By Chris Turner [email protected] The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has forced a significant amount of life change and possibly no part of our lives have changed more than the way we “do business.” Globally, organizations have shifted in-person meetings to virtual meetings. Churches are certainly included with worship services, staff meetings and small group meetings all adapting to some form of “video conferencing.” The use of technology has been a useful

Tennessee Baptist evangelists optimistic despite COVID-19 challenges By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] FRANKLIN — COVID-19 has affected every vocation imaginable, but one group that has flown under the radar is vocational evangelists. For most vocational evangelists, spring through fall is the busiest times for conducting revivals and other evangelistic events. “Certainly this virus has put a stop to all revivals and other events (special Sundays, conferences, etc.) that involve evangelists,” observed

COVID-19 creates challenges, leads to new campaign to reach students By David Dawson [email protected] FRANKLIN — Connecting with incoming freshmen is always a high priority for Baptist Campus Ministry leaders. Attempting to make those connections this fall, however, is going to look much different than it has in the past.  The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the cancelation of many of the traditional functions that are held in the weeks before