Baptist & Reflector FRANKLIN — With just over four months to go in the 2017-18 Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions year, gifts are running 4.75 percent behind the same point last year. This leaves the offering about 18 percent short of the $1.925 million goal.
May 20 is set as the second annual day of prayer for Tennessee Baptist Conference Centers By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tim Bearden said last year was a good start. Now, he is hoping for even greater participation — and more impactful results — during the second annual Day of Prayer for the Tennessee Baptist Conference Centers. Bearden, the TBMB’s conference centers senior manager, is encouraging churches
Union University News Office JACKSON — Union University trustees at their April 6 meeting approved a $91.2 million budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, a resolution of appreciation for the Lady Bulldogs basketball team, and a number of Union faculty members for promotions, tenure, and research leaves.
Baptist Press DALLAS — Appointments to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Committee on Committees have been announced by SBC President Steve Gaines, pastor of the Memphis-area Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BEAN STATION — Tennessee Baptists are ministering to families affected by the raid on a Bean Station slaughterhouse on April 5. Federal agents raided Southeastern Provisions, a cattle slaughterhouse in Grainger County, as part of a probe on allegations that the company was paying undocumented immigrants cash to avoid paying $2.5 million in payroll taxes over the past three years, according to the
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector GREENBRIER — By her own admission, Kim Harmon led a “fairy tale” life. She was reared in a pastor’s home and later married and became a pastor’s wife. And even though she had chosen a career in law enforcement which can have its “ups and downs,” Harmon had not experienced a true crisis in her life. At least not until she received a
Tennessee Baptist vocational evangelists offer their opinions on revivals and evangelism By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JACKSON — In a day when the word “revival” is making a comeback, usually in the secular sense, fewer and fewer Southern Baptist churches are having multi-day revivals. And, even one-day “harvest revivals” aren’t as in demand as they once were. As a result, the number of vocational evangelists across the Southern
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
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
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
Baptist & Reflector FRANKLIN — With just over four months to go in the 2017-18 Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions year, gifts are running 4.75
May 20 is set as the second annual day of prayer for Tennessee Baptist Conference Centers By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tim
Union University News Office JACKSON — Union University trustees at their April 6 meeting approved a $91.2 million budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, a
Baptist Press DALLAS — Appointments to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Committee on Committees have been announced by SBC President Steve Gaines, pastor of the Memphis-area
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BEAN STATION — Tennessee Baptists are ministering to families affected by the raid on a Bean Station slaughterhouse
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector GREENBRIER — By her own admission, Kim Harmon led a “fairy tale” life. She was reared in a
Tennessee Baptist vocational evangelists offer their opinions on revivals and evangelism By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JACKSON — In a day when the
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 —
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
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,