Tennessee Baptists, I don’t believe you fully know or understand what you’ve done. You’re part of a miracle. Over the last decade, your giving through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions has grown by more than 50 percent. That’s an astounding amount. As astounding is that you’ve set record highs in giving in three out of the last four years (and four out of the last six). The only year
MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief has been asked to send flood recovery teams to New Windsor, N.Y. New Windsor is in the Hudson River region of New York which received major flooding as a result of heavy rainfall in early July. “We need teams immediately to assist residents of New Windsor in cleaning out their homes which have been heavily damaged by the floodwaters,” said Wes Jones, disaster
FRANKLIN — Landon had a dream. Literally. Landon, from Maryville, and a recent graduate of Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, had been praying about a summer mission opportunity with the International Mission Board. During his time in the BCM at Tech, Landon heard stories from friends about their work overseas. He also learned the importance of the Great Commission, and he wanted to play a part in it.
FRANKLIN — It’s never the wrong time to do the right thing. And the right thing was done Monday, July 17, when Baptist Press reported on the actions of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s (EC) presidential search team. The search committee’s update, the promise of a future update and Baptist Press’ story were three important steps taken in the direction of restoring the EC’s credibility. The EC has been
NEWPORT — “Fun in the Son“ has been a tradition for children in Holston Baptist Association churches ever since 1993 when two church children’s workers wanted to begin a summer camp for kids. The camp was the brainchild of Judy Bennett (now deceased) of Calvary Baptist Church in Erwin, and Lori Tackett, then a volunteer children’s worker at Antioch Baptist Church in Johnson City. Dianne Woody joined forces with them
NASHVILLE — Lifeway Worship, a component of Lifeway Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, has announced plans to discontinue its lifewayworship.com website on Sept. 30. A letter posted at lifewayworship.com on July 18 stated: “At Lifeway, we exist to honor God and serve churches by designing trustworthy experiences that fuel ministry. That’s why taking anything out of print or discontinuing any service to the church is not something we take lightly,
FRANKLIN — Highlands at English Mountain LLC (HEM) has donated 494.68 acres on English Mountain which adjoins the current property owned by Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport to the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. The property currently making up Carson Springs was originally donated to Tennessee Baptists by the families of former Governor Ben Hooper and Charles Rhyne. This donation more than triples the property at Carson Springs from
NASHVILLE — More state legislatures have enacted laws this year to protect minors and women, as well as to ensure competitive fairness in sports, in response to the transgender rights movement. So far in 2023, the legislative effort to address issues regarding particularly children and young people who identity as a gender other than their biological sex include, according to the Movement Advancement Project (MAP): 17 new states have passed
The world today seems to be increasingly messed up. When it comes to younger generations, it is easy sometimes to give up or just give in to apathy or complacency. As Baptists we are really not doing them any favors and actually may be doing great damage to both their future and our own students. Here are four things that we tell ourselves that really are not helpful. We could
I must confess that I am a terrible online shopper. I find something that looks like a quality product only to realize later that it wasn’t, or that it didn’t work, or that I should have read more reviews. I call it “click regret.” It’s that dreadful moment when I realize that the cloak of buyer remorse has fallen over my bank account like a sad blanket. Why did I
Tennessee Baptists, I don’t believe you fully know or understand what you’ve done. You’re part of a miracle. Over the last decade, your giving through
MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief has been asked to send flood recovery teams to New Windsor, N.Y. New Windsor is in the Hudson
FRANKLIN — Landon had a dream. Literally. Landon, from Maryville, and a recent graduate of Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, had been praying about a
FRANKLIN — It’s never the wrong time to do the right thing. And the right thing was done Monday, July 17, when Baptist Press reported
NEWPORT — “Fun in the Son“ has been a tradition for children in Holston Baptist Association churches ever since 1993 when two church children’s workers
NASHVILLE — Lifeway Worship, a component of Lifeway Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, has announced plans to discontinue its lifewayworship.com website on Sept.
FRANKLIN — Highlands at English Mountain LLC (HEM) has donated 494.68 acres on English Mountain which adjoins the current property owned by Carson Springs Baptist
NASHVILLE — More state legislatures have enacted laws this year to protect minors and women, as well as to ensure competitive fairness in sports, in
The world today seems to be increasingly messed up. When it comes to younger generations, it is easy sometimes to give up or just give
I must confess that I am a terrible online shopper. I find something that looks like a quality product only to realize later that it
