Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
May 19, 2017
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Four teens were winners or runners-up in the 2017 State Youth Bible Drill and High School Bible Drill held May 6 here. Hope Bone of First Baptist Church, Columbia, won the Youth Bible Drill and Caitlyn Crook of Auburntown Baptist Church, Auburntown, was […]
May 18, 2017
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptists are being asked to join other Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers in helping flood victims in Missouri and Arkansas and they have responded, said Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. The Midwest has been slammed by severe flooding, CNN reported. Floods have killed […]
May 18, 2017
Final touches are being made to Tennessee Baptists’ new Church Support Center, just off I-65, south of Franklin. Offices of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board are slated to move this week. The first day in the new facility will be May 22. A ribbon cutting and building dedication will be held on Saturday, June 3. […]
May 17, 2017
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD – Connie Davis Bushey will retire May 31 after 32 years on the staff of the Baptist and Reflector and the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Bushey joined the B&R in 1985 as assistant editor. She was promoted to news editor in 1998 after the election of Lonnie Wilkey as editor. She […]
May 16, 2017
By TBMB Conference Centers Team Carson Springs and Linden Valley are places of spiritual significance designed to provide a transformational experience for all who visit. Whether it is the 8-year-old away from home for the very first time or the high school senior who is enjoying her 10th annual summer camp, every one that attends […]
May 16, 2017
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Sunday, May 28, will be observed as a day of prayer for the conference centers owned and operated by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. The day of prayer is for both Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center in Linden and Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport. […]
May 8, 2017
By Janice Backer Contributing Writer, B&R GATLINBURG — “Who are the people that are hard for you to like?” asked Tony Rankin of the large number of women who were attending the recent Missions Get-Together & Connection Conference held in Gatlinburg. The responses came from all parts of the auditorium — “kinfolk,” “coworkers,” and “know-it-alls” […]
May 8, 2017
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector CHATTANOOGA — Just two years ago Shane Mitchell was a worship and creative arts pastor of a traditional church who enjoyed riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle. Then he felt called by God to build relationships at a coffeehouse. Since then his work-a-day world has shifted — […]
May 5, 2017
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — At least five states have officially declared pornography a public health crisis or harmful to the public, and at least one other is considering a similar measure, according to bill updates filed on state legislature websites. A resolution passed by the Tennessee Legislature declaring pornography a public health hazard was […]
May 5, 2017
Baptist and Reflector FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Communications Team of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board won multiple awards during the 53rd annual Wilmer C. Fields Awards Competition sponsored by the Baptist Communicators Association. The TBMB Communications Team received 13 awards, including the M.E. Dodd Memorial Award for radio, film, and video. Team members also […]
May 5, 2017
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, JOHNSON CITY — Ginger Dalton will never forget participating in the birthday party for an inmate. He told the Baptists holding the party that he had never had a birthday party before. That memory is just one of many such memories she has accumulated over her 20 years as […]
May 4, 2017
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Missions and helping new churches have been a way of life for Earl and Violet Newcomb since the mid-1950s when they helped start the first of six churches at what is now Cross Keys Baptist Church in College Grove. Earl Newcomb served as song leader while […]