According to the dictionary, the term New Year’s resolutions is defined as “making goals for the New Year.” We aren’t certain when this custom started, but this practice was recorded by early Babylonians more than 4,000 years ago. These people believed that whatever that person did on the first day of the year had an important impact on their life for the next 12 months. As 2023 begins, Tennessee Baptist
YOAKUM, Texas — A plane crash in Lavaca County, Texas, Jan. 17, killed four members of Harvest Church, Germantown, and left the pastor in critical condition. The crash occurred near the Yoakum Municipal Airport, between Houston and San Antonio. Among those killed were Bill Garner, the church’s executive pastor, along with elders Steve Tucker Tyler Patterson and Tyler Springer. Lead pastor Kennon Vaughn was reported in stable but critical condition in
Tennessee is the home I’ve returned to after 18 years away. My life as a Baptist missionary has taken me across four continents and through many cultures. I left Tennessee from the parking lot of my small Baptist church with no expectations of ever returning. I left a young man, but returned as a family. During my travels, God gave to me a beautiful wife and two wonderful boys. For
It may be that the best thing you can do for your kids is to sit the whole family down and have dinner together. Research is showing that there is a significant number of kids who never actually sit down with their family to enjoy a meal together, and it may be that parents are the ones who are contributing to a society that is more overweight, more anxious and
NASHVILLE — Most Protestant churchgoers spend time alone with God at least daily, but there’s a range in what they do in that time and what resources they use. According to a study by Lifeway Research, nearly 2 in 3 Protestant churchgoers (65 percent) intentionally spend time alone with God at least daily, with 44 percent saying daily and 21 percent saying more than once a day. Meanwhile, 17 percent
Baptist and Reflector staff FRANKLIN — The past 12 months contained news that created many different emotions. There was plenty of good news along the way, but there were also many discouraging developments. Based on the analytics of the Baptist and Reflector’s website, readers were interested in stories of both kinds. The content below recaps some of the most-read stories from 2022 based on the number of views received from
MOUNT JULIET — There was no shortage of work for Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers in 2022. In addition to following up on disasters from 2021, including multi-state severe storms in December and the Waverly flood in August, Tennessee volunteers responded to wildfires in Sevier County, a tornado in Goshen, Ohio, flooding in Kentucky and Hurricane Ian. The responses do not include numerous local volunteer responses all across the state,
FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptists began looking toward the future in 2022 with the launch of the Acts 2:17 Initiative and extensive planning to prepare for the influx of residents who will be drawn to Tennessee because of the Blue Oval City Ford plant in West Tennessee. The Acts 2:17 Initiative was launched at the 2022 Summit at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova. The initiative will provide the opportunity for Tennessee
WASHINGTON — Congress remains a largely Christian institution, bucking two societal trends of declining Christianity and waning religious affiliation, Pew Research said Jan. 3. More than a fifth of Congressional Protestants are Baptists. At least 88 percent of Congress – 469 of the 534 members – identified as Christian in the poll of the current 118th legislative body that is predominantly Protestant, Pew said in its analysis of poll results
NASHVILLE — This year’s most read stories are all over the map – one quite literally. From one scholar’s attempt to trace human DNA around the world and back to Noah to an SEC quarterback’s biblical children’s book to the Southern Baptist Convention’s ongoing reckoning with sexual abuse, Baptist Press covered a little bit of everything this year. Here are the stories people read the most.
According to the dictionary, the term New Year’s resolutions is defined as “making goals for the New Year.” We aren’t certain when this custom started,
YOAKUM, Texas — A plane crash in Lavaca County, Texas, Jan. 17, killed four members of Harvest Church, Germantown, and left the pastor in critical condition.
Tennessee is the home I’ve returned to after 18 years away. My life as a Baptist missionary has taken me across four continents and through
It may be that the best thing you can do for your kids is to sit the whole family down and have dinner together. Research
NASHVILLE — Most Protestant churchgoers spend time alone with God at least daily, but there’s a range in what they do in that time and
Baptist and Reflector staff FRANKLIN — The past 12 months contained news that created many different emotions. There was plenty of good news along the
MOUNT JULIET — There was no shortage of work for Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers in 2022. In addition to following up on disasters from
FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptists began looking toward the future in 2022 with the launch of the Acts 2:17 Initiative and extensive planning to prepare for
WASHINGTON — Congress remains a largely Christian institution, bucking two societal trends of declining Christianity and waning religious affiliation, Pew Research said Jan. 3. More
NASHVILLE — This year’s most read stories are all over the map – one quite literally. From one scholar’s attempt to trace human DNA around