Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
August 11, 2016
Carson-Newman news office JEFFERSON CITY — Carson-Newman University has been named again a “College of Distinction” and a “Christian College of Distinction” for 2016-2017. It is the third consecutive year the university has received the honor. Carson-Newman is one of a select group of colleges deemed to demonstrate results across the organization’s Four Distinctions — […]
August 11, 2016
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Jay Barbier, minister of high school students, First Baptist Church, Millington, is from South Louisiana, so when one of his students offered to “drop a lure” his first thought was fishing. Then the young man and Joseph Brasher, minister of education at the church, […]
August 10, 2016
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,729,426 through the Cooperative Program in July. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $25,998,780 through the CP giving channel. After nine months of the 2015-16 budget year, CP gifts are $519,926 or 2 percent over the amount given at the same time last year.
August 9, 2016
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Ternae Jordan Sr., senior pastor of Mount Canaan Baptist Church in Chattanooga, is not surprised at all by the violence he sees in America today. He has been leading efforts to combat violence since the early 1990s while he was serving as a pastor in Fort […]
August 9, 2016
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector ROGERSVILLE — Hunger is a reality across the United States and Tennessee is no different. Some people view hunger, however, as a need found only in the larger cities in the state. That’s simply not true. According to Feeding America, one in six people in Tennessee struggles with […]
August 8, 2016
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Former Tennessee Baptist Convention staff member Timothy James “Tim” Holcomb died Aug. 5 at his home in Franklin following a bout with cancer. He was 72. A native of Texas, Holcomb served on church staffs in Texas, Missouri, Georgia, and Mississippi before joining the staff of the Baptist Sunday School […]
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 […]