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August 29, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorJOHNSON CITY — College senior Mia Crawford learned a very valuable lesson about evangelism after spending a week in Paris sharing Christ during the 2024 Summer Olympics. “It taught me how to evangelize in a different culture,” said Crawford, a student at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City and […]
August 29, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorMORRISTOWN — One week as a missions volunteer during the 2024 Summer Olympics has provided Traci Jefferson with a lifetime of memories. Jefferson, a member of First Baptist Church, Morristown, served July 22-29 as a volunteer with the International Mission Board in Paris. Though she had been to France many […]
August 28, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorWESTMORELAND — Families of special needs children in Westmoreland and surrounding communities will soon have an interactive playground to enjoy. CrossRoads Church broke ground on the new adaptive playground on Aug. 4 in Westmoreland Mayor David Leath and other city officials attended the community celebration. The church provided free hamburgers, hotdogs and […]
August 26, 2024
By Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention president Jay Hardwick will be nominated for a second term as president during The Summit, scheduled for Nov. 10-12 at Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro. Hardwick, senior pastor of Forest Hills Baptist Church, Nashville, will be nominated by Cliff Marion, pastor of First Baptist Church, Covington. “I […]
August 26, 2024
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBFRANKLIN — The next 10 weeks will have a significant impact in the work of Tennessee Baptists for the next 10 years. Next month, TBMB Board of Directors will gather for their semiannual meeting and one of the items on their agenda will be to review a report on the Acts […]
August 21, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorFRANKLIN — The question is not what to do if a crisis strikes, it is being prepared when your church faces a crisis, said Chris Turner, director of communications for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. “There are two types of organizations — those that have had a crisis and those […]
August 20, 2024
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist & ReflectorCLARKSVILLE — Mentoring young ministers is a passion for longtime friends and former Tennessee Baptist Convention presidents Larry Robertson and Steve Freeman. Robertson and Freeman recently shared in an interview with the Baptist and Reflector how their ministries were impacted through mentoring. Freeman, pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Springfield, […]
August 20, 2024
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist & ReflectorSPRINGFIELD — Soon after Steve Freeman accepted his first pastorate more than 20 years ago at Slayden Baptist Church in Cumberland Furnace, he realized after a few months that he was in over his head, he recalled. “They taught me that I didn’t know anything,” Freeman said. “I realized […]
August 19, 2024
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBFRANKLIN — Chad Mize and Jonathan Chapman are doing their part to ensure that the circle remains unbroken. Mize, associate pastor of missions and mobilization at Forest Hills Baptist Church, and Chapman, collegiate ministry specialist at East Tennessee State University, are both passionate and committed to helping aspiring church leaders find […]
August 15, 2024
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBDRESDEN — A mission trip without much mileage. Perhaps that’s the best and most succinct way to sum up what a large group of volunteers from Weakley County experienced this summer. In place of their annual long-haul mission trip, the Weakley County contingent stayed close to home, completing more than a […]
August 15, 2024
By Baptist and Reflector MORRISTOWN — Nolachucky Baptist Association’s Woman’s Missionary Union will sponsor a “Mental Health Mission Field: Mobilizing the Church for Healing” conference on Oct. 12 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Morristown. The meeting also is supported by Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union. The keynote speaker will be Heather Evans, a […]
August 14, 2024
By Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, issued a callout on Wednesday, Aug. 14, for flood recovery trained volunteers for response in Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania and possibly South Carolina. The recovery efforts come in the aftermath of Hurricane Debby, a slow-moving and erratic Category […]
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