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MANY CHURCHES PRIORITIZE DISCIPLESHIP, BUT HAVE NO PLAN
Pastors have a lot of thoughts about discipleship, but they aren’t sure it’s happening in their churches. In the first part of the State of Discipleship study from Lifeway Research, U.S. Protestant pastors shared their understanding of what discipleship means and how it best occurs. The full State of Discipleship
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NEW BOOK FEATURES SERMONS ON PHILIPPIANS BY PASTORS, PROFESSORS
JACKSON — Union University Press has published a new book, an exposition of Philippians, containing sermons preached in select chapel services during the spring semester of 2024. Edited by Ray
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FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS DISPLAYING OF TEN COMMANDMENTS IN TEXAS
SAN ANTONIO — A federal district judge in San Antonio blocked implementation of a law mandating the display of a prescribed version of the Ten Commandments in every Texas public
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LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE CHURCH!
Every church has a unique story of how God birthed and blessed them over the years. The congregation I lead, Englewood Baptist in Jackson, was the fruit of heartfelt prayer
SS Lessons
SEPT. 14: PROVISION
Focal Passage: Numbers 11:4-17 Recently, I traveled on a mission trip to Ecuador. In one village, the people graciously prepared lunch for our team—a local delicacy I hadn’t encountered before:
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WHAT IS THE AMY HOOD ENDOWMENT?
FRANKLIN — The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board is accepting applications for financial grants to help Baptist families adopt children through the Amy Hood Adoption Endowment Fund. The fund, established in January 2023, honors Amy Hood, an adoption advocate who died
AGAINST ALL ODDS
Foster & Adoption event at Broadway Baptist includes stories of families overcoming seemingly impossible circumstances MARYVILLE — Laura West can never be accused of failing to practice what she preaches. West, the founder of Blind Faith Ministries, is a relentless
SEPT. 7: THE JOURNEY
Focal Passage: Numbers 9:15-23 When I was a little boy in sunny Orlando, my dad often took my older brother and me on bike rides around our neighborhood. We rarely took the same route twice. At the start of each
SEPT. 7: THE GREATEST NAME
Focal Passage: Isaiah 42:1-12 The word G.O.A.T. is often used as an acronym for Greatest Of All Time. The next
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE DINOSAURS
I just wanted to know when dinosaurs lived. That’s it. That was the most profound biblical mystery swirling in my
‘FELLOWSHIP REVIVAL’ BRINGS COMMUNITY TOGETHER
Annual event, hosted by New Salem Baptist Association, has new site each night CARTHAGE — For five years the New
SPENCER TO RUN FOR TBC PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN — Dan Spencer, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Sevierville, will be nominated for the presidency of the Tennessee