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May 19, 2014
By Linda Lawson Still Contributing Writer, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Citing a downturn in advertising revenue and increasing costs for printing and postage, Baptist & Reflector Editor Lonnie Wilkey announced the paper will cut back publication to biweekly, effective with the June 4 issue (there will be no issue on May 28 under the […]
May 14, 2014
By Erin Roach Baptist Press BRENTWOOD— Union University is launching a program to provide theological education for deaf missionaries and church planters. Through the partnership with the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, the Southern Baptist Conference for the Deaf, Brentwood Baptist Church, and Brentwood Baptist Deaf Church, deaf believers can receive customized theological training […]
May 14, 2014
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Tennessee native Jared Moore, pastor of New Salem Baptist Church, in Hustonville, Ky., will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention during the June 10-11 annual meeting in Baltimore. In a May 5 blog post announcing his willingness to be nominated, Moore, the current SBC second vice president, stated […]
May 13, 2014
Editor’s Note: This issue of the Baptist and Reflector lists the top churches in the state in baptisms and Cooperative Program giving during the 2012-13 church year. See charts on page 4. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector HENDERSONVILLE — In 2013 Long Hollow Baptist Church became the first church in the Tennessee Baptist […]
May 7, 2014
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — The Executive Board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention is just weeks away from closing the doors for good at the Baptist Center in Brentwood where it’s been located for 45 years. The board is relocating, and will have a new address beginning the last week in May. Executive Board leaders […]
May 7, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Every year churches across Tennessee collect an annual offering for the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes. Other than Bryant Millsaps, president of Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes, probably no one is hoping for a better Mother’s Day Offering than former TBCH president Gerald Stow. Stow, who served as president […]
May 6, 2014
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — After two months of giving less than $3 million through the Cooperative Program, Tennessee Baptist Convention churches rebounded in April. TBC churches contributed a total of $3,376,035 through the CP last month. After six months of the current fiscal year, churches have given $17,225,891.
May 6, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector FAYETTEVILLE — It’s not likely that pastor Darrell Haney or his family will ever forget the night of April 28. After being lulled into believing the storms were over, an F-3 tornado struck the Howell Hill community of Lincoln County, leaving behind two deaths and a number of […]
April 30, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector SEYMOUR — Cold weather, including some snow flurries and sleet, failed to chill the atmosphere at Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy on April 15. Several hundred people braved the weather to attend the dedication of the Polly Enix Tibbetts Building, the first new construction on the HCBA (also known as […]
April 30, 2014
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — The Baptist and Reflector is conducting a survey of both readers and non-readers. “We need your help,” said Lonnie Wilkey, editor of the Baptist and Reflector.
April 30, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector FAYETTEVILLE – Baptists in Lincoln County are assessing damage from a tornado that hit the area on April 28. Two people were killed as a result of the storm, according to news reports. One church (Grace Falls Baptist Church, Fayetteville) was reportedly destroyed and the home of Pastor […]
April 29, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector CLARKSVILLE — Before the fall semester started at Austin Peay State University here last year, the leadership team of Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) was more concerned about being servants on campus than winning awards. But when all was said and done, they did both. The Tennessee Baptist Convention-sponsored […]
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