Featured

APPRECIATE YOUR PASTOR? LET HIM KNOW!

October 7, 2021

By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing columnist, B&R “Pastors need to hear they are appreciated,” says Randy Kellough, pastor of Woodland Baptist Church in Haywood County. Woodland, a small Southern Baptist church, is like 27.4 percent of the churches in the United States. and ranges in size of 51-100 (LifewayResearch.com). During Pastor Appreciation Day last year, the children of the church made a notebook and presented it to Kellough. Working on drawings

Read More...

THREE TENNESSEE TRUSTEES RESIGN AS SBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WAIVES ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE

October 6, 2021

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected]   NASHVILLE — Three  Tennessee members of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention resigned from the entity Oct. 5 prior to the remaining EC members voting to waive attorney-client privileges — a sticking point in the past several weeks to allowing a third-party investigator to move forward with its investigation of Executive Committee’s handling of sexual abuse cases as mandated by messengers of the 2021 SBC annual meeting.    

Read More...

I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU — DO YOU REALLY?

October 6, 2021

By Johnnie C. Godwin Contributing columnist, B&R I tend to introduce myself to most everybody I meet. Of course, I may have to ask their name the next time I meet them, but I usually remember our meeting.  Recently, a young fellow in our church got my introduction after I got his name, and he said, “I know you, Johnnie. I know all about you.” Gently, I recalled an event

Read More...

FIVE REASONS WHY ‘CP’ IS SO IMPORTANT

October 5, 2021

By Matt Tullos Assistant to the Executive Director Yes, Southern Baptists are legendary for lots of reasons. We are the largest protestant association of churches. People see our Disaster Relief hats, trucks and chain saws on the news, and traveling down the interstate.  Our seminaries train over 23,000 students every year. And some would say we invented the casserole! But the greatest thing about being a Southern Baptist often flies

Read More...

TENNESSEE ELECTRICIAN LEVERAGES HOBBY TO GLORIFY THE LORD

October 4, 2021

By Maggie Evans The Baptist Paper KNOXVILLE — Chopping firewood might not be everybody’s idea of a good time, but for Gary Cate, it’s something he genuinely enjoys.  Chain saws definitely make his job easier, but it’s such a source of enjoyment for Cate that he and his wife heat their house with a wood fire when the weather gets cold.  “It’s just something that I’ve done my whole life,”

Read More...

FAITH CARRIES CHURCH, PASTOR THROUGH MAJOR CRISIS

October 1, 2021

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MORRISTOWN — It’s probably safe to say that not many pastors experienced an introduction to their first pastorate like Jason Lemka encountered last year at Roe Junction Baptist Church in Morristown. Lemka, who has been a member of Roe Junction for about 20 years, was elected as pastor of the church just as a worldwide pandemic was getting underway. Three weeks later,

Read More...

GOD’S WAREHOUSE NEVER RUNS OUT OF SUPPLIES

September 30, 2021

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MORRISTOWN — Don Owen never ceases to be amazed at what God can do. He has seen it time and time again. Owen, who became involved in disaster relief more than two decades ago, has seen the ministry in Nolachucky Baptist Association evolve to six ministries (DR, Baptist Builders, Midwest Food Bank, God’s Warehouse Services, Harvest of Israel and Water Rescue) currently

Read More...

VOLUNTEERING TO ‘GO, LOVE, SERVE’

September 29, 2021

By David Dawson [email protected] CLEVELAND — Jordan Easley understands the value of gathering, but he also sees the importance of scattering.  Easley, pastor of First Baptist Church, Cleveland, wants his church to be in motion; he wants his members to be on the go.  As a means of putting that into practice, the church recently hosted its second “acts of service” day. The ministry  — officially called “Go. Love. Serve.”

Read More...

STATE EVANGELISM CONFERENCE RETURNING TO TENNESSEE AFTER LENGTHY ABSENCE

September 28, 2021

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — An “old friend” is returning to the Tennessee Baptist Convention in 2022. After an absence of at least 15 years, the annual state evangelism  conference will be brought back. The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board will sponsor the Win Tennessee State Evangelism Conference Jan. 30-31 at New Vision Baptist Church in Murfreesboro.  Mark Miller, baptism-discipleship team leader for the TBMB, recalls

Read More...

ERLC LEADERS ACCUSED OF ‘BLATANT DECEPTION’

September 28, 2021

By Chris Turner and Lonnie Wilkey NASHVILLE — Former Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission President Russell Moore and then-ERLC board chair David Prince committed a “blatant deception” by consciously concealing from ERLC trustees information that was eventually leaked to the press ahead of the 2021 annual Southern Baptist Convention meeting and that was intended to “trigger a polity and trust crisis among SBC messengers.” The claims were made in a

Read More...
Subscribe
Advertise
Classifieds
About

Popular Posts

Recent Posts