TBMB retiree Tim Bearden excitedly prepares for the ‘next chapter’ of his life By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] LINDEN — Longtime Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff member Tim Bearden has had a love for Christian camps since his early childhood in Georgia, growing up in a preacher’s home. “There never was a time in my life that I did not know the love of God because of
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD – Paul Clark Jr., retired director of worship and music ministries for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, died Dec. 24 after a long illness. Clark served on the TBMB staff from 2000 until his retirement in 2016 after suffering a stroke in November of 2015. During his tenure with the TBMB, Clark directed both the Tennessee Men’s Chorale and the Tennessee Ladies Chorus. He also served
FBC, Andersonville, supports both CP and a missionary couple Editor’s Note: Churches all across Tennessee and around the nation are in the process of collecting the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions. Read how a Tennessee church meets the needs of a missionary couple while continuing to give more than 10 percent of its undesignated receipts through the Cooperative Program. Baptist Press ANDERSONVILLE — A Tennessee Baptist church
By Bill Sorrell B&R contributing writer McKENZIE — On his cleats Sam Castronova wrote a soul message. “I try to carry myself the right way,” said Castronova, a record-setting quarterback at Bethel University. “I started writing AO1 on my cleats. I got it from (Philadelphia Eagles quarterback) Carson Wentz. I’m playing for an Audience of One, playing for the one person that gave me my abilities to play the game
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] HOHENWALD — Since his arrival at First Baptist Church, Hohenwald, roughly five years ago, pastor Bert Spann said he has seen the church undergo a change in culture. And it started with a change of clothes. Before Spann’s arrival, FBC had essentially been operating as a white-collar church in the heart of a blue-collar town. But over the past half decade, the church
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Children living in the Appalachian area of Tennessee have been beneficiaries of the Christmas Backpack Ministry for several years, most of which have been donated from outside the state itself. The Christmas Backpack Ministry has evolved over the years since 2001 when some Girls in Action (GAs) in Georgia decided they wanted to do something special for children living in
Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — A Tennessee Baptist songwriter and recording artist has taken the “Christian Country Music Story” to the Internet to a world-wide audience. Hugh X Lewis, a member of Tulip Grove Baptist Church, Old Hickory, is a BMI award-winning songwriter and performer for many decades. He has been recognized by the Tennessee legislature as the Tennessee poet laureate of Christian country music.
LEADERS First Baptist Church, Whitesburg, recently called Ira Ginn as pastor. Randy Pate recently resigned as pastor of First Baptist Church, Milan, to accept a pastorate outside Tennessee. Oak Grove Baptist Church, Milan, recently called Bill Rice as interim pastor. Andy Mayfield has been called as pastor of Spring Hill Baptist Church, Trenton.
Churches reach community, keep focus on Jesus during Christmas By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Keeping Christ at the center of Christmas is a challenge that seems to get tougher each year. Fortunately, many churches around the country, including a large number of churches in Tennessee, are doing their part to guard against the secularization of the season. Whether it’s hosting one of the traditional Christmas productions
By Trennis Henderson WMU National Correspondent JENKINS, Ky. — Bessie and Lester McPeek are known throughout eastern Kentucky as the Diaper Lady and the Diaper Man. They wouldn’t want it any other way. The McPeeks, who have been married for 24 years, started a unique diaper distribution and parent education ministry in Jenkins, Ky., in 2001. Since then, they have given away more than 2 million diapers to single moms,
TBMB retiree Tim Bearden excitedly prepares for the ‘next chapter’ of his life By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] LINDEN — Longtime Tennessee
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD – Paul Clark Jr., retired director of worship and music ministries for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, died Dec. 24 after
FBC, Andersonville, supports both CP and a missionary couple Editor’s Note: Churches all across Tennessee and around the nation are in the process of collecting
By Bill Sorrell B&R contributing writer McKENZIE — On his cleats Sam Castronova wrote a soul message. “I try to carry myself the right way,”
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] HOHENWALD — Since his arrival at First Baptist Church, Hohenwald, roughly five years ago, pastor Bert Spann said
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Children living in the Appalachian area of Tennessee have been beneficiaries of the Christmas Backpack
Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — A Tennessee Baptist songwriter and recording artist has taken the “Christian Country Music Story” to the Internet to a world-wide
LEADERS First Baptist Church, Whitesburg, recently called Ira Ginn as pastor. Randy Pate recently resigned as pastor of First Baptist Church, Milan, to accept a
Churches reach community, keep focus on Jesus during Christmas By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Keeping Christ at the center of Christmas
By Trennis Henderson WMU National Correspondent JENKINS, Ky. — Bessie and Lester McPeek are known throughout eastern Kentucky as the Diaper Lady and the Diaper