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CLEAN UP CONTINUES IN TENNESSEE

November 12, 2019

Disaster relief teams from Tennessee, as well as Alabama, Kentucky and Missouri, are continuing to clean up trees and debris following straight-line winds that caused extensive damage across the state in late October. Teams are still at work in Clarksville, Waverly, Decatur and Adamsville, according to Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. He estimated more than 225 jobs have been completed but many more are

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THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL, THIRTY YEARS LATER

November 11, 2019

By Mike Creswell and Joanna Pinneo IMB communications Editor’s note: Thirty years ago, on November 9, 1989, East Germans were allowed to travel to the West, and the Berlin Wall was subsequently dismantled. To commemorate this world-changing event, we’re republishing an excerpt from the Foreign Mission Board’s (now IMB’s) The Commission magazine. The following excerpt was printed in January 1990, two months after East Germans were allowed to travel to

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FAITH SUSTAINED TENNESSEE VETERAN IN DARK DAYS OF WAR

November 11, 2019

Editor’s note: Today, Nov. 11, is Veteran’s Day. The following article is in honor/memory of the countless men and women in Tennessee and around our nation who served their country in the military. By Lonnie Wilkey Baptist and Reflector HERMITAGE — Robert “Bob” DePriest of Nashville had no idea when he joined the Navy in 1943 that he would witness one of the most significant events in United States military

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FBC CLARKSVILLE LOOKS TO FUTURE AFTER DROPPING PASTORAL CANDIDATE

November 11, 2019

By Chris Turner [email protected] CLARKSVILLE — First Baptist Church, Clarksville, ended several weeks of turmoil when church leadership announced Sunday (Nov. 10) that it was officially ending its relationship with a pastoral candidate accused of “pastoral abuse.”  In each of the church’s two worship services, Mark Zirkle, chairman of deacons, read from a statement regarding the decision for the church to drop Wes Feltner as a candidate to fill the

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FOWLER INAUGURATED AT CARSON-NEWMAN

November 8, 2019

Carson-Newman news office JEFFERSON CITY — In a ceremony attended by delegates of more than 40 academic institutions, associations and learned societies, Carson-Newman University inaugurated Charles A. Fowler as the 23rd president of the 168-year-old institution. The formal Inauguration Ceremony took place Friday morning at First Baptist Church of Jefferson City. Fowler was named the University’s 23rd president in June following a unanimous vote by the institution’s Presidential Search Committee

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Go2 CHALLENGES COLLEGE STUDENTS TO LIVE ON MISSION

November 6, 2019

By Rebecca Manry Baptist Press NASHVILLE — “Lots of factors go into where someone pursues their career. Why wouldn’t the Kingdom and mission of God be the largest of those factors?” That’s how Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear describes the motivation behind Go2, an initiative that challenges college students to commit their first two years after graduation to serving with a church plant in the US or overseas as they begin

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MOHLER: ‘I WILL ACCEPT NOMINATION’ AS SBC PRESIDENT

November 5, 2019

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press BP EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was changed to reflect updated attendance and financial statistics from Third Avenue Baptist Church. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. will accept a nomination in June 2020 to serve as Southern Baptist Convention president, he told Baptist Press Friday (Nov. 1). “I am honored by the announcement by Pastor H. B. Charles, and I

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60 YEARS OF MINISTRY AND STILL GOING STRONG

November 4, 2019

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] NEWPORT — At the age of 78, Horace Brown still has a burning passion for ministry. Brown was recognized by family and friends on Sunday, Oct. 20, at the offices of East Tennessee Baptist Association where he has served as director of missions for the past 10 years. He celebrated 60 years of ministry and he has no plans to stop anytime soon. “I will retire

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PREGNANCY CENTER GETS NEW HOME IN NEWPORT

November 1, 2019

By Ashley Perham Baptist & Reflector NEWPORT — When Options Pregnancy Help Center opened in 2016 in Newport, Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church had a “pro-life, conservative, Republican mentality,” said Randy Runions, pastor of Lincoln Avenue and chairman of the board of Options. However, Runions said the church soon realized that, for them, being pro-life was not about politics. “It did not take us long to switch from that to just

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SBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES STAFF RETIREMENTS

October 31, 2019

By BP Staff NASHVILLE — The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee announced Monday (Oct. 28) that Roger “Sing” Oldham and Ken Weathersby are retiring from their respective vice presidential posts. Weathersby, vice president for Convention advancement, began his role in 2013 and was the first African American to hold an EC vice presidential position. He came to the EC after holding a series of leadership roles at the North American

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FOWLER INAUGURATED AT CARSON-NEWMAN

November 8, 2019

Carson-Newman news office JEFFERSON CITY — In a ceremony attended by delegates of more than 40 academic institutions, associations and learned societies, Carson-Newman University inaugurated

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