Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Messengers to the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, held during the Summit at Brentwood Baptist Church, Nov. 14-17, will consider a recommendation to establish a sexual abuse task force. Tennessee Baptist Mission Board directors approved the request of outgoing TBC President Bruce Chesser that a recommendation come through the board during their scheduled meeting at Brentwood Baptist on Nov. 15.  Chesser told the

By David Dawson [email protected] BRENTWOOD — This year’s Summit, the annual gathering of Tennessee Baptists, opened on Sunday night with three Baptist bedrocks: Praise, preaching and prayer.  Two simultaneous worship events — one at Brentwood Baptist Church, Brentwood, and the other at Tusculum Hills Baptist Church, Nashville — served as the official “tip-off” for the 2021 Summit. At Brentwood, several hundred people attended a Sunday night service that included praise music led by

TBMB restructures state’s ‘mission fields’ By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board has revamped its harvest field structure. Several years ago, the TBMB developed strategy geared toward reaching various sections of the state (harvest fields). The goal was to have a team leader assigned to it. That individual would then become the primary “face” of the TBMB to the churches and associations

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention President Bruce Chesser said Nov. 8 that he will ask the directors of Tennessee Baptist Mission Board to recommend that messengers to the annual meeting this month consider a recommendation that would create a Sexual Abuse Task Force. TBMB directors are scheduled to meet Monday, Nov. 15, prior to the annual meeting that is scheduled Nov. 16-17 at Brentwood Baptist Church, Brentwood.