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HINDMAN: AGE-APPROPRIATE BIBLE TEACHING ‘IS CRITICAL’

By David Dawson [email protected] FRANKLIN — Ken Hindman believes there can be, and should be, more to teaching children about God than reading a Bible story and passing out Goldfish.  Hindman, children’s pastor at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, has spent years developing a teaching method that can be applied by parents, children’s workers and church leaders as they engage in teaching children and youth about the Lord and the

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LESSONS LEARNED FROM A FRIEND

Editor’s note: Longtime Tennessee Baptist pastor, director of missions and TBMB staff member John Parrott died April 26 after a lengthy battle with COVID-19. John Parrott was a friend and mentor to countless people within the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Joe Sorah shared his thoughts about his friend and co-laborer in a recent devotion for TBMB staff. By Joe Sorah Harvest Field 5 Team Leader, TBMB A few months ago, Danny

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THE AWARDS THAT MATTER MOST

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] Three staff members of the communications team (which includes the Baptist and Reflector) of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board recently learned that we had been recognized by the Baptist Communicators Association in the 2022 BCA Awards Competition (see story HERE). BCA is a professional development association for Baptist communicators and has a membership of about 250 communicators nationwide. To be recognized in

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ALMOST 75 YEARS LATER, A PLACE IS STILL NEEDED

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — In the mid-1940s members of Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union were facing a dilemma. They were unable to find adequate facilities to provide summer missions camps for their Royal Ambassadors and Girls in Action. WMU youth worker Mrs. M. K. Cobble observed, “The burden of my heart is that, to date, we have no place to have our camps this summer.

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FIRST SHIPMENT OF SUPPLIES SENT TO UKRAINIAN REFUGEES

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MORRISTOWN — For the past several weeks, Tennessee Baptist churches have been collecting supplies for Ukrainian refugees. Their efforts culminated on May 2 when volunteers from Nolachucky Baptist Association loaded the first of two containers that will be sent to Moldova to assist in Ukrainian relief efforts. The containers were loaded at God’s Warehouse, a ministry of Nolachucky Baptist Association in Morristown. “We

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SATF RELEASES FINAL UPDATE BEFORE REPORT

By Brandon Porter Baptist Press UPDATE: This story has been updated to include a response from Jack Graham’s office. NASHVILLE — The SBC Sex Abuse Task Force issued the fifth update on its work with Guidepost Solutions in the investigation of the SBC Executive Committee’s (EC) alleged mishandling of sex abuse claims. The group said it would be its last update before Guidepost’s full report is made public in mid-May. “Pursuant to

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THE WISDOM OF MOMS

By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Writer, B&R Mother’s Day is a time when we honor all mothers — those biological women who have given birth and those who have raised and loved other women’s children.  On the economic scale, Mother’s Day is a big event. According to a National Retail Federation survey, consumers are expected to spend a record amount with 84 percent of American adults planning to celebrate this year.

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IT ALL STARTED WITH A CRACKER AND JUICE

By Todd E. Brady Vice president for university ministries, Union University, Jackson Recently, I had the privilege of baptizing Trent. His mom and dad were standing up by the baptistry filming, and his big sister was sitting in the congregation. Barely able to see over the baptistry ledge, Trent saw a church that rejoiced with him, loved him, prayed for him and that day, celebrated with him. Trent’s journey to

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LEAKED SCOTUS DRAFT GIVES HOPE FOR REVERSING ROE

By Tom Strode Baptist Press WASHINGTON — Pro-life advocates reacted hopefully to the report of a leaked draft opinion within the U.S. Supreme Court that would overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide. In a stunning development Monday evening (May 2), Politico – a politics- and policy-focused news organization – published a copy of a draft of an opinion by Associate Justice Samuel Alito that would strike

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CHURCHES ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN CHURCH COMPENSATION STUDY

Baptist and Reflector DALLAS — The 2022 SBC Church Compensation Study, a joint effort of GuideStone Financial Resources, Lifeway Christian Resources and Baptist state conventions (including the Tennessee Baptist Convention), is now underway. Normally conducted every two years, this will be the first compensation study since 2018. The study for 2020 was canceled due to COVID-19. The information gained through the study assists the sponsoring entities in helping Southern Baptist

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THE WISDOM OF MOMS

By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Writer, B&R Mother’s Day is a time when we honor all mothers — those biological women who have given birth and

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