Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
October 18, 2023
By Matt TullosStewardship development specialist, Tennessee Mission BoardI’ve been a Southern Baptist church member for 54 years and I was on the cradle roll six years before that. I know all about Mission Friends, RAs, and even the WMU and GAs (I went to GA camp in college as a lifeguard and I attended WMU […]
October 12, 2023
By Adam DooleyPastor, Englewood Baptist Church, JacksonWith Halloween just around the corner, horror movies and costumes are already beginning to surface on various entertainment outlets and in our community. Though people ask in different ways, a common question I receive this time of year is, “Are ghosts real?” Answering this question requires a careful delineation […]
October 12, 2023
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorOctober is generally recognized as Pastor Appreciation Month by many churches in the Tennessee Baptist Convention as well as the larger Southern Baptist Convention family where churches select a Sunday in the month to honor their pastors and, oftentimes, other staff ministers. You may read the headline and automatically assume […]
October 10, 2023
By Randy C. DavisPresident and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission BoardTennessee Baptists started becoming Tennessee Baptists nearly two decades before Tennessee became Tennessee. Tidence Lane, the first Baptist pastor to journey over the Appalachian Mountains and into East Tennessee, settled his family and invested his life near what is now Whitesburg, just east of Morristown. […]
September 28, 2023
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorMembers of the Southern Baptist Executive Committee met last week in Nashville. I feel bad for the EC members who have joined the board in the last two years. They walked into the middle of a stirred up hornet’s nest that they did not stir up. The situation with the […]
September 27, 2023
By Randy C. DavisPresident and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission BoardPastors and ministers are the field officers who stand in the trenches with their congregations at the front lines of a spiritual battlefield, and they need all the support they can get. For nearly a year, a group of pastors, ministers and laypeople have been […]
September 26, 2023
By Adam DooleyPastor, Englewood Baptist Church, Jackson It seems impossible to overstate the importance of prayer. Throughout the Bible we read time and time again of the miraculous impact wrought from calling out to God. Because of prayer the Red Sea parted, water burst forth from a rock, manna fell from heaven, the sun stood […]
September 23, 2023
By Rodney NorvellCollegiate Ministry Specialist, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleWhen you look around your church you may notice that a lot of young people are missing. It is a common complaint as I speak in local churches that congregations are aging and young people are leaving or just not attending anymore. There are more factors than […]
September 22, 2023
By Clay HallmarkPresident, Tennessee Baptist ConventionI cannot speak for you, but for me, a recipe has always been more of a “suggestion” rather than an absolute. For example, I love banana bread. When you google “The very best banana bread on the planet earth,” you will get at least 27,000 different responses to that inquiry. […]
September 15, 2023
By Randy C. DavisPresident and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission BoardWhen you plant a tree, you plant it with a vision of what it will become. Saplings don’t offer shade, but mighty oaks do. The satisfaction in planting trees is knowing that someday others will sit under its outstretched branches and enjoy its shade. The […]
September 14, 2023
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorIn 2015, a Washington high school football coach received national attention when he was fired by the Bremerton School District for kneeling to pray following his school’s football games, something he had done for at least seven years, before it was brought to the attention of the school board. According […]
September 12, 2023
By Adam DooleyPastor, Englewood Baptist Church, Jackson“I love Jesus, I just hate the church.” “I am spiritual person, but I resist any particular dogma.” “I believe that God wants me to be happy, so following my heart is what’s most important.” “The story of the cross is a message of hope and love, not one […]
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