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TENNESCENE: WEEKS OF SEP. 25-OCT. 7

September 27, 2019

CHURCHES Brush Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Brush Creek, will hold revival services Sept. 29 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at 6:30 p.m. Roc Collins of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff will serve as guest evangelist and the Nesbitt Family will lead worship. Shiloh Baptist Church, Nashville, will host a tent revival Sept. 29-Oct. 2, beginning at 6:33 p.m. each night. Featured speakers include John

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BABY LOVE

September 27, 2019

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] MARYVILLE — Hannah Watson is just one of thousands of young women who have made “life decisions” at the Pregnancy Resource Center in Maryville, including 905 women who chose life rather than abortion just last year, said Valerie Millsapps, executive director of the center. Hannah, who was facing an unplanned pregnancy, acknowledged that she felt alone and afraid and incapable of raising a child. “When I

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CARSON-NEWMAN, TBMB TEAM UP TO RALLY FOR CHRIST

September 25, 2019

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] JEFFERSON CITY — As they prepared for the East Tennessee Rally for Christ at Carson-Newman, the leadership team at the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board said they wanted the event to have a two-pronged purpose: To ignite the believers and offer hope to the spiritually lost. By the time the rally came to a close, it was clear that both objectives had been met:

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VICTORY FORMATION

September 25, 2019

C-N football program sees 10 players make professions By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] JEFFERSON CITY —  Big decisions are often made at football camp. Who is going to be the starting tailback? What scheme is the new defensive coordinator going to install?  Is the kick returner going to be used at wide receiver? Important choices, for sure. Choices that can ultimately determine a team’s success. And yet, those

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TENNESSEE DR ASSIGNED TO HUFFMAN

September 24, 2019

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief has been asked to send flood recovery teams to First Baptist Church, Huffman, Texas, located on the north side of Houston, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Imelda. Imelda dumped about 40 inches of rain on southeast Texas  last week. An estimated 4,000 homes were flooded, said Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.

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BAPTISM SUNDAY SEES ‘TREMENDOUS MOMENTUM’

September 24, 2019

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — A couple (names withheld by request) so appreciated the gospel call at Christ Community Church in Huntersville, N.C., on Sept. 8 that they hugged pastor Ronnie Parrott and cried after their baptisms moments later. “They were in tears and grateful that we cared enough about them to give them that opportunity to know Christ, to know the true gospel and then to

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B&R TRIAL PLAN NOW AVAILABLE

September 23, 2019

For three months, churches can have the Baptist and Reflector sent at no cost to your members. Just supply a list of names and addresses. The only requirement is that the church will guarantee to provide a minimum of 10 subscriptions for one year after the trial plan is over at a cost of $10 per subscription if you enter the trial before Dec. 31. E-mail your mailing list to

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NOBTS EXCAVATION COULD BRING 2 KINGS 17 INTO FOCUS

September 19, 2019

By Gary D. Myers Baptist Press TEL HADID, Israel — Nestled between accounts of Israel’s defeat at the hands of the Assyrian army and the rise of Hezekiah’s kingship in Judea, the importance of 2 Kings 17:24-40 can be easy to overlook. The verses speak of the people groups the Assyrians sent to the region of Samaria in Israel after the fall of the Northern Kingdom and the deportation of

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REACHING OUT, GROWING STRONG

September 18, 2019

After voting in favor of revitalization plan, Lebanon Baptist sees 10 baptisms in nine months By David Dawson [email protected] TALBOTT — Despite some downward trends, pastor Charlie Brewer believed in the congregation at Lebanon Baptist Church. And they likewise believed in their pastor. So, when Brewer presented the church with an outline of what it would take for the church to once again become visible and vibrant, the members of

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