By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector SUGAR LAND — With Hurricane Irma and possible other major storms looming in the future, Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers kept their focus on victims of Hurricane Harvey last week. Dozens of Tennessee Baptist DR volunteers served in the Houston area, many of them at Sugar Land Baptist Church in Sugar Land, a suburb southwest of Houston.
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector JOHNSON CITY – When the Lord speaks to Thomas Cook’s heart, the conversation often involves a very big number. First, it was a thousand dollars. Now, it’s a thousand churches. Cook, a recent graduate of ETSU, is currently working on a project in which he is attempting to bring together representatives from 1,000 different churches for a night of worship and prayer. The event
Story updated at 6:00 p.m., Sept. 4 By Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams have arrived in Sugarland, Texas, and have set up operations at Sugarland Baptist Church, according to Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. The feeding unit is set to begin providing meals on Tuesday, Sept. 5, while flood recovery teams and other volunteers will begin working upon
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector CHATTANOOGA — Thanks to a unique form of outreach, Spring Creek Road Baptist Church in Chattanooga is experiencing new growth — in more ways than one. With hopes of reaching the local area for Christ, the church created the “Community Garden of Life” last year by transforming a vacant lot into a vegetable garden. Over the past two summers, the garden has produced cucumbers,
Hurricane Harvey is shaping up to potentially be the greatest natural disaster in our history. Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams are staged and ready, but they need your financial support to sustain what will be a prolonged effort. TBMB Executive Director Randy C. Davis offers a timely perspective on what Tennessee Baptists are doing and will do, and how you can help. Please visit http://www.TNDisasterRelief.org for more information.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LENOIR CITY — Listen to reports of world news and you will hear of the struggles faced by people in Venezuela, a country rocked by political turmoil and chaos. Venezuelans are dying of hunger due to a severe food crisis in the country. Statistics reveal that 80 percent of the residents live in poverty and that many people only eat once or twice
Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief is monitoring Hurricane Harvey closely. As of Monday, Aug. 28, the Tennessee Baptist DR feeding unit was still on alert status while response/recovery units are on standby, said Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Alert status means there’s a good likelihood the feeding unit will be called out quickly while it’s more of a “wait
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — In certain situations, the role of team chaplain can have perks and privileges, even prestige. Darrin Reynolds isn’t interested in any of that. As chaplain of the Lebanon High School football team, Reynolds prefers to stay behind the scenes, providing support in ways that might not ever be noticed by anyone other than the players and coaches.
Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief is monitoring Hurricane Harvey closely. The Tennessee Baptist DR feeding unit was placed on alert Aug. 25 while response/recovery units have been put on standby, said Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Alert status means there’s a good likelihood the feeding unit will be called out quickly while it’s more of a “wait and see”
Editor’s Note: You can listen to Dave Howeth discuss the Tennessee/Send Denver partnership during Episode 11 of Radio B&R, the official news podcast of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. That podcast can be found here. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector DENVER – Dave Howeth is no stranger to Tennessee Baptists who remember him as a director of missions/church planter strategist in Montana during the years of the Tennessee/Montana
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector SUGAR LAND — With Hurricane Irma and possible other major storms looming in the future, Tennessee Baptist Disaster
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector JOHNSON CITY – When the Lord speaks to Thomas Cook’s heart, the conversation often involves a very big number.
Story updated at 6:00 p.m., Sept. 4 By Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams have arrived in Sugarland, Texas, and
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector CHATTANOOGA — Thanks to a unique form of outreach, Spring Creek Road Baptist Church in Chattanooga is experiencing new
Hurricane Harvey is shaping up to potentially be the greatest natural disaster in our history. Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams are staged and ready, but
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LENOIR CITY — Listen to reports of world news and you will hear of the struggles faced by
Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief is monitoring Hurricane Harvey closely. As of Monday, Aug. 28, the Tennessee Baptist DR feeding
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — In certain situations, the role of team chaplain can have perks and privileges, even prestige. Darrin Reynolds
Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief is monitoring Hurricane Harvey closely. The Tennessee Baptist DR feeding unit was placed on alert
Editor’s Note: You can listen to Dave Howeth discuss the Tennessee/Send Denver partnership during Episode 11 of Radio B&R, the official news podcast of the