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TENNESSEAN NAMED TO SBC COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS

January 29, 2019

Baptist Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — 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. “Each was chosen because they demonstrate great commitment to the Southern Baptist Convention, and

MUSIC EVENT FOR STUDENTS TO BE HELD IN JACKSON

January 29, 2019

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — The Youth Project, an event for church youth choirs and youth singers, will be held Feb. 8-9 at West Jackson Baptist Church, Jackson. The event is co-sponsored by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board worship and music ministries and Union University in Jackson. The cost is $30 and includes two meals and a T-shirt.

UNION’S CAMPBELL BECOMES QUICKEST TO 600 WINS

January 28, 2019

By Steven Aldridge Union Sports Information Director MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Mark Campbell, head women’s basketball coach at Union University, earned his 600th career victory Jan. 10 with the Lady Bulldogs’ win at Auburn University at Montgomery. Campbell became the fastest college basketball coach in history, across all divisions, to reach 600 wins.

UNION, NEW MEXICO BAPTISTS TO PROVIDE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

January 28, 2019

By Tim Ellsworth Union University JACKSON — Union University has begun a partnership with the Baptist Convention of New Mexico that will place students in New Mexico churches for mentoring by local pastors during the summer. Todd E. Brady, vice president for university ministries at Union, said the program will meet the needs of both Union University students who are preparing for ministry and New Mexico churches by providing learning

TBCH’S NEW GYM FLOOR IN BRENTWOOD WAS ‘GOD THING’

January 25, 2019

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] CUMBERLAND CITY — As the crowd gathered at the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes’ campus in Brentwood to celebrate the facility’s newly refinished gym floor on the afternoon of Jan. 13, the basketball court wasn’t the only thing that was gleaming. So, too, were the faces of many in the crowd as they reflected on the amazing sequence of events that had taken place

BCMs PROVIDE STUDENTS OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH, SUPPORT

January 24, 2019

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MARTIN — A college campus can be a frightening place for a first-time student. Baptist Collegiate Ministry organizations can play a major role in helping incoming high school students adjust to college life, said Morgan Owen, BCM director at the University of Tennessee in Martin. While some high school grads enter college with friends from hometown or church, many do not, Owen

REPAIRING HOMES, HEARTS

January 24, 2019

BCM teams join forces with Disaster Relief members to provide aid to hurricane victims in North Carolina By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] WARSAW, N.C. — Some were Buccaneers. Some were Governors. Others were Mockingbirds, Volunteers, Tigers, Flames, Raiders and more. But for a few days in January, this group of more than 100 college students — representing roughly a dozen universities from around the state of Tennessee —

CHITWOOD TO BE INSTALLED AS IMB PRESIDENT FEB. 6

January 24, 2019

By Julie McGowan IMB RICHMOND, Va. — The International Mission Board will install Dr. Paul Chitwood formally as its 13th president on Feb. 6, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond. The public is invited to attend the installation service, which will include a Sending Celebration honoring the appointment of 19 new Southern Baptist international missionaries. The IMB’s board of trustees unanimously elected Chitwood, 48, as

PROHIBITION & BAPTISTS 100 YEARS LATER

January 23, 2019

EDITOR’S NOTE (Baptist Press): Jan. 16 marked the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which outlawed “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.” By David Roach Baptist Press NASHVILLE — When the 18th Amendment was ratified 100 years ago and prohibition became law of the land, the Southern Baptist Convention called it “the greatest victory for moral reform in America since the

TENNESCENE: JAN. 23-FEB. 5

January 22, 2019

LEADERS Dustin Malugen, pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church, Iron City, was ordained into the gospel ministry on Sunday, Dec. 30. Parkway Baptist Church, Goodlettsville, ordained S. David Cuffman as a deacon on Sunday, Jan. 6. Matt Judd has been called as senior pastor of Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Lewisburg. Judd and his wife, Beth, recently returned to the United States after serving as International Mission Board missionaries for six

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TENNESSEAN NAMED TO SBC COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS

MUSIC EVENT FOR STUDENTS TO BE HELD IN JACKSON

UNION’S CAMPBELL BECOMES QUICKEST TO 600 WINS

UNION, NEW MEXICO BAPTISTS TO PROVIDE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

TBCH’S NEW GYM FLOOR IN BRENTWOOD WAS ‘GOD THING’