By Bill Sorrell Contributing Writer MARTIN — Driving down Interstate 40 toward Jackson, saw something that made him almost swerve off the road — a larger-than-life picture of himself  on a billboard advertising the University of Tennessee at Martin where he is a senior. “I was looking around at the other cars. Do they know that this guy is in the car next to them?” laughed Reeves, who is captain

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — The Greatest Generation. Baby Boomers. Generation X (Baby Busters). Generation Y (Millennials). Generation Z. Knowing the names assigned to the generations in today’s world can be confusing and hard to understand. Only one thing is certain about each generation — they all need to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. An increasing emphasis is being placed on Millennials and Generation

By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector HARRIMAN — “We didn’t have church inside the building, but we had church in the community,” explained Wendell Edmonds, youth pastor, Walnut Hill Baptist Church here, after the church canceled Sunday activities to respond to victims of a fatal fire. On April 17, a Sunday, at about 3 a.m., Edmonds, who also is a Harriman Fire Department chaplain, was awakened by

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector CLARKSVILLE — Like many Christians around the country today, Jerry Jeter is not pleased with the two likely presidential candidates (Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton) in the November election. So, he launched an effort May 9 on ipetitions.com to ask evangelist Franklin Graham to consider running for president as an independent candidate. Graham is the eldest son of Billy and Ruth Graham and

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector NEWBERN – First Baptist Church here reached a milestone on April 3 as the congregation celebrated becoming debt free. The church held a note-burning service on its new sanctuary. The church borrowed $1 million in 2011 to go along with the $1,032,923 in cash the church had raised before breaking ground for its new $2.3 million facility. The church moved into the new

By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector MORRISTOWN — “The smiles on those faces. That’s why we do it,” said Darlene LaPlue of the Luke 14 Party which drew 1,300 to Manley Baptist Church here. Many of the event’s guests rode in wheelchairs as they passed by a crowd of greeters cheering them along as they approached the church’s Fellowship Hall. Others walked with assistance from family members

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector GATLINBURG — Some people have the mistaken notion that parenting stops when a kid graduates from high school or college, says counselor Tony Rankin of Nashville. Nothing could be further from the truth, he told a large gathering of women who attended his workshop, “Once a Parent, Always A Parent,” at the Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union annual Missions Get-Together held last month in