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March 21, 2018
EVENTS The Flintville Community Revival will be held March 25-30 at 7 p.m. each night. A tent will be set up across from Flintville School. A different pastor will speak each night: Chester Slayton, Pleasant Grove Baptist, March 25; Milton Martin, Pleasant Hill Baptist, March 26; Josh Moran, First Baptist Church, Flintville, March 27; Ian […]
March 7, 2018
EVENTS The Bells Community Revival is scheduled for March 18-21 and will rotate between Walnut Hill Baptist Church and Cross Roads Baptist Church. The Sunday night service features The Barnett Family in concert at Cross Roads at 6:00 p.m. Remaining services are at 6:30 p.m. The Monday night service is at Walnut Hill with Josh Simmons. The Tuesday night service is […]
February 20, 2018
DEATHS Nina Ruth Miller, 84, a member of Lantana Road Baptist Church, Crossville, died Feb. 1. She served in ministry with her husband, Roy Lee Miller, for 61 years. He is a former staff member of the Executive Board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention (now Tennessee Baptist Mission Board). In addition to her husband she […]
February 7, 2018
LEADERS Bob Brown, executive director of Lakeway Christian Schools, Morristown, is serving as interim pastor of First Baptist Church, Pigeon Forge. He formerly served on the staff of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Scott Patty, founding pastor of Grace Community Church, Nashville, has written Words of Grace: A 100 Day Devotional. The book is a […]
January 24, 2018
Matt Tomlin recently began serving as interim pastor of North Jackson Baptist Church, Jackson. He previously served 14 months as interim pastor of Woodland Baptist Church, Brownsville. Bradford Smith, teaching pastor/elder at The Way Church of Clarksville, has written Brave Rifles: The Theology of War, a first-hand glimpse of the gritty realities of war through […]
January 9, 2018
CHURCHES The Glade Church, Mount Juliet, will host The Whole Child Initiative on Jan. 27. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and the event concludes at 5:15 p.m. The event, which is sponsored by the Southeast Produce Council, will provide continuing education credits to social workers and foster parents. The meeting features local presenters who can […]
December 20, 2017
LEADERS The African American Fellowship of the Tennessee Baptist Convention recently held a time of celebration at Mount Canaan Baptist Church in Chattanooga. During the celebration, three men who have contributed to the success of the Fellowship were honored: Willie McLaurin, the fellowship’s first president; Thomas Bester, the association’s second president; and Larry Jones, who […]
December 6, 2017
DEATHS Wilkey M. Jones Sr., a Baptist minister for 57 years and member of First Baptist Church, Decaturville, died Oct. 11 at the age of 84. He served on the staff of Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes in Brentwood for eight years. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Katie Sue McKee Jones. He […]
November 21, 2017
LEADERS Faith Baptist Church, Linden, which meets at Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center, has called Jim Cain as pastor. He has been serving as interim pastor for the past six months. A native of Memphis, Cain has lived in Perry County for about a year. His wife Mary, a native of Perry County, is involved […]
November 7, 2017
LEADERS Stan Wafler has been elected as the associational missionary (director of missions) for Beech River Baptist Church, based in Lexington. He and his wife Pam served for 15 years as career missionaries with the International Mission Board. Wafler has served in youth leadership roles in churches in Tennessee and as a pastor in Mississippi. […]
October 25, 2017
LEADERS Clark Street Baptist Church, Johnson City, unanimously voted Sept. 10 to call Randy Hommel as pastor. He is a Kingsport native who recently returned to the area after serving as pastor of Bel-Aire Baptist Church, Gulfport, Miss. ASSOCIATIONS Jere Phillips will lead a “Preaching and Teaching Through the January Bible Study” on Nov. 2 […]
October 11, 2017
LEADERS First Baptist Church, Tullahoma, has called Kevin Ivy as pastor. He previously served at Providence Baptist Church in Clinton, Miss. He also is the founder of a non-profit ministry called Mission Surge and has been personally involved in missions work in 11 countries and across the United States. Wayne Stowers is the new minister […]
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