Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
July 12, 2016
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptists are continuing to support missions and ministry causes in their state and around the world by their giving through the Cooperative Program. In June, Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed a total of $2,965,451 through the CP giving channel. The amount is $869,931 or 3.9 percent more than was […]
July 12, 2016
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — “We went to Guatemala to change people there and show them Jesus, but we came back with changed hearts and opened eyes,” said Jania Howe, 17, who ministered recently in Guatemala. Howe and 77 other teens and adults served in Guatemala as a part […]
July 8, 2016
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector BIG ROCK — A Tennessee Baptist church facility, the home of a pastor, and the houses of several church members were flooded in the early hours of Thursday, July 7, here. The worship center and Fellowship Center of Big Rock Baptist Church, Big Rock, were flooded. […]
July 7, 2016
Editor’s Note: Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief has been asked by the North American Mission Board to oversee operations in the Rainelle, West Va., area. Efforts will include on site command, feeding volunteer teams, chaplains, assessors, and mud out teams. The Tennessee volunteers will be hosted by Calvary Baptist Church in Meadow Bridge, West. Va. Mud […]
July 6, 2016
By David Roach Baptist Press ST. LOUIS — Building relationships with pastors was the emphasis of the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists as it gathered in St. Louis June 12 for a worship service and business meeting preceding the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting there. “I really felt led of the Lord this year to […]
July 5, 2016
By Harper McKay Baptist Press ST. LOUIS — The lack of evangelism among Southern Baptists is at its heart a discipleship issue according to panelists at the Replicate Ministries breakfast. “I think the challenge we have in our convention and our churches is that we have seen discipleship and evangelism as pitted against each other,” […]
July 4, 2016
By Julie Waters Baptist Press ST. LOUIS — Mindy Jamison, co-director of Friendship Baptist Center in Des Moines, Iowa, for the past 17 years along with her husband Jon, is this year’s recipient of the Dellanna West O’Brien Award for Women’s Leadership Development. “Mindy pours her life into people living in the inner city of […]
July 1, 2016
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector CLARKSVILLE — Racial animus in Ferguson, Mo., was long forgotten as African Americans and Anglos enjoyed a block party prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in nearby St. Louis, and some Tennessee Baptists were a key part. Medical professionals mainly from First Baptist Church, […]
June 30, 2016
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector PALMER, Alaska — John and Kaye Thomas can be found in their Sevierville home about 100 days a year — mostly for Kaye’s part-time job. The rest of the time they are away doing missions work. Even while they are at home they often are found […]
June 30, 2016
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector DAMASCAS, Va. — Tony Broyles was a little out of his comfort zone. A lot of the folks he was meeting at Damascas Trail Days for “through hikers” of the Appalachian Trail were different from most folks he knows. “Back in the 60s, when folks like […]
June 29, 2016
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector KINGSTON — Thomas “Thom” Tapp, 65, retired pastor and cartoonist, died June 11 in Kingston. His cartoons were published for many years in the Baptist and Reflector and are still featured on Baptist Press. He was retired pastor, Oral Baptist Church, Lenoir City. He also was […]
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, […]