Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
June 29, 2016
By Daniel Woodman Baptist Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in NCAA basketball history who professed her faith in Christ four years ago through baptism, died today (June 28) at age 64 after a five-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Summitt, coach of the University of Tennessee women’s basketball team from 1974-2012, […]
June 29, 2016
Union University News Office JACKSON — Union University presented Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, with its M.E. Dodd Denominational Service Award during Union’s alumni reception June 14 at the SBC annual meeting. The Dodd Award is the highest denominational service award Union gives. It is named […]
June 29, 2016
Tennessee Baptists second in number of Southern Baptist Convention messengers with 824 By David Roach Baptist Press Editor’s Note: Due to the publication schedule of the Baptist and Reflector, this issue contains a condensed wrap-up of the SBC annual meeting held June 14-15 in St. Louis. Extensive stories were posted on the B&R web site […]
June 22, 2016
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector HERMITAGE — Mike Kinle and Pastor David Taft visit shut-ins for First Baptist Church here every Monday afternoon. Kinle always reads the Scripture he has chosen for the people they are visiting. He also leads the prayer, including for prayer requests learned of during the visit. […]
June 21, 2016
Baptist Press NEW YORK (BP) — The choir from newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines’ pastorate sang the Gospel alongside Elvis hits in New York’s Times Square on Fox TV today (June 20) in advance of their concert tonight at Carnegie Hall. An Elvis impersonator with the choir said the Memphis, Tenn., group […]
June 21, 2016
Baptist Press ST. LOUIS (BP) — The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting drew 7,321 messengers to St. Louis June 14-15 from the nation’s 46,000-plus Southern Baptist churches. The unofficial total is 35 percent above last year’s 5,407 messengers in Columbus, Ohio. When registered guests, exhibitors and others are included, the count of those at the […]
June 20, 2016
Wilson Henderson credits hard work and loving people as basics of his ministry By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector COLUMBIA — On the last day of December in 2000, Wilson Henderson retired after about 45 years as a minister of music, including the last 13 at Dalewood Baptist Church in Nashville. In April of […]
June 17, 2016
Carson-Newman News Office JEFFERSON CITY — Carson-Newman University will soon provide a new valuable learning experience for business majors. A $100,000 gift from Nashville native Steve McLean will establish The McLean Investment Center at Carson-Newman University, scheduled for completion this fall. Set to be located on the second floor of Carson-Newman’s Ted Russell Business Building, […]
June 17, 2016
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC VIRACO, Peru — Julissa knelt beside her daddy and urged him to get back on the donkey. He’d collapsed by the side of the road, torso in the bushes, legs and feet stretched out into the dusty mountain road. “C’mon Papi. We need to go home.” But he […]
June 16, 2016
Small East Tennessee congregation, Pastor Dwight Torbett featured on Reaching app By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector MADISONVILLE — Westside Baptist Church, Madisonville, is making waves in its community, which is why its pastor, Dwight Torbett, is featured on the new “Reaching” app of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, explained David Evans, TBC […]
June 16, 2016
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist & Reflector ST. LOUIS — Tennessee pastor Steve Gaines was elected by acclamation as president of the Southern Baptist Convention after fellow nominee J.D. Greear of North Carolina withdrew his name from consideration. The day before (June 14), Gaines, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, missed election as president by […]
June 16, 2016
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — LifeWay Christian Resources is moving a larger-than-life statue of Southern Baptist evangelist Billy Graham from its downtown Nashville location to a LifeWay retreat center in the North Carolina mountains, a few miles from Graham’s home. The move is prompted by last year’s sale of LifeWay’s 15-acre Nashville campus. The statue has […]