OLD HICKORY — Matt Ford normally sits in front of the fireplace as he reads a children’s Bible during nightly family worship. He started in Genesis 1:1 and has made it to Jesus feeding the 5,000. “Matt, can we see the pictures?” someone asks. The home is Brooks House, a Tennessee Baptist Adult Home in Hermitage. And the family is Ford, his wife Alli, their four sons and seven women
Lewisburg church sees 36 baptisms, 29 additions in just seven months LEWISBURG — Just inviting friends to come to church is still an effective way to introduce them to the gospel, affirms Jack Long, pastor of Farmington Baptist Church in Lewisburg. And, if you add old-fashioned visits to the equation, it makes it doubly effective, said Long, a retired associational missions strategist (director of missions) for Beulah Baptist Association, based
The parking lot at Dalewood Baptist Church, Nashville, had the feel of a football-tailgating gathering on the evening of Oct. 22. In an event that was dubbed “Fall’owship” by Dalewood’s transitional interim pastor Mike Dawson, the night featured a joint gathering of two congregations: Dalewood Baptist and Awaken Church. The two churches have formed a connection in recent weeks after Awaken — a church plant — began holding its weekly
LINDEN — For more than 100 years, Royal Ambassadors (RAs) has been a missions education program for boys that includes RA racers, camping and related activities. In the early 1970s, a small group of men in West Tennessee put together an event that would provide missions education in an outdoor setting and an opportunity for fathers and sons to share quality time together. The “camporee” was held at Camp
Southern Baptists get a lot of bad press in the secular world and to be honest, we deserve it at times. But the fact is, Southern Baptists do a lot of good things that often go unnoticed, such as disaster relief that brings hope to hurting people affected by tragedy, compassion ministries that provided needed help in local communities through food pantries and clothes closets and much, much more. And,
FRANKLIN — Mission:Dignity recipients in Tennessee received a special surprise in their mailboxes in October — an unexpected 13th chec Mission:Dignity is a ministry of GuideStone Financial Resources which provides a monthly stipend to individuals 65 or over who (a) were employed by or otherwise served local Baptist churches in a paid ministry (such as a full-time evangelist) for at least 10 years and (b) whose monthly income falls at
Editor’s note: This article is an update to the article that appears in the Oct. 26 print issue of the Baptist and Reflector. MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams have completed their response in Wauchula, Fla., where the DR units were aiding the recovery efforts following Hurricane Ian. “We are grateful for the work of all the volunteers who have responded so far, ” said Wes
CHICAGO — Southern Baptists gave a record $68.9 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) in 2022, breaking the giving record for a second year in a row. Giving to the offering has exceeded records in five of the last six years. “This is incredible news for our missionaries,” said North American Mission Board (NAMB) president Kevin Ezell, “and it is an incredible testimony to God’s faithfulness and to
Right off the bat, I feel the need for full disclosure: The subject that I am about to discuss doesn’t qualify — or even come close to qualifying — as being among the most pressing issues that our churches are presently facing. Indeed, as good Southern Baptists, we have much bigger chicken to fry. All the same, I do feel this topic merits some discussion. And in all seriousness, some
SPRINGFIELD — When it comes to finding unique ways to share the gospel, David Evans is always on the lookout. Evans, pastor of Springfield Baptist Church, recently learned that Springfield and Robertson County has a large population of people who own jeeps. He also discovered that jeep owners like rubber ducks. “The Jeep community has a thing with rubber ducks,” Evans explained. When those who have a Jeep see another
OLD HICKORY — Matt Ford normally sits in front of the fireplace as he reads a children’s Bible during nightly family worship. He started in
Lewisburg church sees 36 baptisms, 29 additions in just seven months LEWISBURG — Just inviting friends to come to church is still an effective way
The parking lot at Dalewood Baptist Church, Nashville, had the feel of a football-tailgating gathering on the evening of Oct. 22. In an event that
LINDEN — For more than 100 years, Royal Ambassadors (RAs) has been a missions education program for boys that includes RA racers, camping and related
Southern Baptists get a lot of bad press in the secular world and to be honest, we deserve it at times. But the fact is,
FRANKLIN — Mission:Dignity recipients in Tennessee received a special surprise in their mailboxes in October — an unexpected 13th chec Mission:Dignity is a ministry of
Editor’s note: This article is an update to the article that appears in the Oct. 26 print issue of the Baptist and Reflector. MOUNT
CHICAGO — Southern Baptists gave a record $68.9 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) in 2022, breaking the giving record for a second
Right off the bat, I feel the need for full disclosure: The subject that I am about to discuss doesn’t qualify — or even come
SPRINGFIELD — When it comes to finding unique ways to share the gospel, David Evans is always on the lookout. Evans, pastor of Springfield Baptist