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CHURCH PLANT BRANCHES OUT
Salem Baptist, Hope Church celebrate ‘capstone moment’ KNOXVILLE — It can be said that Hope Church is a plant that no longer needs to be watered. After three years of hard work, steadfast praying and unwavering commitment, Hope Church has transitioned from being an extension of Salem Baptist Church into
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EIGHT WAYS TO ‘SERVE’ FIRST RESPONDERS
Mission fields are everywhere, and your community has an important one. Your local law enforcement community is often overlooked, but your church can make an impact. Here are eight ways
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IMB LOOKS TO BUILD AFRICAN AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN OVERSEAS MISSIONS
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) – Community missions is well known and established in African American churches. Quintell Hill is working to see that passion become just as evident for international missions.
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KEYS TO LIVING THE ‘PRESSING’ LIFE
The Apostle Paul was not casual or sentimental in writing to the Philippians regarding the Christian life. He was intentional, directional, and disciplined. It was forward movement — pressing, straining,
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APRIL 5: OUR TASK
Focal Passage: Matthew 15:1-11, 16-20 Some news changes everything. Maybe it’s a doctor telling you, “The tests came back clear,” or it’s a soldier hearing, “The war is over,” or
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EQUAL PROTECTION AND ABORTION
For most of my ministry and pro-life activism, my moral framework around abortion has been relatively straightforward: Abortion is the unjust taking of innocent human life, and therefore Christians must oppose it. That conviction has never wavered. What has been
ABOLISHING ABORTION WOULD GUARD CHRIST’S IMAGE-BEARERS
I’ve been pro-life my whole life. I believe that human life and value begin at conception. Only in the past few years have I learned that many leaders within the pro-life movement do not believe the same. That’s why I’m
THE PATH TO ENDING ABORTION
For decades, Southern Baptists have affirmed the sanctity of life through resolutions, public witness and local church ministry. We have supported the work of pregnancy centers, actively advocated for legal reform and prayed for the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
SEEKING CHRIST-CENTERED ANSWERS TO ABORTION QUESTIONS
The recently penned House Bill 570, which calls for women seeking abortion procedures to potentially be charged with murder, has
TBC CP GIFTS BEHIND BUDGET
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,478,697 through the Cooperative Program in February. For the year-to-date,
TENNESCENE: MARCH 18
DEATHS Rev. Norman A. Arp, of Vonore, died Feb. 26 at home surrounded by his family. He was 92. Norman
TBDR: NEARLY 1,000 ‘FERN’ JOBS COMPLETE
NASHVILLE — Nearly six weeks after Winter Storm Fern brought historic ice and snowfall to Tennessee, Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief
