By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Just looking at Ternae “T.J.” Jordan Jr., one would never suspect that that he once lay in a hospital bed with a bullet in his head, fighting for his life. More than 23 years later, Jordan still has that bullet in his head but he has no visible scars at the bullet’s entry point. He now serves as assistant pastor at

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRISTOL — Robbie Carty is living proof that patience pays off. When he became pastor of Sunset Village Baptist Church, Bristol, seven years ago he readily admits the congregation “was stuck in a rut.” Members of Sunset Village did not want to change, he observed. They were content with maintaining the “status quo,” Carty related. “It took me six years to get them

By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector BORDEAUX — Bobby Hatfield admits he was the “hold out” in the group of the 14 remaining members of Bordeaux Baptist Church here in metropolitan Nashville. “I’ve been the hold out. I was committed to doing everything we can to keep the church open. …” “This is home church for us. … It was family,” he explained, noting that he and

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — The Tennessee Baptist Convention’s new Church Support Center is well on its way to becoming reality. Construction on the Church Support Center began soon after ground was broken on April 23 for the new facility, located just south of Franklin off I-65 on a former farm owned by the Berry family of Franklin for about 100 years.