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FACING THE FUTURE

BCM leaders cautiously optimistic about ‘returning to normal’ for 2021-22 year By David Dawson [email protected] FRANKLIN — Given all that they’ve been through over the past 18 months, Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) leaders are beginning to think that strange is the new normal.  Last fall, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, BCM leaders were sent scrambling when most college campuses became almost desolate. Classes were mostly held in online

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LEE SHOWED LOVE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

Legendary Tennessee pastor was known to send letters of encouragement  By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] TULLAHOMA — Most Southern Baptists have heard of Robert G. Lee, the longtime former pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis.  He was a past president of both the Tennessee Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention and may be best known for his sermon, “Payday Someday.” Not many people, however, may

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PROTECTING THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS

Nashville attorney has spent lifetime helping entities preserve stewardship integrity By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Mention the name Jim Guenther to any Southern Baptist who sits on the pew of an average Southern Baptist church across the nation and you will probably get a blank look. Few people know the name of the Nashville attorney who has spent the better part of seven decades protecting

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TENNESSEE DR TO PROVIDE FLOOD RELIEF

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] WAVERLY — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief has set up an incident command post, recovery, chaplains and shower trailer at Trace Creek Baptist Church in New Johnsonville to assist flood victims in Humphreys County while First Baptist Church, Waverly, and other congregations also are responding to those devastated by the flooding that occurred over the weekend.  More than 17 inches of rain fell in

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GEN Z WANTS TO SPREAD GOSPEL BY EXAMPLE AND UNDERSTAND OTHERS, STUDY SAYS

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press CHICAGO — Gen Z Christians prefer to share their faith by example rather than exhortation, according to a new Barna Research study in conjunction with Alpha USA, an evangelism program popular among many churches including Southern Baptists. More than half of Gen Z Christians, 53 percent, have a very positive view of letting the way they live be the primary witness of their faith to

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FBC GALLATIN ADJUSTS MINISTRY AS COVID-19, DELTA VARIANT CASES RISE

By Scott Barkley Baptist Press GALLATIN – A week ago, pastor Travis Fleming of First Baptist Church, Gallatin, thought all-digital worship services, recommended masking and strict social distancing were a thing of the past. But after a July 25 baptism service, reports began to trickle in of members testing positive for COVID-19. By Thursday, when several positive cases had been reported at First Baptist, a team consisting of Fleming, deacons,

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COVID-19 AND PERSONAL FAITH

By Todd E. Brady Vice President For University Ministries, Union University, Jackson Just when it seemed like life was getting back to some sense of normalcy, now there is talk about a new Delta variant of COVID-19 going around. After months of washing up, social-distancing and wearing face coverings, are we getting ready for yet another round of doing it all over again?  Sunday after church, I stopped to fill

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COVID-19 AND PERSONAL FAITH

By Todd E. Brady Vice President For University Ministries, Union University, Jackson Just when it seemed like life was getting back to some sense of normalcy, now there is talk about a new Delta variant of COVID-19 going around. After months of washing up, social-distancing and wearing face coverings, are we getting ready for yet another round of doing it all over again?  Sunday after church, I stopped to fill

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THE ANSWER FOR AN UNSETTLED WORLD

By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Our world is an unsettled place.  Just look across our state, our country and around the world. We live in days of constant change, high anxiety and rampant fear. In fact, a recent Lifeway Research study found that the feeling people most wanted to avoid, and are most concerned with, is fear. That’s the first time fear has

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LASTING LEGACY: TEACHING YOUTH TO LOVE GOD’S WORD

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] HUNTINGDON — Marge Tucker has no idea how many youth she has taught in Sunday School or led through Bible drills over the past 55 years. “It’s a bunch,” she acknowledged, but then again, it was never about numbers for “Miss Marge” as she is affectionately known at First Baptist Church, Huntingdon.   Her main desire and love has been to teach

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