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GIVING A PART OF PASTOR’S, CHURCH’S DNA

April 9, 2018

Editor’s Note: View the Cooperative Program video featuring David Green at the end of this article. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector GREENEVILLE — First Baptist Church, Greeneville, has been giving through the Cooperative Program since the Southern Baptist funding channel was established in 1926. First Baptist currently gives 13 percent of its undesignated receipts through the Cooperative Program, said David Green, who has served as pastor of the

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WMU EVENT LASTS BEYOND CONFERENCE

April 5, 2018

Attendees encouraged to stay engaged all year By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector GATLINBURG — From Vickie Anderson’s perspective, the most important piece of WMU’s annual Missions Get-Together and Connection conference doesn’t occur during the weekend of the event. Rather, it is the days, weeks and months after the conference that are the most significant, and the most satisfying, to Anderson, the executive director of Tennessee WMU. “For me, the

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REBUILDING DOMINICA: ONE ROOF AT A TIME

April 4, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LA PLAINE, Dominica — It’s been more than six months since Hurricane Maria hit shore in La Plaine, Dominica, leaving behind a trail of devastation and destruction. Yet, not much has changed for the better for the majority of Dominicans. Most of the homes in the country still do not have electricity. Those that do are dependent upon gas-powered generators. Many homes have

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STUDY: CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS PROVIDE $60 BILLION IMPACT

March 29, 2018

From C-N news office WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 142 Christian colleges and universities, including Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, that are affiliated with the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) generate more than $60 million in economic impact each year, according to a new study.

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EC’S PAGE RESIGNS OVER ‘PERSONAL FAILING’

March 27, 2018

By Art Toalston Baptist Press Frank S. Page has resigned as president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, effective today (March 27) over what is described as “a morally inappropriate relationship in the recent past.”

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TENNESSEAN RALLIES SMALL CHURCH MESSENGERS

March 22, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector TRENTON — A West Tennessee Baptist pastor who wants small and medium membership churches to have a voice in the denomination is rallying churches to send messengers to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention to be held June 12-13 in Dallas.

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TBMB’S ROSE REFLECTS ON HER ‘FIRST LOVE’

March 22, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — During her 21 years on staff of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, Lana Rose has worked in a number of ministry areas, but when “push comes to shove,” she admits that working with church secretaries/administrative assistants over the years has been her “first love.”

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STAYING TRUE, STAYING STRONG

March 20, 2018

YEC celebrates 50 years of life-changing decisions, remains focused on gospel By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — Keith Watson has seen the Youth Evangelism Conference from almost every angle. He first started going to the event as a boy in the 1970s, and has rarely missed the annual gathering in the years since. Watson, 53, traveled to downtown Nashville again this year to be a part of the

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