Featured

IMB CELEBRATES WORK OF DEAF PATHWAY GLOBAL

By Ann Lovell Baptist Press BRENTWOOD — In 2020, Deaf people numbered nearly 70 million people around the world. Of those, 1,444 Deaf people die every day without Christ, according to IMB’s 2020 Annual Statistical Report. Most Deaf people around the world have none of the Bible in their heart sign language. Those numbers should concern any Great Commission Christian, IMB President Paul Chitwood told those at a June 15 gathering

Read More...

FIVE WAYS I WITNESSED GOD AT WORK AT CAMP

By Aaron Wilson Writer for Lifeway Christian Resources  Last week I spent five days serving as a chaperone with my church at Lifeway’s CentriKid camp (held at Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center in Linden). It was my 10-year-old twins’ first experience at camp and one of my first times back since I proposed to my wife at a Lifeway camp around 16 years ago. Leading up to this year’s camp, I

Read More...

MIRROR IMAGE STUDIES: DEVELOPING DEDICATED DISCIPLES

By Ken Carver Contributing writer, B&R COLLIERVILLE  — When Amy Dobson got serious — really serious — about her fellowship with Jesus, when she fervently pursued a much deeper walk with Him, little did she know that her spiritual path would lead to her writing the Mirror Image ladies’ Bible study series. Dobson wrote the first study in 2016. It was on Malachi. A two-part study on Galatians followed a

Read More...

NASHVILLE NATIVE SERVES REFUGEES, NEAR AND FAR, IN VARIETY OF WAYS

Editor’s note: The name of the Nashville resident who works with Middle Eastern refugees overseas has been changed for her protection.  IMB news office NASHVILLE — Meeting a refugee at a community center in Nashville helped set the trajectory where Evie Tucker finds herself today, working among Middle Eastern refugees in a community center overseas.   Nashville, Tucker’s hometown, is home to the largest population of refugees from one Middle

Read More...

VIRTUAL SERVICES CAN’T MEET ALL NEEDS

By Mike Farmer Director of missions, McMinn-Meigs Association of Baptists What a blessing to see so many “normal” church activities arriving on the schedule now. It has been a long, difficult year. I pray we have a greater appreciation for these normal activities. My question now is this, “What have we learned from the past year?” We should have learned the truth that God did not make us to be

Read More...

YEC CAMP TEACHES TEENS THE BAPTIST BASICS

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Prior to 2020, the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board provided events such as Super Summer and Impact for Baptist youth. Following a year’s absence due to COVID-19, camps for teenagers have returned but with a new name and purpose — YEC Camp. Nearly 400 Baptist youth from across the state gathered at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport and Linden

Read More...

VOLUNTEERS STEP UP AFTER COVID-19 TO HELP CAMPS

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] NEWPORT — One year after COVID-19 basically shut down Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport and Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center in Linden, the ministry is going once again. In recent weeks, the two conference centers have been abuzz with the sounds of children and youth enjoying the amenities offered at each conference center, the sharing of the gospel during worship

Read More...

TEACHING KIDS — WHEREVER IT LEADS

Jefferson County Baptists use local cemetery to provide BKC/VBS  By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] JEFFERSON CITY — John Pinkston served as interim associational missionary for Jefferson County Baptist Association for more than a year before he agreed to accept the position full time. In doing so, he left the pastorate of Buffalo Grove Baptist Church where he had served for nearly 30 years. Why? Pinkston had a

Read More...

VBS — IN PERSON AGAIN!

Tennessee Baptist churches report salvations By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — After being limited to virtual meetings and scaled-down gatherings last year because of the pandemic, Vacation Bible School and Backyard Kids Club are back with a bang. Churches across Tennessee are reporting incredible results from Vacation Bible School, said Vicki Hulsey, childhood specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. “I have never seen as much

Read More...

125 BAPTIST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS KIDNAPPED IN NIGERIA

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press KADUNA, Nigeria — About 125 students kidnapped from a Baptist church school in northern Nigeria are especially in danger because of their Christianity and the unwillingness of local authorities to pay a ransom, a leading persecution watchdog group told Baptist Press. “There have been many kidnappings of school children over the past few years,” said Nathan Johnson, International Christian Concern’s (ICC) regional manager for Africa.

Read More...