By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JACKSON – Nashville native Jim Henry has a love for deacons that grows stronger with each passing year. From the surgeon who shined the shoes of his prayer group members at First Baptist Church, Orlando, Fla., to the small group of deacons who “had his back” at a rural church in Mississippi during days of racial tension in the 1960s, Henry knows his
25 percent of baptisms in Tennessee and nationally result from Vacation Bible School By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Vacation Bible School has been around for decades, but it is still one of the most effective evangelism tools in the Southern Baptist Convention, according to two Tennessee Baptist Convention specialists. “In Tennessee Baptist life we know that approximately 25 percent of our professions of faith come either
By David Roach Baptist Press ST. LOUIS (BP) — Tennessee pastor Steve Gaines will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Georgia pastor Johnny Hunt announced today (March 9). “When Steve Gaines shared his prayer journey he and [his wife] Donna had travelled, I was touched by his clear call to allow himself to be nominated,” Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga., wrote in a
IMB ‘reset’ will allow missions agency to have balanced budget for 2016-17 By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector RICHMOND — Trustees of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board were told Feb. 24 that 988 missionaries are leaving the missions field along with 149 stateside staff members. Last August IMB President David Platt announced that for financial reasons, the IMB needed to cut 600-800 missionary/staff positions. Over recent years the
Baptist Press RICHMOND, Va. (BP) — Following an “organizational reset” that saw more than 1,100 International Mission Board personnel transition away from the board, President David Platt told a March 3 live stream audience he is ready to focus on the future. “I really want to shift the conversation from talking about numbers and finances to talking about how this army of brothers and sisters going out specifically from Southern
Baptist Press ST. LOUIS (BP) — North Carolina pastor J.D. Greear will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Florida pastor Jimmy Scroggins announced today (March 2). Greear, 42, “is leading his generation to live out a passion for the SBC, missions and the local church,” Scroggins, pastor of Family Church in West Palm Beach, Fla., wrote in a news release stating his intention to nominate Greear during
Baptist Press RICHMOND, Va. (BP) — International Mission Board President David Platt will host a one-hour live streamed video session on the entity’s future at 11 a.m. Eastern Time March 3, answering questions and responding to comments submitted via Twitter under #IMBLive. Platt has expressed a desire to move the conversation beyond discussion of the 983 missionaries and 149 stateside staff members leaving IMB through a Voluntary Retirement Incentive (VRI)
Carson Springs camp manager offers tips on being physically and spiritually fit By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Being fit involves more than eating healthy and exercising, says Kevin Perrigan. In the world’s eyes, fitness is more about maintaining a certain body shape or weight, observed Perrigan, manager of Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport. From the Christian perspective, the reason to be totally fit is
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector OLIVER SPRINGS — It might seem to the casual observer that Matt Reed can’t avoid people who have life-controlling issues and/or have broken the law. Reed has ministered in jails and prisons all of his ministry, which began 14 years ago at age 39, when he preached his first sermon in a jail. Reed felt called to the ministry while he
Josh and Amy Carter among North American missionaries featured Week of Prayer By Jim Burton NAMB News Office PORTLAND, Ore. — When Josh Carter and his family migrated 2,700 miles from East Tennessee to the Pacific Northwest, he found his people — mountain people — in Oregon. The move was out of obedience to God’s call on the family. Carter’s preparation didn’t happen without hardship and a spiritual battle. The
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JACKSON – Nashville native Jim Henry has a love for deacons that grows stronger with each passing year.
25 percent of baptisms in Tennessee and nationally result from Vacation Bible School By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Vacation Bible School
By David Roach Baptist Press ST. LOUIS (BP) — Tennessee pastor Steve Gaines will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Georgia pastor
IMB ‘reset’ will allow missions agency to have balanced budget for 2016-17 By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector RICHMOND — Trustees of the Southern
Baptist Press RICHMOND, Va. (BP) — Following an “organizational reset” that saw more than 1,100 International Mission Board personnel transition away from the board, President
Baptist Press ST. LOUIS (BP) — North Carolina pastor J.D. Greear will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Florida pastor Jimmy Scroggins
Baptist Press RICHMOND, Va. (BP) — International Mission Board President David Platt will host a one-hour live streamed video session on the entity’s future at
Carson Springs camp manager offers tips on being physically and spiritually fit By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Being fit involves more
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector OLIVER SPRINGS — It might seem to the casual observer that Matt Reed can’t avoid people
Josh and Amy Carter among North American missionaries featured Week of Prayer By Jim Burton NAMB News Office PORTLAND, Ore. — When Josh Carter and
