By Johnnie C. Godwin Contributing columnist, B&R In one person’s life and career, he was an author, a publisher, and a speaker. But he got downsized at age 55. His wife thought that was tragic and the end of his career. But the “downsizee” thought just the opposite. After a generation of contacts, he continued to write, preach and teach and conduct seminars as an adjunct professor. He began to
By Matt Tullos Special assistant to the executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Everybody loves a good comeback story and game-changing plays. If you enjoy sports, you can certainly remember an alley-oop, a trick play, an interception, a home run or a steal that changed the momentum of a particular game. We call them game-changers. And we desperately need these game-changing moments in our churches. Even the most contemporary church
By Jon Hawkins Training and volunteer coordinator, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board As the training and volunteer coordinator for Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, I meet every new employee as part of our onboarding process. On March 19, 2021, I met Roger Britton, TBMB’s new bivocational ministries specialist, for the first time. Within the first five minutes of our meeting, Roger very quickly shared his love for bivocational ministers. His words pierced
Carson-Newman University news office JEFFERSON CITY — Starting last week, Carson-Newman University is featured on Amazon Prime. Inclusion on the platform comes with the launch of Season 3 of The College Tour. Carson-Newman University is one of a limited number of universities in the southeast featured in the TV series. The program is the creation of Emmy-nominated and multi-award-winning producers. Hosted and produced by Amazing Race winner Alex Boylan, each
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] As I approach my 34th year with the Baptist and Reflector, I can’t even begin to count how many sermons and messages I have listened to in more than three decades. A good number of those messages were preached during the State Evangelism Conference which at one time was the highlight for pastors all over Tennessee. During the late 1980s and through
McLaurin grateful for experience he gained as TBMB staffer Editor’s Note: Former Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff member Willie McLaurin was tapped as interim president/CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee on Feb. 1. Full story here. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] NASHVILLE — The significance of the timing of his selection as interim president/CEO of the Southern Baptist Executive Committee was not lost on
After one-year absence, bivocational pastors/wives gather again By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] PIGEON FORGE — While COVID-19 caused many events to be canceled in 2021, perhaps no one group was more affected than bivocational ministers and their wives. In order to help meet a need caused by the cancelation last year, the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board scheduled 13 small one-night events for bivocational pastors and their wives
After one-year absence, bivocational pastors/wives gather again By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] PIGEON FORGE — While COVID-19 caused many events to be canceled in 2021, perhaps no one group was more affected than bivocational ministers and their wives. In order to help meet a need caused by the cancelation last year, the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board scheduled 13 small one-night events for bivocational pastors and their wives
Conference attendees encouraged to be bold and act with urgency for lost By Lonnie Wilkey & David Dawson Baptist and Reflector MURFREESBORO — After an absence of more than a decade, the State Evangelism Conference was “relaunched” this year. The two-day event, presented by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and hosted at New Vision Church in Murfreesboro on Jan. 30-31, featured a total of four worship sessions and a series
Excitement, energy mark the ‘relaunch’ of the state evangelism conference after hiatus By David Dawson [email protected] MURFREESBORO — High-energy music. Motivational messages. Intensity and excitement among the attendees. Sounds like a pep rally, right? Well, in a sense, that’s what the 2022 Tennessee State Evangelism Conference was designed to be — a pep rally for evangelism. But instead of school spirit, it was the Holy Spirit that permeated across the
By Johnnie C. Godwin Contributing columnist, B&R In one person’s life and career, he was an author, a publisher, and a speaker. But he got
By Matt Tullos Special assistant to the executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Everybody loves a good comeback story and game-changing plays. If you enjoy
By Jon Hawkins Training and volunteer coordinator, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board As the training and volunteer coordinator for Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, I meet every
Carson-Newman University news office JEFFERSON CITY — Starting last week, Carson-Newman University is featured on Amazon Prime. Inclusion on the platform comes with the launch
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] As I approach my 34th year with the Baptist and Reflector, I can’t even begin to count
McLaurin grateful for experience he gained as TBMB staffer Editor’s Note: Former Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff member Willie McLaurin was tapped as interim president/CEO
After one-year absence, bivocational pastors/wives gather again By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] PIGEON FORGE — While COVID-19 caused many events to be
After one-year absence, bivocational pastors/wives gather again By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] PIGEON FORGE — While COVID-19 caused many events to be
Conference attendees encouraged to be bold and act with urgency for lost By Lonnie Wilkey & David Dawson Baptist and Reflector MURFREESBORO — After an
Excitement, energy mark the ‘relaunch’ of the state evangelism conference after hiatus By David Dawson [email protected] MURFREESBORO — High-energy music. Motivational messages. Intensity and excitement