By Art Toalston Contributing Writer, B&R FRANKLIN — R.G.B. Howell started a newspaper within a month after moving to Tennessee in January 1835. He called it The Baptist — forerunner 185 years ago to the Baptist and Reflector. “To unite, harmonize, and invigorate the church in this state,” Howell wrote in launching the paper, “some medium of communication is necessary, through which our brethren, in its various parts, should have

Since 1835, the B&R has kept Tennessee Baptists informed, inspired By Art Toalston Contributing Writer, B&R FRANKLIN —  After a tornado tore through their community — and her family’s home — followed by the upheaval of COVID-19, Ashley Lee had no less resolve for Vacation Bible School. “So many of our children had already had so much taken away from them,” Lee told the Baptist and Reflector. “We knew we

Baptist and Reflector SEYMOUR — Walter Grubb, former president/headmaster of The King’s Academy, is returning to the academy in that role in an interim capacity, announced Richard Wallace, chair of the board of trustees of The King’s Academy, in a press release on Friday.    Wallace, a Sevierville attorney, made the announcement following a called board meeting on campus to address the vacancy created when Matt Mercer resigned from that