Editor’s note: April 27 is recognized as National Administrative Professionals Day. Take this opportunity to thank your church secretary or ministry assistant for the ministry they perform for your church. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MURFREESBORO — In some churches they are ministry or administrative assistants. In others, they are secretaries. It really doesn’t matter which title is used — ministry assistants or church secretaries —  they

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Through March 31, Tennessee Baptists have given more than $1.9 million through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions. With about five months to go in the offering’s 2021-22 fiscal year, gifts are $100,000 short of $2 million. Reaching the $2 million mark would be a milestone in the history of the offering. In addition, the current amount is about $200,000 short of the $2.1 million

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] SEVIERVILLE — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers have begun helping residents whose homes were burned during wildfires which swept through portions of Sevier County on March 3 and lasted through early April when the fires were finally contained. The fires were primarily in two locations according to local news media — Hatcher Mountain in Wears Valley and Dupont/Milestone Gap in Seymour. WBIR-TV

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Roc Collins, director of strategic objectives for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, has a passion to see spiritually lost people saved. Fresh off the first statewide evangelism conference in Tennessee in 14 years, Collins is anxious to take it to the next level in order to reach the nearly four million people (about 56 percent of the population) in the

From B&R, news reports SEVIERVILLE — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief units are preparing to provide further assistance for the situation in Sevierville, where wildfires have burned more than 3,300 acres during the past several days.  Last week, Tennessee Baptist DR sent a shower unit to assist the fire fighters who came off the line from fighting the fire, said Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.

Matt Ward, pastor of FBC Wartburg, returns home after 11 months in Kuwait By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] WARTBURG — When First Baptist Church, Wartburg, called Matt Ward as pastor three years ago, members knew what they were getting — a major in the United States Army who has been a chaplain in the Tennessee National Guard since 2011. The church also knew they were getting a