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PRAYER GROUP HELPS PASTORS’ WIVES CONNECT

March 1, 2021

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Jeanne Davis was determined to bring pastors’ wives together. Even if they had to stay apart. Fortunately, the internet made that possible. Davis, the wife of Tennessee Baptist Mission Board president and executive director Randy C. Davis, teamed up last spring with Melody Cain, the wife of First Baptist Church, Seymour, pastor Corey Cain, and several others to create the TBC

UNDERSTAND THE DANGER OF THE EQUALITY ACT

February 26, 2021

Editor’s Note: The following is an open correspondence to Tennessee Baptists by Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Tennessee Baptists, it’s time for vigilance and action. We stood for life and were heard just a couple of years ago when we needed to speak into prolife legislation here in Tennessee, and now we need to stand and express our voices on a

SBC DISFELLOWSHIPS SEVIER COUNTY BAPTIST CHURCH

February 26, 2021

Compiled by B&R staff NASHVILLE — A Southern Baptist Convention church affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention and the Sevier County Association of Baptists is one of four churches that have been disfellowship by the SBC Executive Committee (EC). Antioch Baptist Church in Sevierville was dropped for employing a pastor who confessed to two counts of statutory rape. Also disfellowship for affirming homosexuality were Towne View Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Ga., and St. Matthews Baptist

ROOTED IN GALLATIN, VIRTUAL CHURCH PLANT NOW REACHING THE WORLD

February 25, 2021

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] GALLATIN — A year ago, a virtual church plant was unheard of in Tennessee Baptist life. Now, thanks to Hispana Iglesia Bautista Gallatin, the concept is “a new tool in the toolbox,” according to William Burton, church planting specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Hispana Iglesia Bautista was birthed in September last year after Burton had preached earlier in the summer

SAFETY, SECURITY AND SALVATION

February 23, 2021

Love World, Welcome House impact Knoxville, and the world, for Christ By Trennis Henderson WMU National Correspondent KNOXVILLE — How can the crisis of an Iraqi refugee family’s house fire help churches engage young women in missions involvement amid their busy 21st century lives? Several congregations in the Knoxville area are discovering the answer through hands-on interaction with such ministry groups as Love World, Welcome House Knoxville and Knoxville Internationals

EQUIPPED AND ENCOURAGED FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE

February 18, 2021

By Charles A. Fowler President, Carson-Newman University, Jefferson City During these days of COVID-19, it seems that every task leaders perform takes longer, is more complex, and draws more criticism than appreciation. Consequently, many pastors and leaders of Christian ministries are discouraged, frustrated and even depressed. These are difficult days for all of us. None seem to be immune to the multitude of challenges resulting from this season of pandemic.

LONG DAYS FOR LEADERS

February 17, 2021

Pastors express ‘decision fatigue’ and ‘ministerial frustration’ as COVID-19 pandemic lingers By Diana Chandler Baptist Press LEXINGTON — For the second time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Rock Hill Baptist Church in rural west Tennessee was resuming onsite worship. Then, Pastor Richard Bray was exposed to the virus and the church had to transition once again to remote worship while Bray waited weeks for his test results. Bray became a

UNION’S CLASS OF 2020 PLACEMENT RATE AT 98 PERCENT DESPITE DIFFICULT YEAR

February 16, 2021

Union University news office JACKSON — Ninety-eight percent of Union University’s class of 2020 were employed or enrolled in graduate school within six months of receiving their degree, according to an “Undergraduate First-Destination Survey” conducted by the Vocation Center for Life Calling and Career. The placement rate for Union’s class of 2019 was also 98 percent. For the classes of 2018 and 2017, placement rates were 95 percent, and in

CHURCHES TURNING TO ‘ONLINE PASTORS’ TO FOSTER COMMUNITY DURING PANDEMIC

February 15, 2021

By Scott Barkley Baptist Press HENDERSONVILLE — Since Long Hollow Baptist Church began experiencing what pastor Robby Gallaty calls “a genuine move of God” last month, roughly 300 people have traveled to its Tennessee campus from all over the country to be baptized. One group came forward – some scheduled, others spontaneously – at the church’s first Tuesday prayer service on Jan. 19, which lasted more than two hours. Twenty-two more were

CHURCH DISPLAYS TRUE ‘GIVING SPIRIT’

February 12, 2021

Despite pandemic, Hilldale Baptist surpasses budget, mission goals By David Dawson [email protected] CLARKSVILLE — “In good times and in bad; in sickness and in health.” Those words, commonly heard at weddings, also describe the commitment displayed by the members of Hilldale Baptist Church, Clarksville, in 2020. Amid all the devastating details of last year, including economic hardships brought on by the pandemic, Hilldale had a record setting year in

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PRAYER GROUP HELPS PASTORS’ WIVES CONNECT

UNDERSTAND THE DANGER OF THE EQUALITY ACT

SBC DISFELLOWSHIPS SEVIER COUNTY BAPTIST CHURCH