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FOWLER: THERE’S A GOOD PLAN IN PLACE

December 7, 2021

By David Dawson [email protected] JEFFERSON CITY — Leaders at Carson-Newman University are continuing to navigate through the recovery and assessment phases in the wake of a fire that damaged the school’s Pedersen Nursing Building on Nov. 26. (Story HERE).  “We are in the process of finalizing our plans for the (upcoming) semester so that our nursing students will have a consistent place where we can teach well and for them to have

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UNION TRUSTEES APPROVE NEW PROGRAM

December 6, 2021

Union University news office JACKSON — Union University trustees welcomed five new members to the board and received a clean audit report during their Dec. 3 meeting on the university campus. Beginning their tenure as Union trustees were Adam Dooley, senior pastor of Englewood Baptist Church in Jackson; Kay Griffin, a Union graduate and retired English teacher with the Jackson-Madison County School System; Willie McLaurin, vice president for Great Commission

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PRO-LIFERS HOPEFUL AFTER HIGH COURT ABORTION ARGUMENTS

December 2, 2021

By Tom Strode Baptist Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s oral arguments on Dec. 1 left pro-life advocates hopeful the justices are poised to uphold a state ban on abortion after 15 weeks’ gestation and possibly to overturn long-standing decisions in support of legalized abortion nationwide. During a nearly two-hour session, conservative justices questioned the high court’s previous rulings that prohibit bans on abortion before an unborn child is

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SUMMIT RECAP: PASTORS CONFERENCE

December 1, 2021

‘Faithful men’ receive encouragement By Tim Ellsworth and Suzanne Rhodes Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Speakers at the 2021 Tennessee Baptist Pastors Conference on Nov. 15 at Brentwood Baptist Church addressed the theme “Faithful Men” as they challenged pastors to remain faithful in ministering to their churches, in mentoring others and in sharing the gospel with unbelievers.  The theme verse was II Timothy 2:2. “What you have heard from me

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SUMMIT RECAP: SERMONS AND SERVICES

November 30, 2021

Baptist and Reflector  BRENTWOOD — Worship and praise served as the anchor points for this year’s Summit.   The conference, which is the annual gathering of Tennessee Baptists, was held Nov. 14-17 at Brentwood Baptist Church.  Below are brief recaps of the services that were held during Summit. (Coverage of the Sunday night worship service can be found HERE).  TUESDAY AFTERNOON SERVICE McLaurin: We will always be better together By

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CHURCH NEEDS LITTLE TIME TO ERASE BUILDING DEBT

November 29, 2021

By David Dawson [email protected] CLARKSVILLE — Demonstrating bold faith, Ronny Raines believed his church would need only one day to eliminate its building debt. And he was right. Raines, pastor of First Baptist Church Clarksville, recently guided the church through a “One Day” campaign — and it produced miraculous results. Using Hebrews 11:6 as the theme, the church raised $1.3 million on Sunday, Oct. 24. “Our church saw the faithfulness

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FIRE DAMAGES NURSING BUILDING AT C-N

November 27, 2021

Baptist and Reflector JEFFERSON CITY — An early morning fire on Friday, Nov. 26, damaged the Pedersen Nursing Building at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City. According to a university spokesman, there were no classes due to the Thanksgiving break. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, he added. The university released the following statement: “A call was reported at 7:43 a.m. concerning a fire at Carson-Newman University’s Pedersen

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WHERE ARE TODAY’S STATESMEN?

November 26, 2021

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] During Summit, Chris Turner, the TBMB’s director of communications, and I were having a conversation with TBC president Bruce Chesser and vice president Chuck Groover. The issue of statesmen and statesmanship in the Southern Baptist Convention came up. The general consensus was we have few if any. What a shame. When I think of Baptist statesmen in my era, the names Hershel

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IN EVERYTHING, GIVE THANKS

November 25, 2021

By David Dawson [email protected] Most of you reading these words have met my dad, Mike Dawson, a retired Baptist preacher. I know this because a recent Gallop poll revealed that 81 percent of earth’s population has met my dad, and 71 percent of those surveyed said that they classify him “as a close friend.”  Okay, I made that up. But the truth is, you can’t go anywhere with my dad 

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REFLECTING ON OUR ANNUAL MEETING

November 24, 2021

By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board It was so good to see you all.  I mentioned in a letter to our Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff shortly after Summit 2021 ended that I thought that our convention was the best national or state convention I’ve attended in 45 years of ministry.  That’s a strong statement and I realize my perspective may be skewed by

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