MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE B&R STAFF
December 25, 2024
MERRY CHRISTMAS! — From the staff of the Baptist and Reflector and the entire TBMB team.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! — From the staff of the Baptist and Reflector and the entire TBMB team.
ERWIN — For the past four years, Central Baptist Church in Erwin has participated in the Christmas Backpacks Ministry of Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. This year was to be no different, according to Kerri Kite, who spearheads the ministry at Central Baptist. The church held a Christmas in August event and had collected enough to provide 52 backpacks, she said. Then, along came Hurricane Helene. Erwin and Unicoi County were
JOHNSON CITY — As the end of the fall semester draws to a close many campus organizations cut down on activities so students can finish projects and report and begin studying for final exams. At East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, the first full week in December is known as “dead week,” said Jonathan Chapman, collegiate ministries specialist at ETSU, adding that the school cancels all classes during the
NEWPORT — For the past two-plus years, Lonnie Wilkey, editor of the Baptist and Reflector, has been renting an apartment at Carson Springs Conference Center. Now, he officially has a permanent place at CSCC — even though he will no longer be living there. Kevin Perrigan, manager of Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center, along with the rest of the staff, has officially designated a section of the CSCC lobby as
LEADERS Larry Murphy, director of missions for Madison-Chester Baptist Association and Crockett County Baptist Association will retire Dec. 31. Murphy served as associate director of missions for two years before accepting DOM position 26 years ago. Prior to joining the association’s staff, he served on staff at Englewood Baptist Church in Jackson. Murphy, who has been in the ministry for 48 years, plans to continue to serve as a church
NEWPORT — Nearly two months after the Pigeon River flooded its banks due to Hurricane Helene, leaving behind a wake of destruction in its path, Riverview Baptist Church is on the road to recovery. Numerous DR teams and other volunteers have helped the church get to the point where it can begin repairs and restoration. The church sustained major damage as flood waters rose to about 10 feet high in
FRANKLIN — Ten years ago messengers at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention adopted the Five Objectives, a strategic 10-year plan for the ministry of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and churches throughout the TBC to reach the state for Christ. As the decade for the massive effort draws to a close at the end of the month, Tennessee Baptist leaders assessed the impact the Five Objectives have
BRENTWOOD — As Americans make their Christmas plans, slightly less than half say they usually attend a church service during the holiday season. A Lifeway Research study finds U.S. adults are split on whether they’ll be at church sometime this Christmas—47 percent say they typically attend church at Christmastime, while 48 percent say they do not, and 5 percent aren’t sure. “The very name ‘Christmas’ originates in the church’s celebration
Wayne Strong, a member of the Tennessee Baptist Historical Committee and Colonial Heights Baptist Church, Kingsport, manned the TBHC booth at the recent Summit in Murfreesboro with a display he developed featuring the 17 oldest Baptist churches in Tennessee. Over the past six months, he has worked to contact those 17 churches while gathering historical document and developing notebooks for each one. Following the annual meeting, he delivered the materials
PHILADELPHIA — The Bible protects against what the U.S. surgeon general has termed an “epidemic of loneliness” as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, the American Bible Society (ABS) said in releasing its latest chapter of the 2024 State of the Bible. Bible engagement, forgiveness and church attendance all offer individual antidotes to loneliness, decreasing the malady by more than 50 percent, ABS said. Scripture engagement offers
MERRY CHRISTMAS! — From the staff of the Baptist and Reflector and the entire TBMB team.
ERWIN — For the past four years, Central Baptist Church in Erwin has participated in the Christmas Backpacks Ministry of Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. This
JOHNSON CITY — As the end of the fall semester draws to a close many campus organizations cut down on activities so students can finish
NEWPORT — For the past two-plus years, Lonnie Wilkey, editor of the Baptist and Reflector, has been renting an apartment at Carson Springs Conference Center.
LEADERS Larry Murphy, director of missions for Madison-Chester Baptist Association and Crockett County Baptist Association will retire Dec. 31. Murphy served as associate director of
NEWPORT — Nearly two months after the Pigeon River flooded its banks due to Hurricane Helene, leaving behind a wake of destruction in its path,
FRANKLIN — Ten years ago messengers at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention adopted the Five Objectives, a strategic 10-year plan for the
BRENTWOOD — As Americans make their Christmas plans, slightly less than half say they usually attend a church service during the holiday season. A Lifeway
Wayne Strong, a member of the Tennessee Baptist Historical Committee and Colonial Heights Baptist Church, Kingsport, manned the TBHC booth at the recent Summit in
PHILADELPHIA — The Bible protects against what the U.S. surgeon general has termed an “epidemic of loneliness” as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes