At the first of March, the International Mission Board counted more than 1,200 candidates in the missionary application process. This is a significant milestone for Southern Baptists, as the number of missionary candidates in 2019 was 300. “The IMB missionary candidate pipeline has now quadrupled over the past four years. Praise the Lord!” IMB President Paul Chitwood said.
Have you ever noticed people at a college football game? When their team runs on the field they cheer. When their band plays, they clap and sing along. When their team scores a touchdown and wins the game, then all bets are off as to how excited the fans will be. In fact, some people get so excited over their team that they can barely contain themselves on Saturdays while
NASHVILLE — If you want to be considered a regular at a local church by those behind the pulpit and in the pews, you’ll probably need to show up in person at least a couple times a month. A study from Lifeway Research finds a majority of both U.S. Protestant pastors and churchgoers consider someone to be a regular church attender if they attend twice a month or more. Most
BROWNSVILLE — Ben Cowell stood before nearly 80 of his peers and offered a testimony to the power of prayer and the emerging opportunity Tennessee Baptists have to reach the nations for Christ. “Our church has been praying that God would do something through us in relation to Blue Oval City,” said the pastor of Brownsville Baptist Church. “Then I met a man visiting our church who was from Michigan,
NASHVILLE — Nolensville Road in south Nashville is a busy four-lane highway. Along with fast-food restaurants, medical clinics, fitness centers, and pawn shops, the highway is also lined with aging strip malls that include Hispanic, South Asian, and Middle Eastern restaurants, a large stand-alone “world” market, and several stand-alone ethnic worship centers. Dubbed the “international corridor of Nashville” in a 2014 article on immigration, this section of Nolensville Road is
One of my favorite times in worship at church is when we observe the Lord’s Supper. Each week we sing together, pray together, hear God’s Word together and take the Lord’s Supper together. After the sermon, as the church sings, each member walks to the front to receive the wine and the bread. After we all return to our seats, a pastor then leads us as together we eat the
JACKSON — Union University turned 200 years old Feb. 3 with a special chapel service, bicentennial birthday party, a documentary release and more. The celebration began in the G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel with a chapel service featuring interviews from each living Union president. David Dockery, president of Union from 1996-2014, began the bicentennial chapel service by wishing Union a happy 200th birthday and celebrating the university’s Christ-centered convictions. He joined
PIGEON FORGE — In 1996, the first retreat for bivocational ministers and wives was held at Fall Creek Falls State Park in Spencer, drawing about 20 couples. Twenty-seven years later, the Bivocational Ministers and Wives Retreat, now held annually in Pigeon Forge, drew a record attendance of more than 300 people, including 146 couples. The registration included more first-time participants than ever before, said Roger Britton, bivocational ministries specialist for
FRANKLIN — After hearing news that cyber criminals recently stole almost $800,000 from a church in North Carolina, many congregations are asking themselves an important question: Are we at risk, too? And the answer, in most cases, is “yes.” “Churches are a very attractive target for hackers,” said Doug Finch, technology services manager for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. “Most churches do not have an IT department and typically
FRANKLIN — Tennessee ministers John Green and Noah Leighton each decided they didn’t want to just rejoice from afar about what was happening at Asbury University. They wanted to be in on it. Almost immediately after learning about the perpetual revival service that is taking place on the Asbury campus, Green, pastor of Wallace Memorial Baptist Church in Knoxville, and Leighton, student pastor at First Baptist Church, Goodlettsville, began
At the first of March, the International Mission Board counted more than 1,200 candidates in the missionary application process. This is a significant milestone for
Have you ever noticed people at a college football game? When their team runs on the field they cheer. When their band plays, they clap
NASHVILLE — If you want to be considered a regular at a local church by those behind the pulpit and in the pews, you’ll probably
BROWNSVILLE — Ben Cowell stood before nearly 80 of his peers and offered a testimony to the power of prayer and the emerging opportunity Tennessee
NASHVILLE — Nolensville Road in south Nashville is a busy four-lane highway. Along with fast-food restaurants, medical clinics, fitness centers, and pawn shops, the highway
One of my favorite times in worship at church is when we observe the Lord’s Supper. Each week we sing together, pray together, hear God’s
JACKSON — Union University turned 200 years old Feb. 3 with a special chapel service, bicentennial birthday party, a documentary release and more. The celebration
PIGEON FORGE — In 1996, the first retreat for bivocational ministers and wives was held at Fall Creek Falls State Park in Spencer, drawing about
FRANKLIN — After hearing news that cyber criminals recently stole almost $800,000 from a church in North Carolina, many congregations are asking themselves an important
FRANKLIN — Tennessee ministers John Green and Noah Leighton each decided they didn’t want to just rejoice from afar about what was happening at Asbury
