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STARTED ON FAITH, SUSTAINED BY FAITH

February 11, 2021

Two-year-old church plant baptizes 45 people during pandemic By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] BRISTOL — Pastor Joel Kirk has a simple formula for planting a church: “It’s impossible to please God without faith.” So far, that formula has produced miracle after miracle for Realife Church in Bristol, a congregation that will not be three years old until the Sunday after Easter this year. Kirk recalled that on

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THIS TIME, IT’S COMING TO YOU

February 9, 2021

Churches invited to host watch parties for YEC this year By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — For more than two years, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board youth specialist Jay Barbier has been thinking about the possibility of restructuring the annual Youth Evangelism Conference. The COVID-19 pandemic opened the door for those changes to be made. The conference, which has been a popular event for more than 50 years,

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AFRICAN AMERICAN MISSIONARIES HONORED BY IMB

February 8, 2021

IMB staff RICHMOND — The International Mission Board is celebrating the ongoing and indelible legacy of African Americans who have served and are serving on the mission field.  IMB President Paul Chitwood says as the organization reflects on its history, Southern Baptists must be quick to confess the organization began with roots in slavery. “Only God’s redeeming love and the reconciling power of the Gospel could result not only in

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RECOMMENDATIONS SOUGHT FOR BOARDS, COMMITTEES

February 7, 2021

FRANKLIN — Below is a replica of the recommendation form which the Committee on Boards and Committee on Committees have jointly developed for Tennessee Baptists to use in recommending individuals for service on Tennessee Baptist Convention boards or committees. Tennessee Baptists are strongly encouraged to go online at www.tnbaptist.org/boardrec and make recommendations of fellow Tennessee Baptists to serve on the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, one of the seven institutional boards

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RECOMMENDATIONS SOUGHT FOR BOARDS, COMMITTEES

February 7, 2021

FRANKLIN — Below is a replica of the recommendation form which the Committee on Boards and Committee on Committees have jointly developed for Tennessee Baptists to use in recommending individuals for service on Tennessee Baptist Convention boards or committees. Tennessee Baptists are strongly encouraged to go online at www.tnbaptist.org/boardrec and make recommendations of fellow Tennessee Baptists to serve on the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, one of the seven institutional boards

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RECOMMENDATIONS SOUGHT FOR BOARDS, COMMITTEES

February 7, 2021

FRANKLIN — Below is a replica of the recommendation form which the Committee on Boards and Committee on Committees have jointly developed for Tennessee Baptists to use in recommending individuals for service on Tennessee Baptist Convention boards or committees. Tennessee Baptists are strongly encouraged to go online at www.tnbaptist.org/boardrec and make recommendations of fellow Tennessee Baptists to serve on the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, one of the seven institutional boards

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‘MK’ FROM ITALY FINDS NICHE AT UNION

February 6, 2021

By Sarah Goff Union University news office JACKSON — Like so many seniors, Union University freshman Emma Worthy’s last year of high school looked very different because of the COVID-19 pandemic. What makes her story different is she was separated from her family by hundreds of miles and a few countries. Worthy’s parents are International Mission Board missionaries in Tuscany, Italy. She was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but her

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FAITH, FEAR, HUMILITY IN AN UPSIDE-DOWN WORLD

February 5, 2021

By Roger S. Oldham Pastor engagement specialist, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Faith, not fear! These words appear routinely on social media sites. They have been turned into wall art and splashed on T-shirts by Christian retailers during the global pandemic. For some, this is a whisper of faith directed to the Lord, a declaration that their confidence rests in the Lord’s provision and protection in uncertain times.  They exercise prudence

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WITH COVID, A CUP OF SOUP IS A HUGE GIFT

February 4, 2021

By Bruce Chesser President, Tennessee Baptist Convention Senior pastor, First Baptist Church, Hendersonville On Nov. 20, 2020, I was conducting a wedding rehearsal in southern Kentucky. The plans for the wedding had changed significantly. It had gone from a large celebration of several hundred family and friends to a very small gathering of just family.  We wanted to be as responsible as possible and follow all of the proper protocols.

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ARE WE ‘LOST IN DISTRACTION’ OR ‘NOW FOR MISSIONS!’

February 2, 2021

By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director It only takes a spark to start a controversy. It was just one article, but its publishing in 1896 ignited a flashfire reaction across the Southern Baptist Convention. Sides formed. People postured. Proverbial lines were drawn in the sand. Rhetorical flames fueled by passionate conviction rose higher and higher and threatened to gut any good work Southern Baptists had accomplished.  

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