Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
June 17, 2024
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMB NASHVILLE — Instead of the normal buzz of activity and laughter, the only noises inside the BCM building at Vanderbilt University is the gentle hum of the air conditioner and a vacuum cleaner. No sounds of a ping-pong ball bouncing back and forth. No studying groups chatting about their projects […]
June 14, 2024
By Baptist and Reflector Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches that have not yet completed the 2024 Church Compensation Study are encouraged to do so by the June 30 deadline. The survey is a joint effort of GuideStone Financial Resources, Lifeway Research and Baptist state conventions, including the TBC. Results of the […]
June 14, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorFRANKLIN — Although some Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams have already responded to the recent storms in Kentucky, more team are needed, said Wes Jones, DR specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. In an e-mail sent out on Friday (June 14) morning, Jones made a second call-out for trained chain saw […]
June 8, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorNASHVILLE — Tennessee governor Bill Lee signed House Joint Resolution (HJR) 803 into law on April 16. State senator Mark Pody and House representative Monty Fritts signed a joint letter May 29 encouraging Tennesseans to “join in a 30-day season of prayer and intermittent fasting for the month of July as a […]
June 5, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorTornados and straightline winds have hit northwestern Arkansas, western Kentucky and northeast Oklahoma in recent days, and Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief leaders are asking for trained chain saw teams to respond. Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, said heavy equipment would be useful, and noted that volunteers […]
May 31, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorKINGSPORT — Members of First Baptist Church, Kingsport, had a vision in 2005 of reaching out to their community, especially in ways to provide avenues of medical care for Sullivan County residents who could not afford it. As a result, Providence Medical Clinic of Kingsport opened in 2010 to provide […]
May 30, 2024
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBSPRING HILL — With chain saws buzzing and tractors rumbling, Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers spent the week of May 20-25 checking off a long series of job requests in Maury County. Trees were downed and many roads were closed throughout Spring Hill and the surrounding areas after deadly storms swept […]
May 22, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorThe Tennessee Baptist Mission Board’s NOW evangelism conclaves were held at regional sites in late April and early May. Dates and host sites for the conclaves included: April 29 at Ellendale Baptist Church, Bartlett; April 30 at FBC Columbia; May 2 at Judson Baptist Church, Nashville; May 6 at Madison Avenue Baptist […]
May 21, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorBLOUNTVILLE — Members of First Baptist Church, Blountville, said goodbye to their pastor Clay Austin on April 28 after 38 years of ministry. The church showered Austin and his wife, Anita, with several gifts and capped it off by naming him pastor emeritus. “No church in this world wouldn’t be honored to […]
May 20, 2024
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBCLARKSVILLE — It is said that the key to good parenting is knowing when to hold your child’s hand and when to let go. Ronny Raines, in a sense, feels the same is true in church planting. Raines is the senior pastor at First Baptist Church, Clarksville. When he arrived at […]
May 17, 2024
By David DawsonCommunications specialist, TBMBCOLLIERVILLE — Cole Rogers said he picked up numerous new ideas during the 2024 Collegiate Leadership Summit. But Rogers, collegiate ministry specialist at Belmont University, said that wasn’t his biggest take-away from the three-day event. Instead, Rogers said that being reminded that college ministry is about “being centered on prayer more […]
May 15, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorFRANKLIN — In 1974, Tennessee Baptist Adult Homes was founded when Tennessee Baptists saw the need for developing a residential ministry for the aging senior adult population in the state. Fifty years later, TBAH is still meeting that original need, but has expanded its ministry to include residential care for […]
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