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UNION UNIVERSITY KICKS OFF 200TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

September 14, 2022

JACKSON — Union University will host a special Family Weekend, kicking off Union’s bicentennial anniversary celebration on Sept. 23-24. The weekend will include a variety of fun events and activities for the whole family, concluding with a free David Crowder concert and firework show on the Great Lawn. Catherine Kwasigroh, Union’s vice president for institutional advancement, said she hopes this celebration will unite the Union family in praise and worship

2022 SUMMIT PREVIEW: ‘ACROSS THE STREETS, THE STATES, THE SEAS’

September 14, 2022

FRANKLIN — “Across Streets, the States, the Seas” is the theme of the 2022 Summit to be held Nov. 13-16 at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova. “The missional strategy of the Tennessee Baptist Convention is to take the gospel across the streets, the states and the seas,” said Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. “We must live out this Acts 1:8 strategy mandated

LEATHERWOOD NAMED NEXT ERLC PRESIDENT

September 13, 2022

The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has named Brent Leatherwood as its new president. Leatherwood has served as the organization’s acting president since September 2021. Leatherwood had previously served as vice president of external affairs and chief of staff at ERLC. He follows Daniel Patterson, who served as acting president before departing in August 2021 to serve as executive pastor of Central Baptist Church in College Station, Texas. Patterson was

2021-22 FINAL GOTM TALLY: $2,227,367

September 13, 2022

FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptists reached the goal for the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions for the first time since 2007-08 in July when it extended the record offering for the goal which was set in late April. When the final tally was totaled at the end of August, the amount stood at $2,227,367, a 29.41 percent increase over 2020-21.

MISSIONS GET-TOGETHER: VENUE CHANGES, VALUE REMAINS

September 13, 2022

BRENTWOOD — Instead of traveling to the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, the attendees at the 2023 Missions Get-Together will be getting together in a new place. The Woman’s Missionary Union’s annual event is relocating to Brentwood Baptist Church, moving from its traditional host city of Gatlinburg. The event — which is WMU’s annual three-day conference of fellowship, worship, breakout sessions and administrative meetings — is scheduled for March

IMAGE OF LOVE

September 8, 2022

Hope Pregnancy Center in Clarksville dedicated its new ultrasound machine in August. The machine was made possible by the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission’s Psalm 139 Project and the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Training for the machine was funded by the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions. Participating in the dedication service were, from left, Bobby Reed, chief financial officer, ERLC; Beth Moore, compassion ministries specialist, TBMB; Rachel Wiles,

AMERICANS BELIEVE SUICIDE IS EPIDEMIC, NOT PATHWAY TO HELL

September 7, 2022

NASHVILLE — Most Americans say suicide has become an epidemic in the United States, and few say people who commit suicide automatically go to hell. In 2008, September was declared National Suicide Prevention Month in the United States. According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 45,979 people died by suicide in the United States in 2020, which amounts to one death every 11 minutes.

MEAL PRAYER LEADS TO GOSPEL CONVERSATION

September 7, 2022

SEDONA, Ariz. — Bowed heads before their meal on an anniversary trip led a Tennessee couple to an opportunity to share their faith. That encounter, in turn, was followed by a social media call-out for help and success in connecting the new believer to a local church. On Aug. 2 at 4:08 p.m., Jimmy Inman, elder and teaching pastor at True Life Church in Jefferson City, received a text from

YOUNG BOY’S BATTLE WITH TUMOR ENCOURAGES OTHERS

September 6, 2022

BRENTWOOD — No child should have to face serious health problems alone. That’s why Easton Reeder is using his fight against a brain tumor to show others how to win their own battles. Easton attends Sunset Elementary School in Brentwood. His favorite things in life are his faith, family, the University of Tennessee football, baseball and triathlons. His story is an encouragement to all. During the summer of 2021, Easton

BCM PLAYED PIVOTAL ROLE FOR NEWLY ORDAINED MINISTER

September 5, 2022

COOKEVILLE — The story of Paul Stouder is one that comes full circle through the Tennessee Tech Baptist Collegiate Ministry, said Ben Maddox, Tech BCM minister. As a freshman, Stouder visited the BCM for an outdoor worship service. He thought it would be a way to blend into the crowd while still learning about Christianity. After that service, Stouder found community with other students who connected him with Stevens Street

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