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GETTING (BACK) TOGETHER

April 26, 2022

WMU event returns to in-person format after two-year halt  By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org GATLINBURG — After being one of the first casualties of COVID-19 in 2020, the annual Missions Get-Together in Gatlinburg sponsored by Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union returned two years later with a bang. Though the lingering effects of COVID […]

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RECORD SET FOR GOTM!

April 25, 2022

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — With four months to go, Tennessee Baptist Convention churches have given a record amount through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions — $1,976,260.  The previous high was $1,948,485, given in 2019-20. The amount given to date is 31.04 percent ahead of last year, and is 13.72 percent ahead of the […]

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‘PIANO LADY’ HONORED FOR MINISTRY IN BOLIVAR

April 20, 2022

Baptist and Reflector BOLIVAR — Becky Logan was honored on March 13 for 25 years of faithful service as pianist of First Baptist Church, Bolivar. Logan and her husband, Marston, moved to Bolivar and joined First Baptist in 1976 where she served in a variety of roles with the music ministry, Sunday School teacher, Mission […]

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TENNESSEE PASTOR RECALLS USFL DAYS, WITNESSING ALONGSIDE THE MINISTER OF DEFENSE

April 19, 2022

By Scott Barkley Baptist Press MORRISTOWN — Alan Duncan had plans for a professional football career after his years as a placekicker for the University of Tennessee ended in 1980. And while those plans did not have go as originally intended, they led to service on the foreign mission field as well as having an […]

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MINISTRY ASSISTANTS ENJOY SERVING AT ‘HOME CHURCH’

April 19, 2022

Editor’s note: April 27 is recognized as National Administrative Professionals Day. Take this opportunity to thank your church secretary or ministry assistant for the ministry they perform for your church. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org MURFREESBORO — Church ministry assistants strongly believe there are more “pros” than “cons” when it comes to […]

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES HEROES: SECRETARIES PLAY KEY ROLES IN THE LIFE OF THE LOCAL CHURCH

April 18, 2022

Editor’s note: April 27 is recognized as National Administrative Professionals Day. Take this opportunity to thank your church secretary or ministry assistant for the ministry they perform for your church. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org MURFREESBORO — In some churches they are ministry or administrative assistants. In others, they are secretaries. It […]

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GOTM ON TARGET TO EXCEED $2 MILLION, REACH GOAL FOR 2021-22 FISCAL YEAR

April 14, 2022

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Through March 31, Tennessee Baptists have given more than $1.9 million through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions. With about five months to go in the offering’s 2021-22 fiscal year, gifts are $100,000 short of $2 million. Reaching the $2 million mark would be a milestone in the history of […]

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VOLUNTEERS HELP SEVIER COUNTY RESIDENTS SEARCH FOR MEMORIES AFTER WILDFIRES BLAZE

April 13, 2022

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org SEVIERVILLE — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers have begun helping residents whose homes were burned during wildfires which swept through portions of Sevier County on March 3 and lasted through early April when the fires were finally contained. The fires were primarily in two locations according to […]

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TBMB’S COLLINS SEEKS TO ‘IGNITE TENNESSEE’ TO REACH THE LOST

April 12, 2022

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org FRANKLIN — Roc Collins, director of strategic objectives for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, has a passion to see spiritually lost people saved. Fresh off the first statewide evangelism conference in Tennessee in 14 years, Collins is anxious to take it to the next level in order […]

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TBC CP GIFTS ABOVE BUDGET

April 11, 2022

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,955,086 through the Cooperative Program in March. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $15,110,392 in Cooperative Program gifts. The amount is $538,937 or 3.7 percent more than given over the same time frame last year.

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TENNESSEE BAPTIST DR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR SEVIERVILLE FIRES

April 4, 2022

From B&R, news reports SEVIERVILLE — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief units are preparing to provide further assistance for the situation in Sevierville, where wildfires have burned more than 3,300 acres during the past several days.  Last week, Tennessee Baptist DR sent a shower unit to assist the fire fighters who came off the line from […]

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PASTOR’S ‘ONE’ (AN ATHEIST) ACCEPTS CHRIST IN KUWAIT

April 1, 2022

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector lwilkey@tnbaptist.org WARTBURG — Before pastor Matt Ward was deployed to Kuwait a year ago (see story here), he led First Baptist Church, Wartburg, to participate in the North American Mission Board’s “Who’s Your One” evangelism emphasis in which church members are encouraged to pray for a lost person […]

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