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TBMB DIRECTORS TO RECOMMEND $35 MILLION CP BUDGET

September 16, 2020

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] FRANKLIN — The board of directors of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board approved a recommendation for a $35 million Cooperative Program budget  for 2020-21. The board met in person for the first time since COVID-19, but also provided a virtual option that the majority of the directors chose to take. The in-person meeting was held Sept. 15 at Thompson Station Church, Thompson’s Station. The $35 million

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PRO-LIFE ADVOCATE JOHNSON URGES BELIEVERS TO ‘WORK TO SAVE EACH AND EVERY ONE’

September 16, 2020

By Sarah Goff Union University news office JACKSON — The Union University Auxiliary hosted “An Evening with Abby Johnson” in the G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Johnson is a pro-life advocate and author of the award-winning book, “Unplanned,” which has been adapted into a movie of the same title. “Unplanned” chronicles both Johnson’s experiences during her eight-year career at Planned Parenthood and her dramatic exit in 2009

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CHARLES STANLEY TRANSITIONS TO PASTOR EMERITUS AT FIRST BAPTIST ATLANTA, ANTHONY GEORGE NAMED SENIOR PASTOR

September 14, 2020

By Scott Barkley Christian Index ATLANTA — In a video announcement following the online service at First Baptist Church in Atlanta today, longtime pastor Charles Stanley announced his transition to pastor emeritus. Stanley, who came to First Baptist as an associate pastor in 1969 before being named pastor two years later, informed the church’s board earlier this month of the decision. “I’m so grateful [God] saw fit to allow me

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MEMPHIS CHURCH THRIVES DURING COVID-19

September 14, 2020

Online attendance, giving have surged; on-campus gatherings to resume in 2021  By Diana Chandler Baptist Press MEMPHIS — Impact Baptist Church & Ministries of Memphis has so thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic that pastor Michael Ellis Sr. sees no reason to resume onsite worship before 2021. “I get this call from pastors all the time asking me what we’re going to do, and I say, ‘Hey look, our attendance is

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HYERS STEPS DOWN AFTER 65 YEARS OF MUSIC MINISTRY

September 11, 2020

By Ashley Perham Baptist & Reflector LOUISVILLE — After 65 years in music ministry at 13 churches, David Hyers retired in June as the worship leader at Beech Grove Baptist Church, Louisville. Hyers, who attended Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., spoke of the evidences of God’s work in his life on his last Sunday at Beech Grove. Hyers was 15 when he

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KATRINA EVACUEES RETURN THE FAVOR TO CAMP BATTERED BY LAURA

September 9, 2020

By Brian Blackwell Baptist Message DRY CREEK, La. — The winds were still howling as Hurricane Laura blew through Dry Creek Baptist Camp Thursday morning Aug. 27, when camp director Todd Burnaman fielded a welcomed phone call from the pastor of Horeb Baptist Church in Gretna, La., asking how he and his people could lend assistance. The members of Horeb Baptist, a Hispanic congregation that stayed at the camp for

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DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS FOSTER RACIAL UNITY

September 9, 2020

By Will Hall Baptist Message executive editor ALEXANDRIA, La. – While racial tensions continue to claim national headlines, the multi-state disaster relief response to one of the largest hurricanes ever to make landfall in the country is serving as an opportunity to build goodwill between ethnic groups in storm-affected parts of Louisiana. Hurricane Laura came ashore in the state with 150 mph winds and maintained its ferocity far inland, with

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AMERICANS HOLD COMPLEX, CONFLICTING RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, ACCORDING TO LATEST STATE OF THEOLOGY STUDY

September 8, 2020

By Aaron Earls Writer, LifeWay Christian Resources. NASHVILLE — More than half of Americans say religious beliefs are a matter of personal opinion, not objective facts. And that’s made clear by examining the varying, and sometimes contradictory, theological doctrines they hold. The biennial State of Theology study from Nashville-based LifeWay Research explores the religious and cultural beliefs of U.S. adults. For 54 percent of Americans, theological beliefs are not a

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PANDEMIC PROMPTS CHURCHES TO CONSIDER PERMANENT CHANGES

September 8, 2020

By Tess Schoonhoven Baptist Press HENDERSONVILLE — Every church has adjusted some aspects of ministry since the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic. But even as the effects of COVID-19 continue to press into the modern landscape of the evangelical church, some congregations are already turning from the question of how to shift from the current moment toward changes for the long-term future. Robby Gallaty, pastor of Long Hollow Baptist

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‘A LIFE IN ART’ SHARES PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVES

September 8, 2020

By Kristen Early C-N news office JEFFERSON CITY — Called to the pulpit more than 60 years ago, pastor William L. “Dub” Swafford, 91, has served in nearly a dozen Baptist churches throughout Middle and East Tennessee. During much of that time, he used art to process the often demanding role of pastoring. “I’ve always drawn, from the time I was just small,” he said. “It interested me. I started

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