Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
July 29, 2016
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector HARRIMAN — Sanny Bowman, Jack Bowman, and Don Alford participated in the first Vacation Bible School of Caney Ford Baptist Church here in 1936. Eighty years later, they are still attending VBS at the church. In fact, they have only missed a few years of VBS […]
July 29, 2016
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — A student from an Asian country visited the Baptist Collegiate Ministry Center at the University of Tennessee – Knoxville with her friend, Ladda Reed, who is from Thailand. She felt comfortable as she enjoyed the luncheons for UTK students and met other students, even […]
July 28, 2016
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector RAINELLE, W.Va. — More than four weeks after this small town nestled in a valley in the mountains of West Virginia was hit hard by flooding, Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams are still helping families get back into their homes. More than 200 houses were damaged by flooding […]
July 28, 2016
By Linda Lawson Still Contributing Writer NASHVILLE — At age 83, Lloyd Elder retired for the fourth and what he termed the “final” time on May 31 after more than six decades of ministry. In his most recent position, Elder served as volunteer administrator and chair of the development board of the Bivocational and Small […]
July 27, 2016
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JEFFERSON CITY — Last year George and Margaret Bradley spent their sixth summer at Carson-Newman University coordinating volunteer missions teams. At the end of the summer they thought they were through. Not so fast. The Bradleys, members of First Baptist Church, Greeneville, were contacted by C-N officials once […]
July 26, 2016
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector ALAMO — Daniel Joyner, 18, has moved past several rounds of competition on the popular TV show, “America’s Got Talent,” even receiving two yeses from the infamous judge Simon Cowell, and recently performed again in Los Angeles, Calif., this time on live TV. The active Christian […]
July 26, 2016
Editor’s Note: This issue of the B&R focuses on the start of a new collegiate year and the efforts of Baptist Collegiate Ministries on campuses across Tennessee. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector COOKEVILLE — Little Johnny, Billy, Susie, and Katie were all reared in church. From the time they were born they attended […]
July 15, 2016
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — While enrollment and attendance numbers for Sunday School have declined across the Southern Baptist Convention in recent years according to Annual Church Profile (ACP) reports, Sunday School remains a much needed ministry tool in churches, says Mark Miller. Miller, Sunday School specialist for the Tennessee Baptist […]
July 14, 2016
Baptist and Reflector PURYEAR — Oak Grove Baptist Church here was vandalized on about June 28 but not discovered until June 30 so the damage was greater. The vandalism was not discovered sooner because 15 members of the small church were away on missions trips. A reward of $1,000 has been offered by the Henry […]
July 14, 2016
By Hannah Muñoz Intern, The Alabama Baptist CLARKSVILLE — Hilldale Baptist Church, Clarksville, raised $16,569 for a local food ministry for students during its Vacation Bible School on June 6–10. The food subsidization program or FUEL Ministry is designed to feed children whose only food source may be the food they are receiving at school, […]
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 […]