Telling the Story of Tennessee Baptists Since 1835
January 24, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorFRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,519,808 through the Cooperative Program in December. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $5,433,698 through the Cooperative Program giving channel which funds missions and ministry in Tennessee, the nation and around the world. After two months of the 2023-24 fiscal year, gifts from TBC […]
January 23, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorFRANKLIN — The Committee on Boards and Committee on Committees have jointly developed forms for Tennessee Baptists to use in recommending individuals for service on Tennessee Baptist Convention boards or committees. Tennessee Baptists are strongly encouraged to go online at www.tnbaptist.org/boardrec to recommend fellow Tennessee Baptists to serve on the Tennessee Baptist […]
January 23, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — In November of 2014, messengers at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention adopted the Five Objectives, a strategic 10-year plan for the ministry of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and churches throughout the TBC. Nearly a decade later, the time frame for the Five Objectives […]
January 21, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorMOUNT JULIET — With snow and ice and single digit temperatures all across Tennessee, some areas in the state are experiencing water shortages. Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, received a request on Friday (Jan. 19) from Stan Wafler, associational missionary for Beech River Baptist Association, that […]
January 19, 2024
By Julie WaltersWMU communications writerBIRMINGHAM — From Alaska to Maine, nearly 200 missions leaders from across the country gathered Jan. 6-8 on Missionary Ridge in Birmingham for Woman Missionary Union’s January board meeting. Vickie Anderson, executive director of Tennessee WMU, cited the national meeting as one of her highlights each year. “From hearing testimonies, updates […]
January 17, 2024
By Diana ChandlerBaptist PressCLARKSVILLE — First Baptist Church of Clarksville Visitation Pastor Bill Graham has desired continuous citywide prayer for the city ever since reading about the Unceasing Prayer Movement in Austin, Texas. There, Kie Bowman helps lead pastors in making sure someone is praying every minute of the year. First Clarksville hosted Bowman, who […]
January 12, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorWes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, put all teams “on alert” on Friday morning in anticipation of potential severe weather in the state.
January 11, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorFRANKLIN — Historic and horrific. Pleasing and perplexing. Elation and agony. The year 2023 played out like a roller-coaster, taking Tennesseans through almost every emotion imaginable. And, as has been the case since 1835, the Baptist and Reflector helped tell the stories that shaped the year. The content below recaps some of […]
January 10, 2024
By Lonnie Wilkey and David DawsonBaptist and ReflectorFRANKLIN — During 2023 Tennessee Baptists began laying the groundwork for future ministry in the Tennessee Baptist Convention while meeting needs and ministering to people across the state and around the world. The following is a synopsis of the top stories in 2023: Acts 2:17 Initiative: The Acts […]
January 8, 2024
By Tim EllsworthContributing writer, Baptist and Reflector BROWNSVILLE — The final notes of “Wherever He Leads I’ll Go” fluttered through the sanctuary of Calvary Baptist Church on Dec. 31. After 49 years as church pianist, Jan Prine closed her hymnal and turned off the light on the piano. She had played her last song for […]
December 27, 2023
By Baptist and ReflectorKNOXVILLE — Katherine Fortner, a member of Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, Knoxville, has volunteered at Western Heights Baptist Center for at least 35 years. At the age of 91, Fortner still serves as ministry assistant to Western Heights director Shannon Washam. “You can’t be around this place long without seeing a need,” […]
December 26, 2023
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorKNOXVILLE — In the late 1980s through the 1990s, Ben and Annabelle Hall, then members of Gillespie Avenue Baptist Church in Knoxville, were fixtures at Western Heights Baptist Center, a ministry of the Knox County Association of Baptists. “They came as volunteers to the Baptist Center every Tuesday and Thursday […]
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