Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
November 5, 2014
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD – Despite an aggressive push by those opposing Amendment 1, Tennessee voters adopted the amendment, which will allow for regulation of abortions in the state, by a margin of 728,751 (53 percent) to 656,427 (47 percent). The number of “yes” votes cast far exceeded the number required […]
November 4, 2014
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Despite “the rough spots” a dream became a reality for Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union on Nov. 1. It was because of those rough spots that “we knew that God was in this,” said Bobby Turner, Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union president, at the dedication […]
November 4, 2014
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Vickie Lynn Anderson was unanimously elected executive director/treasurer of Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union Nov. 1. Anderson currently is associate director/ministry specialist for missions growth and leadership development for Tennessee WMU. She has been on the staff for 20 years. She was elected to […]
October 28, 2014
Baptist and Reflector RIDGELY – Tennessee Baptist pastor Larry Byassee and his wife, Shirley, were killed Oct. 26 in an automobile accident on State Highway 78 near Ridgely, according to news reports. Byassee, 71, was pastor of Wynnburg Baptist Church in Lake County. He had just preached his last sermon at the church. He and […]
October 21, 2014
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennesseans are facing “the most monumental vote” in the state’s 218-year-old history, says Randy C. Davis, executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Referring to Amendment 1 which is on the state ballot, Davis said, “It will be an indictment on Christians if Amendment 1 does not pass.” Davis made […]
October 21, 2014
Daughter, Mom support Amendment 1 after making wrong decision Editor’s Note: Because of the importance of Amendment 1 to the State Constitution on Nov. 4, churches are encouraged to make copies of this story and provide to members who do not receive the Baptist and Reflector. It is important to remember that while Amendment 1 […]
October 8, 2014
By Academy communications SEYMOUR — The King’s Academy President and Headmaster Walter Grubb announced Tuesday the largest contribution to date to the academy’s Celebrating Our Past — TOGETHER — Building Our Future capital campaign. Tom Shen, a 1973 academy graduate who resides in California, made the gift of stocks that sold for $251,028.95. The King’s […]
October 7, 2014
By Charlie Wetherington TBCH Coordinator of Communications BRENTWOOD — Greg McCoy, pastor of First Baptist Church, Portland, has been elected to be the seventh president/treasurer of the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes in its 124-year history. McCoy, 51, was the unanimous recommendation of the TBCH’s presidential search advisory committee. The committee’s recommendation was presented to a […]
October 7, 2014
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — In January, Cooperative Program giving from Tennessee Baptist Convention churches was nearly 16 percent below what was given in 2013 at the same time. After September receipts were counted, however, giving has rebounded. Tennessee churches gave $2,934,212 through the Cooperative Program in September.
October 7, 2014
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Randy Harness started helping around the Briceville Friendship Center in Briceville after June Strunk, then director, met him one day as he walked past. They visited and she learned he was unemployed. Strunk invited Harness to come back to obtain food and, if he […]
October 1, 2014
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC MEMPHIS — Lindy May stood on a busy street in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and felt utterly alone. Horns blared as thousands of people shuttled by on bicycles and motor scooters and others hurried by on sidewalks and past storefronts. The rhythmic chaos resembled the movements within an ant […]
September 30, 2014
Editor’s Note: October is recognized as Cooperative Program month on the calendar of the Southern Baptist Convention. Selected articles from this issue demonstrate how the Cooperative Program is at work in Tennessee. By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC MEMPHIS — The countenance on Abrahim’s* face betrayed the secret he was hiding inside, and he […]
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