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November 5, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorSEVIERVILLE — East Tennessee Baptist Association director of missions Mike Hensley will be nominated as second vice president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Dan Spencer, pastor of First Baptist Church, Sevierville, notified the Baptist and Reflector on Nov. 2 of his intentions to nominate Hensley. “Mike Hensley brings to the table decades […]
November 5, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorFRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,108,755 through the Cooperative Program in October. The 2023-24 CP budget year ended Oct. 31. Tennessee Baptists gave $34,772,896 during the year. The amount is $301,794 or 0.9 percent more than was given in 2022-23. This year’s gifts were $227,104 or 0.65 percent below budget […]
November 5, 2024
By David Dawson [email protected] STANTON — Although the Ford Motor Company is slowing down its production schedule at BlueOval City, there are no plans to pump the brakes on the evangelism efforts in that region. In fact, the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and its partnering local churches say they plan to keep surging in West […]
November 4, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorELIZABETHTON — It’s been more than a month since Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc in northeast Tennessee but Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are still on the job. The TBDR incident command post that was previously at First Baptist Church in Dandridge transitioned two weeks ago to Grace Baptist Church, Elizabethton. […]
October 31, 2024
By Marissa Postell SullivanBaptist PressBRENTWOOD — It was the last night of a week of FUGE Camps in Mobile, Alabama, and groups were gearing up for Mega Relay – a high-energy relay race that involves everyone at camp and serves as the iconic close to each FUGE Camps session of the summer. As teams gathered […]
October 29, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorMURFREESBORO — Middle Tennessee State University experienced a day on campus on Monday, Oct. 28, that you never want to see happen, said Mark Whitt, collegiate ministry specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. According to Sidelines, MTSU’s student newspaper, a student died by suicide inside the James E. Walker Memorial Library on […]
October 28, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorELIZABETHTON — It’s been a month since Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc in northeast Tennessee but Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are still on the job. The TBDR incident command post that was previously at First Baptist Church in Dandridge transitioned last week to Grace Baptist Church, Elizabethton. The command post, […]
October 28, 2024
By Lonnie WilkeyEditor, Baptist & ReflectorNEWPORT — While hurting people in Cocke County and other counties in northeast Tennessee welcomed Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers, not as much help was needed because members of local churches already were helping each other and their neighbors. “It is amazing what the Lord has done through our churches,” […]
October 24, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorDANDRIDGE — When Kathy Henry was first approached about being a disaster relief chaplain she was hesitant because she saw it as more of a pastoral role. “I didn’t know if I was equipped to be a chaplain,” she said. After prayer and counsel from her husband Brock (who also is a […]
October 23, 2024
By Chris TurnerCommunications director, Tennessee Baptist Mission BoardLIMESTONE — Craig Ponder’s first impression of the ATV four-wheeler gang congregating in the church’s parking lot was not good. “I thought they were a bunch of tourists coming to check out the flood damage caused by Hurricane Helene,” he said. “I was wrong, and I’ve since apologized. […]
October 22, 2024
By Brandon ElrodBaptist PressROAN MOUNTAIN — The raging flood waters trapped one of Geren Street’s neighbors as he tried to escape in his truck. First responders were able to quickly answer the neighbor’s distress call and freed him from the vehicle as the force of the water pinned the truck door closed. In the days […]
October 22, 2024
By Baptist and ReflectorFRANKLIN — Union City pastor Justin Hiens will be nominated as vice president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention during The Summit, set for Nov. 11-13 in Murfreesboro. Ben Cowell, pastor of Brownsville Baptist Church, Brownsville, informed the Baptist and Reflector Oct. 21 that he will nominate Hiens. “He is a pastor whose […]
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