Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
November 4, 2015
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET – Jennie and Peter Stillman, 35-year career missionaries with the Southern Baptist International Mission Board, were preparing to leave for Tennessee for stateside assignment in September when they received notice in late August that the IMB was going to have to reduce its missionary/staff personnel by […]
November 4, 2015
Tennessee Baptist DR volunteers continue to help South Carolina flood victims By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector MANNING, S.C. — Driving past homes in the low country region of South Carolina between Columbia and the coast, one might not suspect that less than a month ago many roads were impassable. And, unless there was […]
November 3, 2015
Gives large gifts to Southern Baptist missions/ministries while building new facility By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector GREENFIELD — Bethel Baptist Church here celebrated a momentus day on Oct. 18. The congregation began meeting in its new facility. Church members did this with a clear conscience — they had continued their tradition […]
November 3, 2015
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC BRENTWOOD — It will be a convention of milestones when Tennessee Baptists gather for the annual Summit next week at First Baptist Church, Millington. This year is the 180th anniversary of the Baptist and Reflector, the convention’s newspaper and one of the oldest continuously published newspapers in the […]
October 26, 2015
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC BRENTWOOD — The Executive Board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention signed the closing documents on property in Franklin Oct. 26, preparing the way for construction to begin on a permanent location for the convention’s Church Support Center. “We are thankful to have this step behind us and can […]
October 24, 2015
Baptist ministry at DSCC, Gibson County Campus, draws about 60 students biweekly By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector TRENTON — About 200 students attend Dyersburg State Community College, Gibson County Campus, here. Of those, about 60-70 gather during a Tuesday lunch break for Baptist Collegiate Ministries every other week. The students eat […]
October 23, 2015
Engineering students/profs travel to Honduras to help orphanage become energy efficient By Nathan Handley Union University News Office JACKSON — Union Univer-sity engineering students are using their skills for service. Last month, a team of engineering students and faculty traveled to Honduras to assess the needs of an orphanage. Randal Schwindt, professor of engineering, said […]
October 22, 2015
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector Pastor James Julian and his daughter, Natalie, 8, stand with children of the Crawford family by the new home which Spring Creek Road Baptist Church helped them obtain. From left are Taya, 2; Abby, 11; Brandon, 13; Destiny, 4; and first row, Natalie Julian, 8; and […]
October 21, 2015
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Registration is underway for The Summit which will be held Nov. 10-12 at Brentwood Baptist Church here. The Summit includes the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, the Tennessee Baptist Pastors Conference, WMU’s Missions Extravaganza, and other related meetings and events. As of Oct. 20, 545 messengers from 188 […]
October 21, 2015
Baptist and Reflector CHARLESTON — In the fall of 2014 the Lord began to compel Candies Creek Baptist Church here to give themselves to a renewed emphasis on disciple-making for 2015, said Pastor Jamie Work. He noted that ministry leaders and pastoral staff prayerfully planned the coming year around the theme of “Disciples Making Disciples: […]
October 20, 2015
Approximately 40 Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers served in South Carolina last week. Teams provided mud-out or flood recovery to residents who experienced damage to their homes from the massive flooding caused recently by Hurricane Joaquin. DR teams are based out of First Baptist Church, Manning. Additional teams will arrive this week and more will […]
October 16, 2015
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LEOMA – The Lawrence County Association of Baptists voted during its annual meeting Oct. 12 to withdraw fellowship from Greater Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in Lawrenceburg. The African-American congregation, which was a church plant of Faith Baptist Church in Loretto in 1992, recently called a non-Baptist woman as […]