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USED SS MATERIALS, BIBLES MAKE THEIR WAY OVERSEAS

August 27, 2020

By Ashley Perham Contributing writer, B&R MOUNT JULIET — At the end of every quarter, Fred and Linda Berry of First Baptist Church, Mount Juliet, would drop their Sunday School material in the collection bins at church, not thinking that one day those collection bins would turn into their ministry. First Baptist donated the material to a ministry called Love Packages that collects used Bibles and Christian literature and ships

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LIFEWAY LOOKING FORWARD AMID COVID-19 CHALLENGES

August 26, 2020

By Carol Pipes Director of corporate communications for LifeWay NASHVILLE — During a virtual meeting on August 25, LifeWay Christian Resources trustees received an update on the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on the organization and unanimously approved a $210 million budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year — 17 percent lower than the 2019-20 budget. Trustees also elected Jamie Adams as senior vice president and chief information technology officer.

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PRESSNELL ENJOYING NEW MINISTRY WITH ‘BIVO’ MINISTERS

August 26, 2020

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] ROGERSVILLE — Randy Pressnell is no stranger to bivocational ministry. He served as a bivocational pastor early in his ministry and later on while he served on the faculty and staff of Clear Creek Baptist Bible College in Pineville, Ky. After retiring as the full-time pastor at First Baptist Church, Oneida, in January, Pressnell stepped into a new role on May 1 when he became the

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CARSON-NEWMAN RETIREES REPRESENT 475 YEARS OF MINISTRY

August 25, 2020

Carson-Newman news office JEFFERSON CITY — Carson-Newman University announced retirements of faculty and staff from the spring and summer. The 15 faculty and staff members represent 475 years of service to the university. As the senior retiree with 43 years of service, Peggy Hypes, professor of education, reflected on her tenure at the university. She said she came to teach at Carson-Newman in 1977 because she knew East Tennessee was

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FALWELL RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT OF LIBERTY

August 24, 2020

By George Schroeder Baptist Press LYNCHBURG, Va. —After drama, denial and dispute, it’s official: Jerry Falwell Jr. has resigned as president of Liberty University. The school announced his departure Tuesday (Aug. 25), saying Liberty’s board of trustees had accepted his resignation. The move came amid escalating controversy over Falwell’s conduct, as well as allegations that he condoned an affair between his wife and a man he described as a family

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CALIFORNIA DISASTER RELIEF STYMIED DURING FIRES AS COVID-19 IMPACTS RESPONSE PROTOCOL

August 24, 2020

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, Calif. — As monster fires displace tens of thousands of Californians, Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers are stymied by changes in response protocols necessitated by COVID-19. Before the pandemic, volunteers in relief efforts were able to provide food and chaplains’ assistance to displaced residents housed at American Red Cross shelters. “With COVID rules the Red Cross is not putting people up

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COVID, TORNADO RESPONSE KEEP DR VOLUNTEERS BUSY

August 24, 2020

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] MOUNT JULIET — Add a couple of major tornadoes in March, sprinkled in with a large dose of unexpected COVID-19, and the end result is a lot of busy Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers. At the end of July, Tennessee Baptist DR had already contributed 9,045 volunteer days. By contrast, DR volunteers had 5,915 days during ALL of 2019. Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the

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CHALLENGES BECOME OPPORTUNITIES

August 21, 2020

Student pastors, leaders finding new ways to “do ministry” amid pandemic By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — When the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic first began impacting daily lives, many youth pastors were sent scrambling. The entire landscape of youth ministry changed almost overnight. Trips and events were postponed or canceled. On-campus gatherings were suspended. Things that were once considered “routine” parts of youth ministry had to

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STUDENT MINISTRY IN MCMINNVILLE THRIVING DESPITE COVID-19

August 21, 2020

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] McMINNVILLE — As John Templeton reflects on the past few months, he is awed by the way God has used these hard days as a time of transformation. Exhaustion has turned into excitement. Frustration has been replaced by fruitfulness. Despite the difficult circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Templeton has seen the Lord do a tremendous work in the student ministry at

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BREAKING NEWS: TBC COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS RECOMMENDS POSTPONEMENT OF SUMMIT

August 20, 2020

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected]  FRANKLIN — The Committee on Arrangements of the Tennessee Baptist Convention unanimously recommends that the 2020 Summit, scheduled for Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood in November, “be postponed indefinitely” until next year. The decision was made Aug. 20 during a Zoom meeting of the arrangements committee which also included TBC president Bruce Chesser, TBC vice presidents Chuck Groover and Corey Cain, and Clay Hallmark and Glenn

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