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NATIONAL WMU ELECTS SANDRA WISDOM-MARTIN

By Julie Walters WMU Communications BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Sandra “Sandy” Wisdom-Martin, executive director of WMU of Texas, was unanimously elected executive director/treasurer of Southern Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union, by the WMU executive board during a special called meeting July 29-30. Wisdom-Martin succeeds Wanda Lee, who has served as executive director of the 128-year-old missions organization for the past 16 years, effective Oct. 15. Wisdom-Martin was presented to the board by

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‘THE WORLD HAS COME TO TENNESSEE’

By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — A student from an Asian country visited the Baptist Collegiate Ministry Center at the University of Tennessee – Knoxville with her friend, Ladda Reed, who is from Thailand. She felt comfortable as she enjoyed the luncheons for UTK students and met other students, even internationals just hanging out, playing ping-pong, and relaxing on some of the sofas. She told

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TENNESSEE BAPTIST DR BRINGS GOD’S LOVE, HELP TO CITIZENS OF RAINELLE

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector RAINELLE, W.Va. — More than four weeks after this small town nestled in a valley in the mountains of West Virginia was hit hard by flooding, Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams are still helping families get back into their homes. More than 200 houses were damaged by flooding in late June. At least 23 people, including 15 in Rainelle, died the night flooding

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KEEPING CHURCH KIDS IN CHURCH

 Editor’s Note: This issue of the B&R focuses on the start of a new collegiate year and the efforts of Baptist Collegiate Ministries on campuses across Tennessee. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector COOKEVILLE — Little Johnny, Billy, Susie, and Katie were all reared in church. From the time they were born they attended church on Sunday mornings and nights and were in all the missions education programs and

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BATON ROUGE SHOOTING STIRS NEARBY CHURCHES

Baptist Message & Baptist Press BATON ROUGE, La. (BP) — Though heartbroken from Sunday’s deadly attack on Baton Rouge law enforcement officers, the community has hope for the future through Christ, said the pastor of a church mere feet away from a police barricade of the incident, which left three law enforcement personnel dead and three others wounded. “In the midst of our sorrow there is hope that God will

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SUNDAY SCHOOL NEEDED TOOL FOR MINISTRY

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — While enrollment and attendance numbers for Sunday School have declined across the Southern Baptist Convention in recent years according to Annual Church Profile (ACP) reports, Sunday School remains a much needed ministry tool in churches, says Mark Miller. Miller, Sunday School specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Convention, cited research on “transformational groups” provided by LifeWay Christian Resources. “Worship attenders who also

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CHILDREN RAISE $16,569 DURING VBS

By Hannah Muñoz Intern, The Alabama Baptist CLARKSVILLE — Hilldale Baptist Church, Clarksville, raised $16,569 for a local food ministry for students during its Vacation Bible School on June 6–10. The food subsidization program  or FUEL Ministry is designed to feed children whose only food source may be the food they are receiving at school, according to its website. Several area churches gather food and funds to provide food to

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YEC TEAM SERVES IN GUATEMALA

By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — “We went to Guatemala to change people there and show them Jesus, but we came back with changed hearts and opened eyes,” said Jania Howe, 17, who ministered recently in Guatemala. Howe and 77 other teens and adults served in Guatemala as a part of the Youth Evangelism Conference missions team. They went to support the Tennessee/Guatemala Baptist Partnership.

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CHURCH, PASTOR, MEMBERS IN BIG ROCK ARE FLOODED

By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector BIG ROCK — A Tennessee Baptist church facility, the home of a pastor, and the houses of several church members were flooded in the early hours of Thursday, July 7, here. The worship center and Fellowship Center of Big Rock Baptist Church, Big Rock, were flooded. The worship center which included most of the church’s classrooms had two feet of water

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AFTER W.VA. FLOODING, BAPTIST DR AIDING RECOVERY

Editor’s Note: Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief has been asked by the North American Mission Board to oversee operations in the Rainelle, West Va., area. Efforts will include on site command, feeding volunteer teams, chaplains, assessors, and mud out teams. The Tennessee volunteers will be hosted by Calvary Baptist Church in Meadow Bridge, West. Va. Mud out teams are urgently needed. If interested in serving, contact Elizabeth Holmes in Tennessee Baptist

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