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2020 SUMMIT: FULL SCHEDULE

November 4, 2020

SUMMIT SCHEDULE Tuesday, Nov. 10 (begins at 9 a.m., CST)  Pre-Summit Video (starts at 8:30 a.m.) A Spoken Word: Nick Person, Executive Pastor, New Vision Baptist Church Murfreesboro TBC President’s Welcome: Bruce Chesser, pastor, FBC Hendersonville Summit Greetings: Mike Glenn, pastor, Brentwood Baptist Church, Brentwood Good News Video Story featuring Victory Baptist Church, Henning Prayer for America: Wagdy Zakher, pastor, Arabic Baptist Church, Murfreesboro

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NOW DEBT FREE, MARYVILLE CHURCH DOUBLES CP GIVING TO 10 PERCENT

November 3, 2020

By Diana Chandler Senior Writer, Baptist Press MARYVILLE — Pastor Scott Linginfelter had just preached the opening night of a tent revival on a farm field in rural Greenback when he told Baptist Press of his commitment to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program. “Somebody found treasure in a field,” he said of his sermon based on Matthew 13:44. “To find treasure, it means you don’t just get saved, but

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TBC CP GIFTS END YEAR NEAR GOAL

November 2, 2020

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — In a year when most churches across Tennessee could not meet in person for several months, Tennessee Baptists continued to faithfully meet missions and ministry needs in the state and around the world. Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,824,225 through the Cooperative Program in October. Tennessee Baptists gave a total of $34,203,543 through the Cooperative Program during the 2019-20 budget year which ended Oct. 31.

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MOHLER TO BE NOMINATED FOR SBC PRESIDENCY

October 30, 2020

By George Schroeder Baptist Press ORLANDO — Citing a desire to serve as a uniter amid turbulent times, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. said he has agreed to accept a nomination to serve as SBC president at the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting. Mohler is expected to be nominated by H.B. Charles, senior pastor of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla. Almost a year ago, Charles

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NAMB TRUSTEES CELEBRATE AAEO; REDUCE BUDGET

October 29, 2020

Baptist Press ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Trustees of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) gathered Oct. 5-6 to celebrate God’s provision and Southern Baptist faithfulness during a year marked by a pandemic, economic uncertainty and social unrest. Most trustees attended the meeting in person with social distancing at NAMB’s building in Alpharetta while some participated online. At the group’s Monday evening celebration dinner, NAMB president Kevin Ezell noted that after the

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C-N STUDENTS FIND WAYS TO SERVE MINDFULLY DURING COVID

October 28, 2020

Carson-Newman news office JEFFERSON CITY —  More than 200 students with Carson-Newman University participated in an annual day of service, albeit with a lot of changes from years past. The university participates in Operation Inasmuch each fall semester, with hundreds of students traditionally volunteering to serve on-site with dozens of community partners throughout East Tennessee.  As with so many other things this year, the pandemic required a shift from tradition

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BARRETT CONFIRMED; SBC LEADERS FOCUS ON PRAYER

October 27, 2020

By Tom Strode Baptist Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in a nearly party-line vote Monday evening (Oct. 26), and Southern Baptist leaders focused on prayer for the new justice. The Senate voted 52-48 for confirmation of the federal appeals court judge. Only Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, broke from her party, joining with Democrats to oppose the confirmation. Barrett was given the

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UNION AWARDS DOCKERY 2020 DODD AWARD

October 27, 2020

Union University news office JACKSON — Union University has presented former university president David S. Dockery with its M.E. Dodd Denominational Service Award. The Dodd Award is the highest denominational service award Union gives. It is named for the man who was a 1904 Union graduate, served as president of the SBC and who was the father of today’s Cooperative Program, the method by which Southern Baptists pool their resources

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OAKLEY RETIRES AFTER 70 YEARS OF MINISTRY

October 26, 2020

Baptist and Reflector HALLS — William P. “Bill” Oakley announced his retirement from Enon Baptist Church, Halls, on Oct.  11. He is completing five years as pastor of Enon Baptist and 70 years in the gospel ministry, primarily as a pastor. “The Lord made it very clear to me that at 89 years of age, it was time for me to retire from the pastorate,” said Oakley, who was ordained into

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HISTORIC FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MARKS 200 YEARS OF MINISTRY

October 23, 2020

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Union forces occupied First Baptist Church, Nashville,  for more than two years during the Civil War, generally destroying the place as they threw church pews on the lawn and established a temporary hospital. As historians tell it, pastor Robert Boyté Crawford (R.B.C.) Howell refused to pledge allegiance to the federal government and was thrown into prison at bayonet point for a two-month stay.

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