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June 9, 2014
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — David Acres, Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief director since 2005, has announced his retirement, effective Sept. 30. The East Tennessee native served as pastor of several churches in Tennessee including Liberty Baptist Church, Wartburg; Mount Harmony Baptist Church, Knoxville; and First Baptist Church, Huntsville.
June 9, 2014
Baptist and Reflector RICHMOND — Southern Baptists gave an unprecedented $154 million to the 2013 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions, breaking the record for the largest total in the offering’s 125-year history. The 2013 offering, finalized June 5, reached $154,057,852.36. The total represents an increase of nearly $4.8 million over 2012, or 3.2 percent. It […]
June 9, 2014
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector Two Baptist associations in Tennessee have elected directors of missions recently. Tennessee has 66 associations. Phil Mitchell, pastor, First Baptist Church, Adamsville, for 14 years, was called as director of missions, Weakley County Baptist Association, based in Dresden, effective May 19. He also was pastor of Mount […]
June 5, 2014
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector CLEVELAND — All Baptists want our churches to be healthy but when a church needs revitalization, it does not always occur the way we think, said Phil Taylor, director of missions, Bradley Baptist Association, based here. That is the case for Stuart Park Baptist Church, Cleveland, […]
June 5, 2014
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,940,748 through the Cooperative Program in May. After seven months of the 2013-14 fiscal year, Tennessee Baptists have given $20,166,640. The amount is $483,580 or 2.3 percent below what was given at the same point last year and is $1,125,027 or 5.28 percent below budgeted […]
June 4, 2014
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Jeremy Westbrook, pastor of Living Hope Church in Marysville, Ohio, will be nominated for vice president of the Southern Baptist Pastors Conference next week in Baltimore. The Pastors Conference precedes the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention which will be held June 10-11.
June 3, 2014
Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — The Fellowship at Two Rivers (formerly Two Rivers Baptist Church), voted June 1 to sell its 220,000-square-foot building and 37.5 acres of land to the Catholic Diocese of Nashville. The church is located off Briley Parkway across from the Opryland Hotel complex in Donelson.
May 19, 2014
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — The Executive Board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention is in the process of 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 next week. The mailing address will continue to […]
May 19, 2014
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Approximately 45 years and one week after the cornerstone was placed in the new Tennessee Baptist Convention office located at 5001 Maryland Way, a ceremony was held to remove the time capsule that was placed in it. “This is part of the grand plan for our transition celebration,” TBC Executive […]
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 […]
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