The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board’s NOW evangelism conclaves were held at regional sites in late April and early May. Dates and host sites for the conclaves included: April 29 at Ellendale Baptist Church, Bartlett; April 30 at FBC Columbia; May 2 at Judson Baptist Church, Nashville; May 6 at Madison Avenue Baptist Church, Maryville; May 7 at Sullivan Baptist Church, Kingsport; and May 9 at Oakwood Baptist Church, Chattanooga.

BLOUNTVILLE — Members of First Baptist Church, Blountville, said goodbye to their pastor Clay Austin on April 28 after 38 years of ministry. The church showered Austin and his wife, Anita, with several gifts and capped it off by naming him pastor emeritus. “No church in this world wouldn’t be honored to have had Clay Austin as their pastor for the past 38 years. Pastor Clay exemplified what it means

CLARKSVILLE — It is said that the key to good parenting is knowing when to hold your child’s hand and when to let go.  Ronny Raines, in a sense, feels the same is true in church planting.  Raines is the senior pastor at First Baptist Church, Clarksville. When he arrived at FBC, the church was in the process of helping “replant” Kirkwood Baptist Church — a once-thriving church that had

COLLIERVILLE — Cole Rogers said he picked up numerous new ideas during the 2024 Collegiate Leadership Summit.  But Rogers, collegiate ministry specialist at Belmont University, said that wasn’t his biggest take-away from the three-day event. Instead, Rogers said that being reminded that college ministry is about “being centered on prayer more than trying to plan things and get down all the details” had the biggest impact on him during the

FRANKLIN — In 1974, Tennessee Baptist Adult Homes was founded when Tennessee Baptists saw the need for developing a residential ministry for the aging senior adult population in the state. Fifty years later, TBAH is still meeting that original need, but has expanded its ministry to include residential care for adults with exceptional needs. The ministry of Tennessee Baptist Adult Homes is as important as ever, especially when it comes

JOHNSON CITY — Let the celebration begin, Tennessee Baptists! Propelled by a combination of energy, nostalgia and gratitude, the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board is kicking off the “2024 Celebration Tour” — commemorating and saluting the 150th anniversary of the Tennessee Baptist Convention — with a stop-over in one of the most tradition-steeped locations in the state: Sinking Creek Baptist Church.  The church, established in 1772 and recognized as the oldest

Editor’s note: This article was updated on May 10. MOUNT JULIET — A series of late spring storms that spawned tornadoes, hail, high winds and flooding, swept across Tennessee on May 8-9, leaving behind at least two known deaths, several injuries and thousands of people without electricity and extensive wind damage. The storms affected nearly every region of the state from north to south and east to west, according to