Baptist and Reflector WHITE PINE — The GOTELL Lakeway Area Crusade, which concluded on Wednesday night, had a major impact in East Tennessee — and beyond. The four-day event, held at the Walters State Community College Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center in White Pine, resulted in more than 850 decisions, including 341 professions of faith, said Dean Haun, pastor of First Baptist Church, Morristown.

Replanted church in East Nashville has new name, new pastor, new direction By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] NASHVILLE — In recent years, attendance at Eastland Baptist Church, a historic congregation in the changing community of East Nashville, had dwindled considerably. About a year ago church leaders knew that drastic changes needed to take place after consultation with the Nashville Baptist Association, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and the

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] Updated May 3, 2019 THOMPSON’S STATION — Directors of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board approved four recommendations and heard plans for a Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response Task Force during their meeting April 30 at Thompson Station Church in Thompson’s Station. Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the TBMB, announced plans for the task force during his report to the

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] BRENTWOOD — The job is not glamorous and the duties can often be tedious. But the behind-the-scenes work that is done by church administrators goes directly to the heart of the church’s functionality. More specifically, these men and women — who dutifully balance the books and comb through the fine print — represent vital components in helping the church do exactly what it