Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
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 […]
October 14, 2015
Carson-Newman News Office JEFFERSON CITY — Carson-Newman University’s Appalachian Outreach has a new home with more space to carry out their ministry. The organization moved this month to the former BAE building on Municipal Drive. Appalachian Outreach has been in the same building on Old Andrew Johnson Highway since it opened 31 years ago, and […]
October 13, 2015
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector SHELBYVILLE — A few years ago Air Force veteran Robert Woolbright had to spend three days in intensive care at the Veterans Administration hospital in Murfreesboro. After being moved to his room, Woolbright discovered the room had no personal hygiene items such as toothpaste or shampoo. The only […]
October 9, 2015
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Partnership missions in Tennessee is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. In recognition of what partnership missions has meant to Tennessee Baptists since that initial trip to Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) in 1980, Tennessee Baptist History has devoted its Fall 2015 issue to partnership missions. […]
October 8, 2015
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — New Baptist churches in Tennessee have met in YMCAs, former Walmart stores, hotels, movie theaters, and restaurants. Now a new church is meeting in a music school located in a strip mall here. It’s not that unusual when hearing the back story. Johnny […]
October 8, 2015
STORY UPDATED UPDATED 10/12/15 MOUNT JULIET —Three Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief have responded to the historic flooding in South Carolina, reported Wes Jones, Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief specialist. Though Tennessee is not in the region organized by Southern Baptist Disaster Relief to be the first responders to disasters in South Carolina, Tennessee was asked for help […]
October 7, 2015
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector First TBC apologetics conference explores intelligent design found in God’s creation NASHVILLE — An understanding of apologetics creates a sense of amazement and wonder, says David Evans, evangelism specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Convention. “Apologetics is the art and discipline of defending our hope. It gives us the […]
October 7, 2015
By Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes was notified Sept. 9 that it has been accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA). On Nov. 6, 2013, the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes signed a no-cost operating agreement with the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services to provide Foster Care (Resource) Homes to the state. […]