Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
May 8, 2023
By Baptist and ReflectorBaptist and Reflector RIDGECREST, N.C. — Two members of the Communications Team of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board were among the winners in the recent awards competition sponsored by the Baptist Communicators Association. Chris Turner and David Dawson won writing awards for articles published in the Baptist and Reflector. Turner earned a […]
May 4, 2023
By Baptist Press staffFARMERSVILLE, Texas — SBC president Bart Barber has announced his appointments to the 2023 Committee on Committees. Riley Prather, pastor of Green Valley Crossing, Putnam, Conn., will lead the committee as chair, and Cassie Stanteen from First Baptist, Clinton, Miss., will serve as vice chair. “As a lifelong Southern Baptist, I am […]
May 2, 2023
By Baptist and ReflectorBaptist and Reflector SEYMOUR — Corey Cain, pastor of First Baptist Church, Seymour, was elected to serve on the newly formed search committee tasked with seeking a new president/CEO for the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. Cain was in Dallas on May 1 during the special called meeting in which […]
May 2, 2023
By Baptist and ReflectorFRANKLIN — Bruce Edwards, who served in youth ministry with the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board for 25 years, died April 28 at the age of 72. Prior to joining the staff of the TBMB in 1995, Edwards served in youth ministry at Lifeway Christian Resources in Nashville and as a youth minister […]
May 1, 2023
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist and ReflectorKNOXVILLE — May 22, 2022 will forever be etched in the memory of Keith Vaughan, pastor of Valley Grove Baptist Church in Knoxville. That was the day of what he now refers to as “The Breakdown” occurred. He recalled walking into his office on that Monday morning. “Nothing really happened […]
April 28, 2023
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBSTANTON — Weaving through a maze of nearly 200 folding tables, Ben Cowell and Alan O’Quinn went on an unscheduled prayerwalk on the morning of April 14. The two men — Cowell, senior pastor of Brownsville Baptist Church, and O’Quinn, a deacon at BBC — zig-zagged their way around the sprawling […]
April 28, 2023
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBSTANTON — The volunteers at the recent BlueOval City luncheon in Stanton were not all Tennesseans. Texas and Illinois were also represented at the event, which served lunch to 1,100 workers at the Ford plant on April 14. Dan Tice, associate pastor of First Baptist Church in Palestine, Texas, was among […]
April 27, 2023
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist and ReflectorTHOMPSON’S STATION — The first young adult conference sponsored by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board went as well as anyone could have expected, said Ryan Keaton, emerging generations specialist for the TBMB. The conference at Thompson Station Baptist Church drew 180 registrants from 35 churches, Keaton said. Keaton said his […]
April 26, 2023
By Timothy CockesBaptist PressNASHVILLE — Many first responders sprang into action in the aftermath of the tragic shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville on March 27. Among them was Sgt. Andrew Ivey, chaplain coordinator for the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) and a North American Mission Board (NAMB)-endorsed chaplain. “I would describe it as […]
April 24, 2023
By David Dawson and Lonnie WilkeyBaptist and ReflectorMOUNT JULIET —Disaster relief efforts concluded in McNairy County on April 22, but are expected to continue for at least three more weeks in Covington. Tornadoes and severe storms swept across the central and southern portions of the United States, including Tennessee, on March 31 and the early […]
April 24, 2023
By Baptist and ReflectorJACKSON — Stephen Rummage, pastor of Quail Springs Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Okla., will be nominated for presidency of the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference. Adam Dooley, pastor of Englewood Baptist Church in Jackson, will nominate Rummage. “I cannot imagine a better choice to lead next year’s SBC Pastors’ Conference […]
April 20, 2023
By Baptist Press & B&R staffNASHVILLE — The president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Commission has been joined by 11 Tennessee pastors and the president of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board in urging state legislators to enact safety measures to protect the public from gun violence. TBMB president Randy C. Davis and Ethics […]