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‘THE STORE’ TO ASSIST C-N STUDENTS WITH CAREER BASICS

March 7, 2019

C-N News Office JEFFERSON CITY — Thirty-nine percent of college undergraduates fell at or below income eligibility limits for federal assistance in 2016 according to a recent USA Today story. The story reports a national trend of students from low-income households enrolling at increasing rates. As a result, some students are experiencing food insecurity or do not have access to professional clothing for job interviews. It’s a reality that has

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SAFE AND SECURE FROM ALL ALARMS

March 7, 2019

Examining the most important elements that keep your church safe By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — When addressing church leaders on the keys to making their facilities safe and secure, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board risk management specialist Mark LeMay often uses an old TV advertisement as a reference point. “You remember the Fram oil filters commercials where the mechanic says ‘you can pay me now or you

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RADIO B&R EP. 25: TBMB MONTH IN REVIEW WITH RANDY C. DAVIS

March 6, 2019

In this special edition of Radio B&R, TBMB leader Randy Davis discusses the SBC sexual abuse scandal that broke during the month of February and abortion legislation that is impacting our country and our culture. FULL TRANSCRIPT: Randy Davis:                 … But the picture of the state law makers in New York when they passed the bill where you could have an abortion performed at the point of birth, it was

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ABORTION BILL DIES IN SENATE

March 6, 2019

Baptist Press WASHINGTON — The Senate again has rejected legislation to require health care for a child born alive during an abortion, leaving most Democratic members vulnerable to charges of supporting infanticide. In a roll call Monday (Feb. 25), senators voted 53-44 to bring the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to the floor for a vote on final passage. But the effort failed to reach the 60 votes needed to

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SEXUAL ABUSE AND ABORTION BILLS TOP FEBRUARY HEADLINES

March 6, 2019

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] FRANKLIN — Sexual abuse instances, as reported by The Houston Chronicle in February, “needed a bright light to be shined on it,” said Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. In his monthly podcast reflecting on what happened in convention life the previous month (Episode 25 of Radio B&R), Davis said the silver lining of the horrible news is that

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SEXUAL ABUSE RESOURCES

March 5, 2019

Tennessee Baptist Mission Board has had a number of inquiries regarding resources we might have about the sexual abuse issue being dealt with across the SBC. We are working to update some documents that will be available at www.tnbaptist.org, but we also wanted to provide you with a collection of resources we’ve produced in the past three weeks. The links are all here on the Baptist and Reflector web site:

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TENNESCENE: MAR. 6-19

March 5, 2019

In Shining Glory Boiling Springs Baptist Church tops new addition with 25-foot cross BAXTER — After months of construction and anticipation, Boiling Springs Baptist Church topped the steeple tower of its new building addition with a 25-foot cross on Feb. 15. Construction began in June 2018 on a two-story building addition that will serve multiple purposes. The new addition will host two new entry points into the church, a large

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UMC ACTION PROVIDES HOPE: MOHLER

March 5, 2019

Baptist Press ST. LOUIS — United Methodist bishops are promoting unity in the global church after delegates narrowly retained biblical marriage and a ban on LGBT ordination at a contentious 2019 General Conference in St. Louis. Delegates approved Feb. 26 the so-called Traditional Plan by a margin of 53.3 percent to 46.7 percent, going against the One Church Plan backed by the United Methodist Church (UMC) Council of Bishops in

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APPLICATIONS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL GRANTS

March 5, 2019

Baptist and Reflector Applications are now being received for grants from the Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee Medical Missions Fund. The Baptist Healthcare System of East Tennessee was begun by Tennessee Baptists soon after the end of World War II. More than $2 million was contributed by 800 churches in 32 counties of East Tennessee. The hospital began service on November 30, 1949. In 2007, BHSET negotiated a merger with

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SUMMIT CONCLUDES: ‘WE MUST RECAPTURE EVANGELISM’

March 5, 2019

By Will Hall Baptist Press DAVIS, Okla.  — About 100 evangelists, pastors, directors of evangelism and some wives traveled from across the United States to gather in Oklahoma at the Falls Creek Conference Center to identify issues that have led to declines in evangelism as well as the use of evangelists in the Southern Baptist Convention. They also met to develop recommendations about how to restore the denomination to its

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SEXUAL ABUSE RESOURCES

March 5, 2019

Tennessee Baptist Mission Board has had a number of inquiries regarding resources we might have about the sexual abuse issue being dealt with across the

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TENNESCENE: MAR. 6-19

March 5, 2019

In Shining Glory Boiling Springs Baptist Church tops new addition with 25-foot cross BAXTER — After months of construction and anticipation, Boiling Springs Baptist Church

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