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TENNESSEE BAPTISTS ON MISSION: DESTINATION GERMANY

June 27, 2019

By Chris Turner [email protected] DUSSELDORF — Statistics will tell you Germany is a Christian nation. Heinrich Derksen will tell you it is not.  “The (spiritual) soil in Germany is very hard,” he says. “It is a post-Christian country and in many ways a pre-Christian country. It has drifted far from being the birthplace of the Reformation and Protestantism. Martin Luther brought the Bible to the people. We now must bring

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TENNESCENE: WEEKS OF JUN. 26-JUL. 9

June 26, 2019

LEADERS First Baptist Church, Lafayette, has called Tim Hickman as full-time senior pastor. Former Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff member Robert “Bob’ Brown began serving June 16 as interim pastor at First Baptist Church, Seymour. Brown is the executive director of Lakeway Christian Schools. Shawn Lowery recently resigned as youth minister at First Baptist Church, Portland, to become pastor of Union Springs Baptist Church in Randolph, Ala. During Lowery’s ministry

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THREE NASHVILLE CHURCHES HIT BY BURGLARY, ARSON

June 26, 2019

Baptist and Reflector staff  NASHVILLE — Nashville police are searching for a man who is suspected of breaking into three churches late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. The suspect stole several items and set small fires during the break-ins, which occurred at Priest Lake Community Baptist, Crievewood Baptist and St. Ignatius Catholic churches, according to multiple news outlets. Both Priest Lake Community and Crievewood are Tennessee Baptist churches.  WKRN reported

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JESUS TENT: HOW IT STARTED

June 26, 2019

Baptist and Reflector MANCHESTER — In the summer of 2001, when the Bonnaroo Music Festival experienced its first significant attendance boom, the city of Manchester was ill-prepared for the influx of visitors. The result was gridlock in the streets of Manchester, and traffic tie-ups spilled over onto the highways. Brenton Cox, the lead pastor at First Baptist, Manchester, felt moved to reach out to the stranded drivers, many of whom

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IDEAS AVAILABLE FOR SERVANT EVANGELISM

June 26, 2019

Baptist and Reflector MANCHESTER — David Evans, director of evangelism at the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, said Jesus Tent is just one example of the impact that can be made through servant evangelism — a means of sharing the gospel while also performing acts of service. “Every local church in Tennessee and across the world can do a servant evangelism project,” said Evans. “And you’ll be amazed by how effective

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LEGAL CHALLENGE TO HOUSING ALLOWANCE ENDS

June 26, 2019

Baptist Press DALLAS — The legal challenge to the constitutionality of the ministerial housing allowance is over — for now. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) announced June 14 it would not appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court its March judicial loss. The decision concluded the latest effort to gain nullification of the allowance that is part of a 65-year-old federal law.

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TENT REVIVAL — WITH A TWIST

June 26, 2019

Jesus Tent offers ‘servant evangelism’ to Bonnaroo attendees By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MANCHESTER — Although the final numbers are still being calculated, the final assessment can already be made: Jesus Tent was a massive success. Again. “It was phenomenal,” said David Evans, director of evangelism for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Located amid the sprawling campgrounds at the Bonnaroo music festival at Great Stage Park, Jesus Tent

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NORED RETIRING AFTER FOUR DECADES OF BCM SERVICE

June 25, 2019

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — As Charles Nored’s retirement approaches, it would be difficult to succinctly sum up the enormous impact that he has made in his nearly 40 years of ministry. But Jeff Jones, the BCM director at Memphis, was recently able to capture the essence of Nored’s ministry — which has included tenures at Walter State, MTSU and Motlow State — in one simple

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LOOKING BACK ON BIRMINGHAM

June 25, 2019

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Tennessee Baptists were well represented among the 8,183 messengers who registered for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, held June 11-12, in Birmingham. The Tennessee Baptist Convention ranked third among Baptist state conventions with 738 messengers. The Alabama Baptist Convention had 1,366 messengers while the Georgia Baptist Convention was represented with 834 messengers. Prior to the start

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MANDRELL ANNOUNCED AS CANDIDATE FOR LIFEWAY PRESIDENT AND CEO

June 22, 2019

By Carol Pipes LifeWay Christian Resources NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The presidential search committee of LifeWay Christian Resources’ trustees has unanimously recommended Ben Mandrell become the entity’s next president and CEO. LifeWay’s board of trustees will vote on the recommendation during a special-called session Friday, June 28, in Atlanta. Mandrell is a former Tennessee Baptist pastor.  If elected, Mandrell will become the 10th president of the 128-year-old organization. Mandrell, 42, serves

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JESUS TENT: HOW IT STARTED

June 26, 2019

Baptist and Reflector MANCHESTER — In the summer of 2001, when the Bonnaroo Music Festival experienced its first significant attendance boom, the city of Manchester

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