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JACKSON PASTOR TO NOMINATE RUMMAGE TO LEAD SBC PASTORS’ CONFERENCE

April 24, 2023

JACKSON — Stephen Rummage, pastor of Quail Springs Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Okla., will be nominated for presidency of the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference. Adam Dooley, pastor of Englewood Baptist Church in Jackson, will nominate Rummage. “I cannot imagine a better choice to lead next year’s SBC Pastors’ Conference than Stephen Rummage,” said Dooley. “From my perspective, he represents everything that is good about Southern Baptists.”

TENNESSEE LEADERS JOIN ERLC IN CALL FOR LEGISLATION

April 20, 2023

NASHVILLE — The president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Commission has been joined by 11 Tennessee pastors and the president of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board in urging state legislators to enact safety measures to protect the public from gun violence. TBMB president Randy C. Davis and Ethics & Religious Liberty president Brent Leatherwood signed a letter April 19 with 13 Tennessee pastors – 11 of them Southern Baptists –

YOUNG ADULTS OFTEN DISPROVE ASSUMPTIONS

April 20, 2023

Churches today realize they need to be reaching young adults in their community. A vision of winning and sending young adults out as disciplemakers is paramount for the church. In order to execute fruitful discipleship, churches must be willing to develop flexible strategies that consider the lifestyle of a college student. Assumptions are often made about college students that can hinder effective discipleship. Below are two assumptions about college students

FORMER UNION PRESIDENT ELECTED TO LEAD SWBTS

April 19, 2023

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Union University president David S. Dockery was elected 10th president and Southern Baptist leader O.S. Hawkins was elected to the new role of chancellor during the spring meeting of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary board of trustees on April 19. The unanimous elections of Dockery and Hawkins to their new roles come nearly seven months after their elections as interim president and senior advisor and

STABILITY IN AN UNSTABLE SOCIETY

April 19, 2023

Every moment of every day we are surrounded by change. We live in a time when nothing stays the same for very long (except maybe a Baptist church tradition). We marvel at all the technological advancements of our day. However, the technology that is new today will be outdated by the time you read this article. It seems as if the world changes before our eyes each day. No one

MINISTRY DOORS OPEN AT BLUEOVAL CITY

April 18, 2023

The Apostle Paul shared this word of gratitude related to his ministry in Ephesus – “For a great and effective door has opened to me …” (I Corinthians 16:9a). This is exactly how the Lord is blessing the work of our Tennessee Baptist churches in and around BlueOval City. Doors for ministry opportunity are swinging wide open all around us. In recent days, there have been several wonderful stories

TENNESSEAN TOM STRODE RETIRES FROM ERLC POST

April 17, 2023

WASHINGTON — When God called a young sportswriter named Tom Strode to ministry 40 years ago, Strode thought that meant leaving journalism forever. But God had other plans. After serving several years on staff at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Strode became Washington bureau chief for Baptist Press. Thirty-two years later, he’s still the Washington bureau chief, a position from which he retired at the end of March (though his

TENNESSEE BAPTISTS SERVE 1,000-PLUS AT BLUEOVAL CITY

April 15, 2023

Baptist and Reflector STANTON — Wearing green hats and warm smiles, a large group of Tennessee Baptist volunteers served lunch to more than 1,000 construction workers on Friday afternoon at BlueOval City (the under-construction Ford plant) in Stanton. The luncheon — hosted by more than a dozen Baptist churches and supported by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and the Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief feeding unit — was held to celebrate

ALL ABOUT THE SON: BCM STUDENTS SHARE GOSPEL IN PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLA.

April 14, 2023

FRANKLIN — Although Mark Whitt has participated in Beach Reach more than a dozen times, he doesn’t show any signs of burnout. Quite the opposite. Whitt, the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) director at Middle Tennessee State University, said his passion for Beach Reach — a ministry in which BCM students travel to Florida to share the gospel with party-seeking spring breakers in Panama City Beach — is perhaps stronger now

‘IN THIS WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION’

April 13, 2023

The Nashville community is still reeling from the tragic shooting that occurred March 27 at The Covenant School in Nashville. A 28-year-old woman and former student entered the school, opened fire and killed six people, including three 9-year-olds, before she was fatally wounded by the police. We may never know this side of heaven why she murdered unsuspecting, innocent victims, especially children. As the “pappy” of two grandsons, ages 8

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JACKSON PASTOR TO NOMINATE RUMMAGE TO LEAD SBC PASTORS’ CONFERENCE