It was a day to remember, May 6, 2013. It was the day I met, “The GOAT.” True, not everyone would agree that he’s the greatest of all time, but what is irrefutable is what Nick Saban accomplished during his years at the University of Alabama. Being from Alabama and being a lifelong Crimson Tide fan, it was an honor for my brother and I to meet him in 2013
MEMPHIS — During the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr. was quoted as famously saying that “11 a.m. on Sunday mornings was the most segregated hour of American life.” Roughly 60 years later, King’s statement continues to ring true in many cases. And yet something recently took place in Memphis — a city that has been rife with racial tension through the years — that demonstrates how God’s love
SUWANEE, Ga. – In an email to the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s executive committee on Jan. 23, GBMB Executive Director Thomas Hammond revealed that he had been selected as the candidate to lead the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee but had withdrawn his name. The search team had kept the candidate’s identity confidential. “You may be aware that I was asked to be considered as a candidate for the role
FRANKLIN — Ten Acts 2:17 workgroups have been named (see full lists below) and have begun working on their assigned tasks. Tennessee Baptist Convention messengers at last year’s annual meeting in Chattanooga overwhelmingly adopted vision and priority statements that will ultimately lead to every Tennessean hearing the gospel. For more on this, see article in Nov. 23, 2023 issue of the Baptist and Reflector. The priority statements are grouped into
FRANKLIN — In November of 2014, messengers at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention adopted the Five Objectives, a strategic 10-year plan for the ministry of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and churches throughout the TBC. Nearly a decade later, the time frame for the Five Objectives is drawing to a close. The Five Objectives were the vision of Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of TBMB,
COVINGTON, Ga. — Georgia pastor David Wheeler’s love for old cars is turning him into a YouTube celebrity. Nearly six million people have tuned in to watch Wheeler and his family restore rusted clunkers on their YouTube program, Revstoration. “We take old, forgotten, abandoned things left for dead and bring them back to life,” said Wheeler, who is typically on screen in worn jeans, boots and greasy T-shirts, trying to
MOUNT JULIET — With snow and ice and single digit temperatures all across Tennessee, some areas in the state are experiencing water shortages. Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, received a request on Friday (Jan. 19) from Stan Wafler, associational missionary for Beech River Baptist Association, that portions of Decatur and Henderson counties were without water. Jones found some water locally but not nearly enough
BIRMINGHAM — From Alaska to Maine, nearly 200 missions leaders from across the country gathered Jan. 6-8 on Missionary Ridge in Birmingham for Woman Missionary Union’s January board meeting. Vickie Anderson, executive director of Tennessee WMU, cited the national meeting as one of her highlights each year. “From hearing testimonies, updates and inspirational stories from missionaries, national WMU and SBC entity leaders to connecting with friends and co-laborers, this time
EDITOR’S NOTE — Mason Grim has been on many people’s prayer lists since the day he was born in the fall of 2018. His mother, Lauren Grim, who designs the pages you read in The Baptist Paper, shared his birth story in the Jan. 14, 2021, issue of The Alabama Baptist. To read the beginning of Mason’s story, visit tbponline.org/Grim. Sanctity of Life Sunday is Jan. 21. I vividly remember
CLARKSVILLE — First Baptist Church of Clarksville Visitation Pastor Bill Graham has desired continuous citywide prayer for the city ever since reading about the Unceasing Prayer Movement in Austin, Texas. There, Kie Bowman helps lead pastors in making sure someone is praying every minute of the year. First Clarksville hosted Bowman, who heads the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s prayer ministry, in a City of Prayer Conference Jan. 12-14 aimed
It was a day to remember, May 6, 2013. It was the day I met, “The GOAT.” True, not everyone would agree that he’s the
MEMPHIS — During the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr. was quoted as famously saying that “11 a.m. on Sunday mornings was the most
SUWANEE, Ga. – In an email to the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s executive committee on Jan. 23, GBMB Executive Director Thomas Hammond revealed that he
FRANKLIN — Ten Acts 2:17 workgroups have been named (see full lists below) and have begun working on their assigned tasks. Tennessee Baptist Convention messengers
FRANKLIN — In November of 2014, messengers at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention adopted the Five Objectives, a strategic 10-year plan for
COVINGTON, Ga. — Georgia pastor David Wheeler’s love for old cars is turning him into a YouTube celebrity. Nearly six million people have tuned in
MOUNT JULIET — With snow and ice and single digit temperatures all across Tennessee, some areas in the state are experiencing water shortages. Wes Jones,
BIRMINGHAM — From Alaska to Maine, nearly 200 missions leaders from across the country gathered Jan. 6-8 on Missionary Ridge in Birmingham for Woman Missionary
EDITOR’S NOTE — Mason Grim has been on many people’s prayer lists since the day he was born in the fall of 2018. His mother,
CLARKSVILLE — First Baptist Church of Clarksville Visitation Pastor Bill Graham has desired continuous citywide prayer for the city ever since reading about the Unceasing