnbaptist.org I looked across Mark Whitt’s desk at MTSU Baptist Collegiate Ministry office and asked, “What are the blue cards?” Mark, BCM Campus Minister, said all 750 were contact information cards from new students coming to MTSU. They were gathered by Mark and student leaders […]
July 26, 2018
By David Dawson ddawson@tnbaptist.org FRANKLIN — In most circumstances, being “held over” in Haiti due to safety concerns would be unnerving. Rebekah Gardner, however, has a different perspective on the experience.
July 24, 2018
By Lonnie Wilkey lwilkey@tnbaptist.org As most people probably are aware, the 11-story Sullivan Tower, which sat on the property formerly owned by LifeWay Christian Resources, was imploded on Saturday, July 21. The former LifeWay property was sold a few years ago and is being developed into a hotel, office buildings, restaurants and retail and entertainment […]
July 24, 2018
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org WAVERLY — In the 40 years Tennessee Baptists have responded to disasters in the state and around the globe, countless volunteers have trekked to be the hands and feet of Jesus when people needed a friend and a helping hand. But the state convention’s first “official” disaster […]
July 24, 2018
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org MOUNT JULIET — Nearly 300 volunteers from every area of the state flocked to the Missions Mobilization Center in Mount Juliet July 14 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief. “We’re here today because for 40 years Tennessee Baptists have been responding in a […]
July 23, 2018
C-N news office JEFFERSON CITY — Former Carson-Newman University President J. Cordell Maddox died July 22 at the age of 86.
July 16, 2018
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JEFFERSON CITY — Randall O’Brien, president of Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City since 2008, has announced his plans to retire, effective Dec. 31, 2018. O’Brien celebrated his 10th anniversary as Carson-Newman’s 22nd president on July 8. O’Brien was elected by the university’s trustees in July of 2008 and began transitioning […]
July 16, 2018
By Bill Sorrell Contributing writer, B&R MEMPHIS — When pro scouts began showing up at University of Memphis baseball games this spring, Jonathan Bowlan’s teammates started calling him “draft guy.” He would answer, “We’ll see.”
July 13, 2018
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector ddawson@tnbaptist.org FRANKLIN — The concept of “giving the shirt off your back” played out in an almost literal sense for a group of roughly 40 students and leaders who recently traveled to Guatemala for a week-long mission trip sponsored by the Youth Evangelism Conference and the Tennessee Baptist Mission […]
July 12, 2018
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org OLIVER SPRINGS — Tennessee Baptist pastor and evangelist Bill Edmonds preached his first sermon at the age of 24 at Meadowview Baptist Church in Wartburg. Sixty-one years later, on the same day and time (June 27 at 6 p.m.), Edmonds preached again, this time at First Baptist […]