By Ashley Perham Contributing writer, B&R MOUNT JULIET — At the end of every quarter, Fred and Linda Berry of First Baptist Church, Mount Juliet, would drop their Sunday School material in the collection bins at church, not thinking that one day those collection bins would turn into their ministry. First Baptist donated the material to a ministry called Love Packages that collects used Bibles and Christian literature and ships

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] ROGERSVILLE — Randy Pressnell is no stranger to bivocational ministry. He served as a bivocational pastor early in his ministry and later on while he served on the faculty and staff of Clear Creek Baptist Bible College in Pineville, Ky. After retiring as the full-time pastor at First Baptist Church, Oneida, in January, Pressnell stepped into a new role on May 1 when he became the

By Art Toalston Contributing Writer, B&R FRANKLIN — R.G.B. Howell started a newspaper within a month after moving to Tennessee in January 1835. He called it The Baptist — forerunner 185 years ago to the Baptist and Reflector. “To unite, harmonize, and invigorate the church in this state,” Howell wrote in launching the paper, “some medium of communication is necessary, through which our brethren, in its various parts, should have