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TEACHING KIDS — WHEREVER IT LEADS

July 14, 2021

Jefferson County Baptists use local cemetery to provide BKC/VBS  By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] JEFFERSON CITY — John Pinkston served as interim associational missionary for Jefferson County Baptist Association for more than a year before he agreed to accept the position full time. In doing so, he left the pastorate of Buffalo Grove Baptist Church where he had served for nearly 30 years. Why? Pinkston had a

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HALLMARK TO BE NOMINATED FOR TBC PRESIDENCY

July 13, 2021

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Clay Hallmark, pastor of First Baptist Church, Lexington, since 2016, will be nominated for the presidency of the Tennessee Baptist Convention during Summit, to be held Nov. 14-17 at Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood. David Green, pastor of First Baptist Church, Greeneville, informed the Baptist and Reflector recently of his intent to nominate Hallmark. “I have known and worked closely with Clay since 2016 when

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VBS — IN PERSON AGAIN!

July 13, 2021

Tennessee Baptist churches report salvations By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — After being limited to virtual meetings and scaled-down gatherings last year because of the pandemic, Vacation Bible School and Backyard Kids Club are back with a bang. Churches across Tennessee are reporting incredible results from Vacation Bible School, said Vicki Hulsey, childhood specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. “I have never seen as much

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125 BAPTIST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS KIDNAPPED IN NIGERIA

July 8, 2021

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press KADUNA, Nigeria — About 125 students kidnapped from a Baptist church school in northern Nigeria are especially in danger because of their Christianity and the unwillingness of local authorities to pay a ransom, a leading persecution watchdog group told Baptist Press. “There have been many kidnappings of school children over the past few years,” said Nathan Johnson, International Christian Concern’s (ICC) regional manager for Africa.

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SERVING WITH INTEGRITY AND SKILL: O. S. HAWKINS REFLECTS ON A HALF-CENTURY OF MINISTRY

July 8, 2021

By Roy Hayhurst Director of denominational and public relations services, GuideStone Financial Resources DALLAS — On a clear day from O. S. Hawkins’ office in a North Dallas high-rise, you can see all the way to Fort Worth, his hometown. It may be fewer than forty miles from Crenshaw Street on Fort Worth’s East Side, where Hawkins grew up, to GuideStone’s offices. But in many ways, it’s a world away

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TBC CP GIFTS ABOVE BUDGET

July 8, 2021

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,175,567 through the Cooperative Program in June. For the year-to-date (November 2020-June 2021), churches have given $23,503,981 through the Cooperative Program giving channel to fund missions and ministries in Tennessee and around the world. The amount given after eight months of the current fiscal year is $613,548 or 2.7 percent above what was given during the same time frame last

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TBC CP GIFTS ABOVE BUDGET

July 8, 2021

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,175,567 through the Cooperative Program in June. For the year-to-date (November 2020-June 2021), churches have given $23,503,981 through the Cooperative Program giving channel to fund missions and ministries in Tennessee and around the world. The amount given after eight months of the current fiscal year is $613,548 or 2.7 percent above what was given during the same time frame last

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ERLC TRUSTEES ANNOUNCED FOR PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE

July 7, 2021

From the ERLC news office NASHVILLE — A search committee has been formed to identify the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.On behalf of the ERLC Executive Committee, Dr. David E. Prince, chairman of the ERLC Board of Trustees, announced that Todd Howard, pastor of Watson Chapel Baptist Church in Pine Bluff, Ark., will serve as chairman of the presidential search committee. In addition

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MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SAY ABORTIONS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL AFTER FIRST TRIMESTER

July 6, 2021

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press NEW YORK — At least 65 percent of Americans believe abortion should be illegal in most cases after the first three months of pregnancy, according to a new poll designed to be representative of the national population. A full 80 percent of Americans believe it should be illegal in the last three months of pregnancy, said the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll released

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FIRST HURRICANE OF 2021 SEASON ARRIVES AS SBDR, SEND RELIEF GEAR UP FOR ACTIVE SEASON

July 6, 2021

By Brandon Elrod Baptist Press ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The first hurricane of the 2021 season has been named, and it’s already a record-breaker. Tropical Storm Elsa became a hurricane on July 2 in the Atlantic Ocean near Barbados, the easternmost Caribbean Island. The storm, which had been fast-moving, was projected to arrive near the shores of the Dominican Republic and Haiti by July 3. The National Hurricane Center was projecting

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TBC CP GIFTS ABOVE BUDGET

July 8, 2021

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,175,567 through the Cooperative Program in June. For the year-to-date (November 2020-June 2021), churches have

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TBC CP GIFTS ABOVE BUDGET

July 8, 2021

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,175,567 through the Cooperative Program in June. For the year-to-date (November 2020-June 2021), churches have

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