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UNSUNG HEROES: MEET SOME OF TENNESSEE’S BIVOCATIONAL PASTORS

[one_half padding=”0 8px 0 8px”] Pastor’s name: Jose Armenta Wife’s name: Carolyn Church: Rio Grande Mission Church City (of church): Church Hill Other profession (in addition to pastor): Carpenter What is your favorite part about being a pastor? Sharing God’s Word with lost people. How do you juggle the role of being a pastor along with your other job? My other job understands that I am a pastor first. Quoting

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BIVOCATIONAL PASTORS ARE THE ‘IRON MEN OF MINISTRY’

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] PIGEON FORGE — They’re machinists, salesmen, police officers, bankers, teachers, college professors, retirees, electricians, plumbers and the list goes on, but they all have one thing in common — they are dedicated servants of God devoted to spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. One hundred and twenty-one bivocational ministers from across Tennessee, along with their spouses and two other family members, gathered

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WAX NAMED TO SBC COMMITTEE

Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear has named members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 11-12 SBC annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. “These committee members hail from state conventions, national entities, seminaries, local churches and local associations,” said Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area.

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GUIDESTONE RELEASES MINISTERS’ TAX GUIDE

By Holly Taylor Baptist Press DALLAS — GuideStone Financial Resources has released its 2019 Ministers’ Tax Guide for 2018 Returns, available now for GuideStone participants. The tax guide includes tax highlights for 2018 — including changes based on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 — along with step-by-step filing instructions for ministers’ personal taxes and comprehensive examples and sample forms.

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JIM HENRY’S WIFE & MOTHER ENTER HEAVEN IN 5-DAY SPAN

By Art Toalston Baptist Press ORLANDO, Fla. — In five days, Jim Henry has witnessed the homegoing of his wife Jeanette and mother Kathryn. Jeanette, 79, died Feb. 4 in the early morning hours in Orlando, Fla.; Kathryn, 100, died Thursday, Jan. 31, in Nashville. Jim Henry was president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1994-1996; pastor of First Baptist Church in Orlando from 1977 until his retirement in 2006,

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DAVIS KICKS OFF FIRST MONTHLY UPDATE ON RADIO B&R

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — In an effort to keep Tennessee Baptists better informed, Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, will do a monthly podcast on Radio B&R. It will be a monthly “retrospective” of what is happening not only in the TBMB but with churches across Tennessee, said Chris Turner, director of communications for the TBMB and

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YOUNG ADULTS KEEP CHRISTIAN LABEL, BUT FEWER ‘DEVOUT’

By Aaron Earls Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Most young adults who attended church as a teenager say they believe in God today, but fewer consider themselves devout Christians, according to a study released today (Jan. 31). And as a whole, they have conflicting recollections about the churches they attended in high school. LifeWay Research surveyed more than 2,000 American adults between the ages of 23 and 30 who attended a

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RADIO B&R EP. 22: TBMB MONTH IN REVIEW WITH RANDY C. DAVIS

TBMB leader Randy Davis looks back at Jan 2019 to discuss bivocational ministers, Baptist Collegiate Ministries on mission through disaster relief, Cooperative Program and GOTM giving and prayer. FULL TRANSCRIPT: Chris: Hello and welcome in to this special edition of Radio B&R. I’m your host Chris Turner, and we’re joined here with Randy Davis, our state exec. Randy, welcome in.

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BRENTWOOD BAPTIST SUPPORTS TSA WORKERS DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

Local church donates grocery gift cards to airport staff after they work 35 days with no pay Brentwood Baptist communications office BRENTWOOD — After a 35-day shutdown, the government is finally open for business again. Yet, government workers are still struggling with the challenges facing them after receiving no pay since before Christmas.  In response to this issue, Brentwood Baptist Church, Brentwood, donated a $20 Publix gift card to each

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GA. BAPTISTS DROP 20 STAFFERS AFTER CP SHORTFALL

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press DULUTH, Ga. — The Georgia Baptist Mission Board (GBMB) has laid off 20 staff members after a near-$1.2 million budget shortfall in 2018 Cooperative Program giving, the Christian Index reported. The GBMB will restructure the workforce for greater efficiency, GBMB Executive Director W. Thomas Hammond, Jr., told the convention’s newsjournal Jan. 24. “We’re committed to making the Georgia Baptist Mission Board the best resource our

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WAX NAMED TO SBC COMMITTEE

Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear has named members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 11-12 SBC annual meeting

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