By Steven Aldridge Union Sports Information Director MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Mark Campbell, head women’s basketball coach at Union University, earned his 600th career victory Jan. 10 with the Lady Bulldogs’ win at Auburn University at Montgomery. Campbell became the fastest college basketball coach in history, across all divisions, to reach 600 wins.
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] CUMBERLAND CITY — As the crowd gathered at the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes’ campus in Brentwood to celebrate the facility’s newly refinished gym floor on the afternoon of Jan. 13, the basketball court wasn’t the only thing that was gleaming. So, too, were the faces of many in the crowd as they reflected on the amazing sequence of events that had taken place
BCM teams join forces with Disaster Relief members to provide aid to hurricane victims in North Carolina By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] WARSAW, N.C. — Some were Buccaneers. Some were Governors. Others were Mockingbirds, Volunteers, Tigers, Flames, Raiders and more. But for a few days in January, this group of more than 100 college students — representing roughly a dozen universities from around the state of Tennessee —
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] SHELBYVILLE — Last year Logan Reed was in the backseat of his parents’ car when they stopped at a red light and saw a homeless person holding a sign. He asked his dad about it and Scott Reed, pastor of Midland Heights Baptist Church, Shelbyville, responded the man did not have a home and needed money. Reed recalled that his son told
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press LOS ANGELES — Protecting children from obscenity on television has never been more difficult than in 2019, the Parents Television Council (PTC) said in listing the top five reforms the entertainment industry needs to make this year. “Even with the most diligent parental oversight, the industry has exceptional power and leverage to influence our children,” the PTC said. “But while the industry continues to produce
By Aaron Earls Lifeway Research Church pews may be full of teenagers, but a new study says college students might be a much rarer sight on Sunday mornings. Two-thirds (66 percent) of American young adults who attended a Protestant church regularly for at least a year as a teenager say they also dropped out for at least a year between the ages of 18 and 22, according to a new study
From Carson-Newman University JEFFERSON CITY – Carson-Newman University’s Appalachian Outreach Ministry (AO) was the recent recipient of a grant from the East Tennessee Foundation. The grant comes from the Jefferson Health Care Foundation Fund. The funding will help in three specific areas of need, according to AO Director Jean-Ann Washam, a member of Knoxville’s Corryton Church. “Part of this grant will go toward building wheelchair ramps for families who
From Union University JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University is accepting applications for committees that will plan events for the university’s bicentennial during the 2022-2023 academic year. “Union’s bicentennial celebration will be a significant event in the life of the university,” said Catherine Kwasigroh, Union’s vice president for institutional advancement. “For 200 years, by God’s grace, Union has been a significant institution in the state of Tennessee with an impact that
Parsons church experiences revitalization one year after fire destroys sanctuary By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] PARSONS — As the first anniversary of the fire that destroyed the building of Bear Creek Baptist Church in Parsons approaches, the memory of Jan. 21 is still vivid in the mind of pastor Adam Wood, down to the exact minutes. Bear Creek had ended its evening worship service and, as was typical, Wood and his
By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] LAFAYETTE — Though the front entrance door and windows were shot out of Calvary Baptist Church on Friday night, Jan. 4, and bullet holes remain inside the church, services went on as usual on Sunday, Jan. 6. Attendance was slightly below the normal average attendance of between 140-150 people each week, noted Johnny Beaver, pastor of the Bledsoe Baptist Association congregation in Macon County. It is
By Steven Aldridge Union Sports Information Director MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Mark Campbell, head women’s basketball coach at Union University, earned his 600th career victory Jan.
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] CUMBERLAND CITY — As the crowd gathered at the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes’ campus in Brentwood to celebrate
BCM teams join forces with Disaster Relief members to provide aid to hurricane victims in North Carolina By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] WARSAW,
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] SHELBYVILLE — Last year Logan Reed was in the backseat of his parents’ car when they stopped
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press LOS ANGELES — Protecting children from obscenity on television has never been more difficult than in 2019, the Parents Television
By Aaron Earls Lifeway Research Church pews may be full of teenagers, but a new study says college students might be a much rarer sight
From Carson-Newman University JEFFERSON CITY – Carson-Newman University’s Appalachian Outreach Ministry (AO) was the recent recipient of a grant from the East Tennessee Foundation.
From Union University JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University is accepting applications for committees that will plan events for the university’s bicentennial during the 2022-2023 academic
Parsons church experiences revitalization one year after fire destroys sanctuary By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] PARSONS — As the first anniversary of the fire that destroyed
By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] LAFAYETTE — Though the front entrance door and windows were shot out of Calvary Baptist Church on Friday night, Jan. 4,