By Joy Allmond LifeWay news office HENDERSONVILLE — Robby Gallaty isn’t who you think he is.  At least that’s what billboards in the greater Nashville area said of Gallaty, pastor of Long Hollow Baptist Church in nearby Hendersonville, in the weeks leading up to the church’s 2016 Easter service. The message — meant to mimic a smear campaign — gained national media attention and garnered 14,000 attendees on Easter, doubling

Merry CHRISTmas and Happy New Year    From Tennessee Baptist Mission Board president and executive director Randy C. Davis and the staff of the TBMB.

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention leaders Randy C. Davis and Bruce Chesser have followed up on a resolution passed by Tennessee Baptists at their annual meeting in November at First Baptist Concord in Knoxville with a letter to Tennessee’s state senators. Tennessee Baptists approved without opposition a resolution in support of life and Tennessee Senate Bill 1236.

By Erik Reed Baptist Press LEBANON — My son did not live one more day than God planned; and he did not live one day less either. This truth is one I keep returning to each day as my family and I grieve the death of my son, Kaleb. He was 15-years-old. Trials and afflictions marked his life. Into the crucible He was born 10 weeks premature with one of

By Bill Sorrell Contributing Writer, B&R TRENTON — From wheelchair to state championship to Mr. Football, Cooper Baugus has rolled his way into the record books. A senior quarterback at Peabody High School, Baugus was named the 2A Tennessee Titans Mr. Football on Dec. 2 at Nissan Stadium. He is the first Mr. Football winner in school history. “It meant the world to me when they called my name,” said

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] FRANKLIN — Willie McLaurin, a staff member of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board for nearly 15 years, was named Dec. 17 as vice president for Great Commission relations and mobilization for the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention — a new position created to maximize resources and gospel impact at the EC. In his new role with the Executive Committee, McLaurin will have responsibilities for

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] HENDERSONVILLE — Bruce Chesser, who was elected as the new president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention in November, is excited over the convention’s current direction. His motto for the upcoming year? “Don’t mess it up,” Chesser said with a smile. “Our state convention is in great shape under the leadership of Randy C. Davis,” observed Chesser, pastor of First Baptist Church, Hendersonville, for the past 10