Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Jan. 10 proved to be a “red-letter day” in the life of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. The TBMB paid off the remaining balance of an $8 million loan that originated in 1999 to begin construction of Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport and Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center in Linden. “God’s favor has been upon us over the last few years,” observed Randy
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] SHELBYVILLE — Last year Logan Reed was in the backseat of his parents’ car when they stopped at a red light and saw a homeless person holding a sign. He asked his dad about it and Scott Reed, pastor of Midland Heights Baptist Church, Shelbyville, responded the man did not have a home and needed money. Reed recalled that his son told
By Christian Index & BP Staff DULUTH, Ga. — Evangelist Bailey Smith, who helped sustain the Conservative Resurgence at its outset in the Southern Baptist Convention, died Monday morning (Jan. 14) at his home in Duluth, Ga. He was 79. Smith’s election as SBC president in 1980 was the second victory for conservatives following the landmark election of the late Memphis pastor Adrian Rogers in 1979.
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press LOS ANGELES — Protecting children from obscenity on television has never been more difficult than in 2019, the Parents Television Council (PTC) said in listing the top five reforms the entertainment industry needs to make this year. “Even with the most diligent parental oversight, the industry has exceptional power and leverage to influence our children,” the PTC said. “But while the industry continues to produce
By Aaron Earls Lifeway Research Church pews may be full of teenagers, but a new study says college students might be a much rarer sight on Sunday mornings. Two-thirds (66 percent) of American young adults who attended a Protestant church regularly for at least a year as a teenager say they also dropped out for at least a year between the ages of 18 and 22, according to a new study
From Carson-Newman University JEFFERSON CITY – Carson-Newman University’s Appalachian Outreach Ministry (AO) was the recent recipient of a grant from the East Tennessee Foundation. The grant comes from the Jefferson Health Care Foundation Fund. The funding will help in three specific areas of need, according to AO Director Jean-Ann Washam, a member of Knoxville’s Corryton Church. “Part of this grant will go toward building wheelchair ramps for families who
From Union University JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University is accepting applications for committees that will plan events for the university’s bicentennial during the 2022-2023 academic year. “Union’s bicentennial celebration will be a significant event in the life of the university,” said Catherine Kwasigroh, Union’s vice president for institutional advancement. “For 200 years, by God’s grace, Union has been a significant institution in the state of Tennessee with an impact that
By Art Toalston Baptist Press EUREKA, S.C. — Rick Stanley, a stepbrother to Elvis Presley who turned to Christ two months after Presley’s death in 1977 and, as an evangelist, spoke at Billy Graham-sponsored events and in a multitude of other settings, died Saturday evening, Jan. 5, in Aiken, S.C. Stanley returned to First Baptist Church in Eureka, S.C., five years ago — where he first gave his testimony in
By David Roach Baptist Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Jimmy Allen, a former Southern Baptist Convention president and entity leader known for his gregarious personality and engagement with cultural issues, died Jan. 8 in Brunswick, Ga. He was 91. The last SBC president to serve before the convention’s Conservative Resurgence, Allen also was a confidant of President Jimmy Carter and once met with Ayatollah Khomeini during the Iran hostage crisis. Allen led
Parsons church experiences revitalization one year after fire destroys sanctuary By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] PARSONS — As the first anniversary of the fire that destroyed the building of Bear Creek Baptist Church in Parsons approaches, the memory of Jan. 21 is still vivid in the mind of pastor Adam Wood, down to the exact minutes. Bear Creek had ended its evening worship service and, as was typical, Wood and his
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Jan. 10 proved to be a “red-letter day” in the life of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. The TBMB paid
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] SHELBYVILLE — Last year Logan Reed was in the backseat of his parents’ car when they stopped
By Christian Index & BP Staff DULUTH, Ga. — Evangelist Bailey Smith, who helped sustain the Conservative Resurgence at its outset in the Southern Baptist
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press LOS ANGELES — Protecting children from obscenity on television has never been more difficult than in 2019, the Parents Television
By Aaron Earls Lifeway Research Church pews may be full of teenagers, but a new study says college students might be a much rarer sight
From Carson-Newman University JEFFERSON CITY – Carson-Newman University’s Appalachian Outreach Ministry (AO) was the recent recipient of a grant from the East Tennessee Foundation.
From Union University JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University is accepting applications for committees that will plan events for the university’s bicentennial during the 2022-2023 academic
By Art Toalston Baptist Press EUREKA, S.C. — Rick Stanley, a stepbrother to Elvis Presley who turned to Christ two months after Presley’s death in
By David Roach Baptist Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Jimmy Allen, a former Southern Baptist Convention president and entity leader known for his gregarious personality and engagement
Parsons church experiences revitalization one year after fire destroys sanctuary By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] PARSONS — As the first anniversary of the fire that destroyed