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August 14, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorFRANKLIN — Sam Greer, pastor of Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga, will be nominated to serve as president-elect of the 2025 Tennessee Baptist Pastors Conference. Chuck Herring, pastor of First Baptist Church, Collierville, announced July 24 that he would nominate Greer. He noted that Greer was called to preach while attending First […]
August 14, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorFRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $3,010,947 through the Cooperative Program in July. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given a total of $26,275,764. With three months remaining in the 2023-24, fiscal year, gifts are $246,707 or 0.9 percent above what was given after nine months last year.
August 14, 2024
By Ann LovellBaptist and ReflectorNASHVILLE — August will be a busy month for Cuban churches. Church leaders anticipate more than 500 churches will host Vacation Bible Schools in church buildings, backyards and homes across the island, thanks to a team from Judson Baptist Church in Nashville. Ariadna Torres was a member of the nine-person team […]
August 14, 2024
By Ann LovellBaptist and ReflectorFRANKLIN — Southern Baptists are celebrating an important birthday this year, and a few Tennessee Baptist churches made the most of the occasion. If fun music, crafts, snacks and lots of energetic kids and adults come to your mind, you are on the right track. Lifeway’s Vacation Bible School is 100 […]
August 12, 2024
By The Baptist PaperHENDERSONVILLE — First Baptist Church Hendersonville announced Sunday, Aug. 11, that it will be the first church in the state to ever give more than $1 million in one year through the Cooperative Program, to support Southern Baptist missions and ministry around the globe. The special presentation came as the church celebrated […]
August 12, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorFRANKLIN — As summer winds down and students return to school in this month, Vicki Hulsey, childhood specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, is hearing good reports from Tennessee Baptist churches regarding Vacation Bible School. “Vacation Bible School continues to be the one week of the year that mobilizes the entire […]
August 7, 2024
John D Freeman holds a unique place in the history of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. He is the only man to have served as executive secretary (now director) of the TBC and editor of the Baptist and Reflector. Freeman served as pastor of Belmont Heights Baptist Church in Nashville before being named editor in 1925. […]
August 6, 2024
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBFRANKLIN — Tennessee set a new record this year, and Vickie Anderson, executive director-treasurer for Tennessee WMU, couldn’t be more proud of this one. When this year’s Christian Job Corps Scholarship/Award recipients were announced, the list included three Tennesseans, marking the first time the state has had a trio of […]
August 5, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorFRANKLIN — As the calendar turns over this week from July to August and the weather is still hot and humid, Beth Moore is already looking ahead to Christmas. Or, more specifically, the Christmas Backpacks ministry, which provides backpacks filled with toys, clothing, hygiene items, food and other items to children in […]
August 2, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorFRANKLIN — Social media no longer is confined to Generation Z, the generation born in the late 1990s or early 21st century, and it includes much more than Facebook. What’s more, churches can no longer continue to ignore social media, says Samantha Bligh, events and social media coordinator for the […]
August 1, 2024
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBSPRING, Texas — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers were reminded again this week that there is strength in numbers. Joining forces with other volunteers from several different states, a trio of teams from Tennessee was able to assist the recovery process in southeast Texas, where residents are still reeling from the […]
July 31, 2024
By Union University news officeJACKSON — A new book published by Union University Press explores themes from the Gospel of Mark as preached in a series of chapel sermons by Union employees. Recognizing and Responding to the Messiah: Sermons on the Gospel of Mark, edited by Ray Van Neste and Justin Wainscott in Union’s School […]
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