Tennessee Baptist Foundation will assist ministers, laity with estate plans By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — The results of a recent survey about estate planning, contracted by the Nashville-based Southern Baptist Foundation, are disappointing but not surprising, said Bill Gruenewald, president of the Tennessee Baptist Foundation. The survey, conducted by LifeWay Research, revealed that more than half of Southern Baptist pastors do not have a will,

Baptist and Reflector CHATTANOOGA — A group of Tennessee Baptist volunteers worked hard over the summer months to help transform the Baptist Collegiate Ministry building at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Mark LeMay, properties management specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, and a five-member team from Red Bank Baptist Church in Chattanooga tore out a 25-ton fireplace that was hindering the work of the BCM due to poor space allocation,

Since its launch in 1998, site has seen upgrades, redesigns and expansion By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Although there was no cake or balloons to mark the occasion, the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board recently celebrated a birthday for one its most important team members: The TBMB website. With little fanfare but plenty of significance, the site hit the 20-year mark in June.