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STUDY: CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS PROVIDE $60 BILLION IMPACT

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’

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

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’

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

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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IMB MISSIONARIES DIE FROM INJURIES AFTER ACCIDENT IN AFRICA

By Julie McGowan IMB public relations manager RICHMOND, Va. — International Mission Board missionaries Dr. Randy Arnett, 62, and Kathy Arnett, 61, died March 14, 2018, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Missouri-native missionaries served as theological education strategists for Africa. 

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ARLINGTON STAR DRIVEN BY FAITH

By Bill Sorrell Contributing writer, B&R ARLINGTON — Tate Kolwyck is a multi-sport star at Arlington High School and has signed to play baseball with perennial national power Vanderbilt University in Nashville. But there is more to Kolwyck than just his impressive on-the-field accomplishments. 

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