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MOTHER’S FAITH INSPIRES FILM MAKER

December 21, 2015

Tennessee native Gary Granstaff Produces Faith-Based ‘The Masked Saint’ FRANKLIN – After decades of living in Seattle, Wash., and Los Angeles, Tennessee native and movie producer Gary Granstaff returned to his roots. Granstaff was reared in the small community of Defeated in Smith County near Carthage. He attended and became a member of First Baptist […]

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UNION TRUSTEES APPROVE STRATEGIC PLAN

December 18, 2015

By Tim Ellsworth Union University News Office JACKSON – Union University trustees on Friday approved a long-range strategic plan for the university, got a clean audit report and passed the second smallest tuition increase in the last 20 years. “United in Spirit. Grounded in Truth.” is the title of the plan that emphasizes seven strategic […]

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COUNSELOR PUTS ADVICE INTO PRACTICE

December 18, 2015

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector MARTIN — Weslee Hill has counseled people through stressful times in their lives for the past 10 years as the counselor for Weakley County Baptist Association, based in Dresden. She is now putting into practice advice she has been giving to others for the past decade. Hill has […]

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BETHLEHEM EXPERIENCE DRAWS 987 PEOPLE

December 17, 2015

Baptist Association sees 10 people make commitments to Christ, 44 in three years By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector WINFIELD — Just like a time traveler, one enters the stone-walled streets filled with residents of another time. Cloaked women carry baskets of wares as robed men go about their business. Many are […]

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TBC CP GIFTS AHEAD OF LAST YEAR’S PACE

December 16, 2015

Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,278,724 in November, the first month of the 2015-16 budget year. The amount is $14,693 or 0.6 percent more than was given in the first month of the last fiscal year. The total, however, is $575,443 or 20.16 percent below budget needs.

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CLAIMING EXEMPTION PROTECTS COLLEGES

December 15, 2015

Tennessee universities among those that have asserted right to Title IX exemption By Lonnie Wilkey and Chris Turner Baptist & Reflector BRENTWOOD — In a world and culture where sexual orientation and long-held traditions such as marriage are constantly being redefined, Christian colleges are taking steps to protect their institutions. Approximately 30 religiously affiliated colleges […]

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LINDEN VALLEY CITED FOR EXCELLENCE

December 11, 2015

Baptist and Reflector LINDEN — Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center has been awarded the 2015 Star of Excellence for Outstanding Non-Profit Organization. The award was presented to Tim Bearden, conference centers senior manager for the Tennessee Baptist Convention, on Dec.  3 during an awards banquet sponsored by the Perry County Chamber of Commerce. The conference […]

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C-N HOLDS 10TH OPERATION INASMUCH

December 9, 2015

Carson-Newman News Office JEFFERSON CITY — On a recent Saturday, 535 Carson-Newman University volunteers took part in the school’s 10th annual Operation Inasmuch service blitz. Teams were comprised of students, faculty, and staff members. The groups joined to conduct service projects across Jefferson, Knox, and Hamblen counties. “The fact that we have been able to […]

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TBAH ELECTS ANDERSON AS PRESIDENT

December 9, 2015

By Connie D. Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Mark Anderson, a long-time staff member of Tennessee Baptist Adult Homes, was unanimously elected president by the TBAH board on Dec. 8. He will begin serving Jan. 1. He follows Kenny Cooper who served TBAH in that role for 20 years. Cooper will retire […]

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CHURCH, PASTOR ARE REVITALIZED

December 8, 2015

Molino Baptist Church is revitalized after former member is revitalized into its pastor By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector TAFT — Church revitalization begins one person at a time, believes Joe Self. In this case, it began with him. The story begins in the 1980s when a rural church near Fayetteville was […]

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PRODIGALS CHALLENGE FAITH OF EVEN MINISTERS

December 7, 2015

Parents who are ministers, ministers’ wives and children relate their prodigal “journey” By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector Parable of the Lost Son, Luke 15: 11-32. MILLINGTON — A prodigal or child who rebels against the Christian teachings of their parents can bring the strongest Christian to their knees. It is especially […]

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MISSIONS, COOPERATION DRIVE SMALL TENN. CHURCH

December 5, 2015

Baptist Press GREENFIELD, Tenn. (BP) — The men at Bethel Baptist Church reach out to the unchurched men in their community each autumn by showing off their culinary skills at a wild game supper, preparing turkey, deer, raccoon, crappie, catfish, rabbit, duck and other critters. Meanwhile, the congregation’s Women on Mission excel each year at […]

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