Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
July 9, 2024
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBLINDEN — All Nations Camp 2024 will be remembered as a record-breaking, decision-making, spirit-awakening event. Held during a two-week stretch in June — with the first week at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center and the following week at Linden Valley Conference Center — this year’s camp drew a total of 608 […]
July 8, 2024
Baptist and ReflectorDANDRIDGE — Members of the Tennessee Baptist and Nolachucky Baptist Association Disaster Relief Swiftwater Rescue Team were instrumental in the recovery of the body of a 7-year-old drowning victim on July 4 in Douglas Lake in Dandridge. WVLT 8 in Knoxville reported that Serenity Kinsey was reported missing after her family realized she […]
July 8, 2024
By Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN —With two months to go in the 2023-24 Golden Offering for Tennessee Baptist Missions fiscal year, gifts through GOTM have exceeded $2.3 million for the first time in its history. As of June 30, GOTM gifts from Tennessee Baptist Convention churches totaled $2,309,506.88, breaking last year’s record gifts of $2,262,288. […]
July 2, 2024
By Savannah PattersonUnion University recently celebrated its 200th birthday and, as part of that celebration, Union recognized many individuals involved in cultivating Union’s rich Baptist history. One such individual was Robert Greene “R.G.”Lee, who was born in York County, S.C., in 1886. Though his education was irregular, he managed to learn the basics and earned […]
July 1, 2024
By Savannah PattersonMany are familiar with the Jackson campus of Union University — the iconic Miller clock tower, the dome of the Logos building and the great lawn, built over time since its move from downtown Jackson. However, the current campus is descended originally from the campus in Murfreesboro that was built with money collected […]
June 28, 2024
By Karen WilloughbyBaptist PressINDIANAPOLIS — Six men, including Tennessee Baptist evangelists Jerry Drace and Ron Herrod (deceased), were added to the Southern Baptist Evangelists’ Hall of Faith June 10 at the Westin hotel, across the street from the Indiana Convention Center. The recognition took place during the annual meeting of the Conference of Southern Baptist […]
June 26, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorCLEVELAND — Phil Taylor, a director of missions in Tennessee since 1999, died June 23 after an extended illness. He was 64. Taylor became the DOM in Bradley County Baptist Association in 1999 after serving for 14 years as a pastor in Georgia, Ohio and Virginia. During his 25-year tenure, […]
June 26, 2024
By Tim EllsworthUnion University news officeJACKSON — Union University presented longtime Baptist medical missionary Rebekah Naylor with its M.E. Dodd Denominational Service Award during a June 11 alumni dinner at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Indianapolis, Ind. The Dodd Award is the highest denominational service award Union gives. It is named for the […]
June 25, 2024
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBINDIANAPOLIS — Lonnie Wilkey, editor of the Baptist and Reflector, has received many honors and awards during his journalism career. But the most recent award he received was especially meaningful. Wilkey, who is retiring as B&R editor at the end of this year, was presented with the Paula and Ken Hemphill […]
June 21, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorTULLAHOMA — Duck River Baptist Association, based in Tullahoma, held its first annual Missions Day on May 18. Duck River teams visited and ministered at a nursing home, staffed an evangelism tent at the High on the Hog festival, conducted door to door visitation distributing 800 evangelism packets and more. “Like a […]
June 20, 2024
By Kathy McBroomBapitst and ReflectorRecently I heard someone say that in three years no one will remember you. I am going through a season of change right now, and that struck me as quite depressing. I am the wife of a pastor, and we have been in ministry for nearly 30 years. I am a […]
June 18, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorTAZEWELL — In the early evening hours of June 1, word began spreading among members of Springdale Baptist Church that their building was on fire. By the time most members arrived, fire had engulfed the structure, burning the building which included the original structure from 1882, to the ground. A […]
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