GERMANTOWN — Matt Brown, senior pastor of Germantown Baptist Church, Germantown, will be nominated as president-elect of the Tennessee Baptist Pastors Conference during its meeting Nov. 14 in Chattanooga. Ben Cowell, pastor of Brownsville Baptist Church, Brownsville, announced his plans to nominate Brown on Sept. 7. “Matt is a dear brother with many years of faithful service in pastoral ministry,” Cowell said. 

CALHOUN — While some churches have gone from traditional Sunday Schools to small groups at nontraditional times and locations, Sunday School is still part of the strategy to fulfill the Great Commission at Calhoun First Baptist Church.  “This would not be possible without the dedicated teachers who study and prepare each week to lead their class/small group through a study of God’s Word,” affirmed pastor Toby Brogden. One such teacher,

JEFFERSON CITY — Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City and Mount Juliet Christian Academy in Mount Juliet have announced a new initiative that paves the way for the university to offer educational opportunities for those in the Nashville area this fall. The announcement was made Sept. 5 during a special celebration held on the campus of First Baptist Church, Mount Juliet, where the academy is located. “We are excited to be

JACKSON — Union University welcomed a delegation from Bowen University in Nigeria earlier this summer, marking the initiation of a potential partnership aimed at fostering collaboration between the two Baptist institutions.  The contingent from Bowen University included Joshua Ogunwole, the vice chancellor (equivalent to president); Joan Ayo, the pro chancellor (similar to chair of the board of trustees); and Israel Akanji, the president of the Nigerian Baptist Convention. Union University

STANTON — From Lewis McMullen’s perspective, the city of Stanton and the surrounding region is a massive landscape of spiritual farmland, ready for cultivating. Over the past year or so, Lewis and other staffers from the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board — along with numerous church leaders from the Stanton area — have been driving metaphorical tractors through the sprawling fields, plowing the ground and scattering seeds in the area that

FRANKLIN — In 2021 Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union and the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board launched the Tennessee Youth Venture Team for 10th-12th grade high school students who are actively involved in missions and are interested in a missional lifestyle. Team members participate in a year-long missions discipleship through a retreat, mentoring and Bible study, said Kim Cruse, missions discipleship specialist for Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union. Team members are given resources

FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,262,288 through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Baptists in 2022-23.  “We did not meet the goal of $2.4 million, but it is the highest offering total in the offering’s history,” reported Vickie Anderson, executive director of Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union. Tennessee Baptists gave $2,227,367 last year to GOTM.  There were 1,134 churches contributing to GOTM in 2023 compared to 1,123 in 2022. This

BROWNSVILLE — Mike Young, senior pastor at Zion Baptist Church, Brownsville, knows that if Tennessee Baptists are truly going to make an impact in Blue Oval City, it is going to require cooperation from churches all over the state. Much to his delight, he’s already seeing that happen.  When Zion Baptist hosted a  “Blue Oval City Workers Appreciation Block Party” on Sept. 9 at Hidden Acres RV Park, the event