Baptist and Reflector SEYMOUR — Corey Cain, pastor of First Baptist Church, Seymour, was elected to serve on the newly formed search committee tasked with seeking a new president/CEO for the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. Cain was in Dallas on May 1 during the special called meeting in which EC members rejected the nomination of former EC chairman Jared Wellman. Cain is one of five Tennessee Baptists
It is never the wrong time to do the right thing. And the right thing was done Monday, May 1, with the decision by trustees of the Executive Board (EC) of the Southern Baptist Convention to not elect by a vote of 50-31 former EC board chair Jared Wellman as EC president/CEO. Credit to the EC for taking a meaningful step toward restoring a measure of credibility to an entity
DALLAS — Meeting behind closed doors in executive session today (May 1), the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention rejected the nomination of Jared Wellman as its new president/chief executive officer by a vote of 50-31. Wellman, 39, pastor of Tate Springs Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, informed his church on April 30 that he was the nominee to lead the EC. There were 81 of the 83 trustees
DALLAS — Meeting behind closed doors in executive session today (May 1), the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention rejected the nomination of Jared Wellman as its new president/chief executive officer by a vote of 50-31. All 83 trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee were in the executive session, according to The Baptist Paper (TBP). Wellman, 39, who serves as pastor of Tate Springs Baptist Church in
KNOXVILLE — May 22, 2022 will forever be etched in the memory of Keith Vaughan, pastor of Valley Grove Baptist Church in Knoxville. That was the day of what he now refers to as “The Breakdown” occurred. He recalled walking into his office on that Monday morning. “Nothing really happened that doesn’t normally happen on a Monday in a Baptist church,” he said. “But for some reason, all of a
Editor’s Note: This editorial was published on Saturday, April 29 — two days prior to the EC’s rejection of the nomination of Jared Wellman. FRANKLIN — The prospect of Jared Wellman being elected Monday, May 1, by the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee (EC) to serve as its president/CEO does nothing to restore the credibility the organization’s board members supposedly sought. Wellman will be put forward as the EC’s
STANTON — Weaving through a maze of nearly 200 folding tables, Ben Cowell and Alan O’Quinn went on an unscheduled prayerwalk on the morning of April 14. The two men — Cowell, senior pastor of Brownsville Baptist Church, and O’Quinn, a deacon at BBC — zig-zagged their way around the sprawling pavilion located in the middle of BlueOval City, praying passionately for the luncheon that would be held about an
THOMPSON’S STATION — The first young adult conference sponsored by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board went as well as anyone could have expected, said Ryan Keaton, emerging generations specialist for the TBMB. The conference at Thompson Station Baptist Church drew 180 registrants from 35 churches, Keaton said. Keaton said his desire is for an annual young adult conference along with regional conferences. The conferences can be a resource for churches
NASHVILLE — Many first responders sprang into action in the aftermath of the tragic shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville on March 27. Among them was Sgt. Andrew Ivey, chaplain coordinator for the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) and a North American Mission Board (NAMB)-endorsed chaplain. “I would describe it as extremely difficult,” said Ivey, a deacon at Temple Baptist Church, White House. “There was a lot of grief,
MOUNT JULIET —Disaster relief efforts concluded in McNairy County on April 22, but are expected to continue for at least three more weeks in Covington. Tornadoes and severe storms swept across the central and southern portions of the United States, including Tennessee, on March 31 and the early morning hours of April 1, causing extensive damage and leaving a reported 15 people dead in Tennessee. The two hardest hit areas
Baptist and Reflector SEYMOUR — Corey Cain, pastor of First Baptist Church, Seymour, was elected to serve on the newly formed search committee tasked with
It is never the wrong time to do the right thing. And the right thing was done Monday, May 1, with the decision by trustees
DALLAS — Meeting behind closed doors in executive session today (May 1), the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention rejected the nomination of Jared
DALLAS — Meeting behind closed doors in executive session today (May 1), the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention rejected the nomination of Jared
KNOXVILLE — May 22, 2022 will forever be etched in the memory of Keith Vaughan, pastor of Valley Grove Baptist Church in Knoxville. That was
Editor’s Note: This editorial was published on Saturday, April 29 — two days prior to the EC’s rejection of the nomination of Jared Wellman. FRANKLIN
STANTON — Weaving through a maze of nearly 200 folding tables, Ben Cowell and Alan O’Quinn went on an unscheduled prayerwalk on the morning of
THOMPSON’S STATION — The first young adult conference sponsored by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board went as well as anyone could have expected, said Ryan
NASHVILLE — Many first responders sprang into action in the aftermath of the tragic shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville on March 27. Among
MOUNT JULIET —Disaster relief efforts concluded in McNairy County on April 22, but are expected to continue for at least three more weeks in Covington.
