CHATTANOOGA — The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board’s mobile dental clinic will soon be ready to roll across the state.  The mobile clinic, a gift to the TBMB from Brentwood Baptist Church, Brentwood, is a fully equipped dental office on wheels, said Garry Maddox, a member of Brentwood who participated in the church’s dental ministry for many years.  “It basically houses two fully functioning dentist offices,” Maddox said. “It can be

Editor’s note: This story will be updated continually on the website at baptistandreflector.org.  MOUNT JULIET, 5:15 p.m, CST — Tornadoes were reported moving across Tennessee in the late afternoon and early evening hours on Saturday, Dec. 9. Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist, confirmed that all Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams are on call to respond as needed. “We are getting a number of tornado reports from West and Middle Tennessee

NEWPORT — Though a native of Venezuela and now a pastor in Sugar Land, Texas, Ender Palencia was more than eager to accept an invitation to preach during the All Nations Worship Celebration held Nov. 12 on the opening night of The Summit in Chattanooga. In a sense, he was returning to his spiritual roots. And, it probably didn’t hurt that the service was being held at Red Bank Baptist

Editor’s note: The column below, written by clinical therapist Tony Rankin, is part of the Baptist and Reflector’s “Dealing with holiday stress” package that was published in the Dec. 6 print edition. More from Rankin is available directly below the column. Some therapists and counselors say that the holidays become difficult for certain persons and stressful for others “just because” it’s time for holidays.  Although there are some losses that make

NASHVILLE — New Tennessee Baptist Convention president Jay Hardwick is “humbled and honored to have the opportunity to serve and to be a part of what God is doing in Tennessee.” Hardwick discussed his goals and dreams for the convention in an interview last week with the Baptist and Reflector. The new president has a unique perspective. He moved to Tennessee three years ago to become senior pastor of Forest

CHATTANOOGA — Preachers at the Tennessee Baptist Pastors Conference at the Chattanooga Convention Center Nov. 13 addressed the theme “When You Have Had Enough.”  Ternae Jordan Sr., pastor of Mount Canaan Baptist Church in Chattanooga, was president for this year’s conference and selected the theme, based on Elijah’s struggles in I Kings 19. He said pastoral ministry can often be difficult and depressing.  “But God has brought us to this

CHATTANOOGA — Picking a “fantasy team” of Biblical heroes might prove to be much harder than it looks, said John Green IV, pastor of Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, Knoxville.  Why? Because God often uses seemingly “small” people to do big things. Delivering the convention sermon at Summit on Wednesday afternoon, Green examined the many ways in which God often turns “nobodies into somebodies.”   Green opened his message by noting