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TENNESCENE: NOV. 6

CHURCHES Colonial Baptist Church, Memphis, will celebrate its 70th anniversary on Sunday, Oct. 27. Former pastor Gerald Hallmark, will lead the joint Sunday School class at 9 a.m. Clay Hallmark, pastor of First  Baptist Church, Lexington, and former TBC president, will bring the message in the 10:30 a.m.  worship service. A potluck luncheon will follow. Hopewell Baptist Church, Cleveland, recently celebrated 163 years of serving God in its community. The

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HISTORIC GIFT BOOSTS TBCH PROJECT

BRENTWOOD — Greg McCoy’s use of the word “historic” isn’t hyperbole. It’s factual.  When Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes recently received a three-million dollar donation from Bill Yeaman as part of the Sumpter Yeaman Charitable Foundation, it marked the largest living-donor gift in the 133-year history of the organization.  “We were just amazed by this act of generosity,” said McCoy, president and treasurer of Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes. “It’s a serious,

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HENSLEY TO BE NOMINATED AS TBC SECOND VP AT SUMMIT

SEVIERVILLE — East Tennessee Baptist Association director of missions Mike Hensley will be nominated as second vice president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Dan Spencer, pastor of First Baptist Church, Sevierville, notified the Baptist and Reflector on Nov. 2 of his intentions to nominate Hensley. “Mike Hensley brings to the table decades of faithful and effective pastoral ministry and a solid record of associational leadership, most recently in the aftermath

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TBC CP YEAR ENDS STRONG

FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,108,755 through the Cooperative Program in October. The 2023-24 CP budget year ended Oct. 31. Tennessee Baptists gave $34,772,896 during the year. The amount is $301,794 or 0.9 percent more than was given in 2022-23. This year’s gifts were $227,104 or 0.65 percent below budget needs.

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SINQUEFIELD: WE’RE STEPPING ON THE GAS

STANTON — Although the Ford Motor Company is slowing down its production schedule at BlueOval City, there are no plans to pump the brakes on the evangelism efforts in that region.  In fact, the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and its partnering local churches say they plan to keep surging in West Tennessee, even after the Ford Company’s recent announcement that the launch of its next-generation electric truck would be delayed

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TWO HEARTS REVIVED: HOW AN HVAC HERO SAVED A LIFE AND FOUND HOPE

CHATTANOOGA — As far as David and Marilyn Killian are concerned, God sent Cameron Lowe to save David’s life so David could help save Cameron’s. An HVAC repair worker, Cameron is trained to get compressors and blowers back up and running – not human hearts. But that’s exactly what he had to do one Thursday last month. David had made an appointment with North Georgia Heating and Air weeks earlier

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DR EFFORTS CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE

ELIZABETHTON — It’s been more than a month since Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc in northeast Tennessee but Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are still on the job. The TBDR incident command post that was previously at First Baptist Church in Dandridge transitioned two weeks ago to Grace Baptist Church, Elizabethton. The command post, led by John and Kaye Thomas, takes over cleanup efforts previously coordinated by Texas Baptists in Johnson

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LIFEWAY CAMPS PARTNER WITH CHURCHES TO WELCOME CAMPERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

BRENTWOOD — It was the last night of a week of FUGE Camps in Mobile, Alabama, and groups were gearing up for Mega Relay – a high-energy relay race that involves everyone at camp and serves as the iconic close to each FUGE Camps session of the summer. As teams gathered to prepare for the race, one group had a different routine than the rest. As other groups began the

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BCM READY TO RESPOND AT MTSU AFTER TRAGEDY

MURFREESBORO — Middle Tennessee State University experienced a day on campus on Monday, Oct. 28, that you never want to see happen, said Mark Whitt, collegiate ministry specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. According to Sidelines, MTSU’s student newspaper, a student died by suicide inside the James E. Walker Memorial Library on Monday afternoon. University president Sidney McPhee sent out a statement to the campus confirming the death. The school

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NOV. 9 A SPECIAL DAY TO FOCUS ON WIDOWS, ORPHANS

Southern Baptists have set aside Sunday, Nov. 9, to focus on caring for widows and orphans. Based on James 1:27, “Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world” (CSB), the day gives churches an opportunity to pray for widows and orphans and evaluate their ministry to them. In a Lifeway Research

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TENNESCENE: NOV. 6

CHURCHES Colonial Baptist Church, Memphis, will celebrate its 70th anniversary on Sunday, Oct. 27. Former pastor Gerald Hallmark, will lead the joint Sunday School class

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HISTORIC GIFT BOOSTS TBCH PROJECT

BRENTWOOD — Greg McCoy’s use of the word “historic” isn’t hyperbole. It’s factual.  When Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes recently received a three-million dollar donation from

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TBC CP YEAR ENDS STRONG

FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,108,755 through the Cooperative Program in October. The 2023-24 CP budget year ended Oct. 31. Tennessee Baptists gave

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