‘Mr. Dana’ is teaching more than just vocational skills; he’s teaching love of Jesus By Carla Harper Contributing Writer, B&R MILLINGTON — When Dana Reed, now 72, left the prison where he worked as an employee in 2011, he began working at the Boys Ranch in Memphis, which is owned and operated by the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes. Reed, known as “Mr. Dana” said his job at the Boys Ranch
By Aaron Earls Lifeway Research NASHVILLE — Most Americans want more religious meaning to the Christmas season, and for some that includes the seasonal greetings we say to each other. A new study from Nashville-based LifeWay Research found two-thirds of Americans (65 percent) say, “Christmas should be more about Jesus.”
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — Southern Baptist megachurch pastor Bartholomew Orr’s object lesson, flying to the pulpit on a zip line to signify Jesus’ return, caused a viral sensation on social media and major network talk shows. Despite both negative and comical comments from an estimated 200 million hits a week after a brief video clip of his entrance was posted, Orr told Baptist Press it was
By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] PIKEVILLE — A small rural Tennessee Baptist church is doing its best to show the love of Christ in one of the most impoverished areas of the state. According to statistical data, Bledsoe County is one of the poorest counties in Tennessee. In 2010, Bledsoe County was ranked 94th among 95 counties in the state with a per capita income of $12,907.
Jackson pastor leads Hispanic mission team to other side of globe Editor’s Note: The Week of Prayer for International Missions is underway through Dec. 9. Every December since 1888, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering has empowered Southern Baptists’ international missions work. The goal for this year’s Lottie Moon offering is $160 million. By Grace Thornton Writer, International Mission Board RICHMOND, Va. — Daniel Tuchez remembers the day he got the
By Tom Strode Baptist Press WASHINGTON — The continued drop in the number, rate and ratio of abortions in the United States is a cause for celebration but also for further efforts to protect children and assist women in need, Southern Baptist pro-life advocates say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Nov. 23 the total, rate and ratio of abortions in 2015 — the latest year for which
By Art Toalston Baptist Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Charles W. Sullivan, who became the Indiana Baptist convention’s executive director after 42 years in the pastorate, died Nov. 27 at his home in Knoxville, Tenn. He was 88. Sullivan led the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana for 12 years, retiring in 2003. “All my life I have prayed that God would make my final years of ministry the crown of
By Art Toalston Baptist Press NASHVILLE — W.C. Fields, a forerunner in denominational journalism as vice president for public relations for the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee from 1959-1987, died Monday (Dec. 3) in Nashville at age 96. As an Executive Committee vice president, Fields was the SBC’s press representative and director of Baptist Press, the convention’s news service. He also was editor of the Executive Committee’s former Baptist Program magazine
By Carla Harper Contributing Writer, B&R NEWPORT — “All is Calm. All is Bright” was the theme for the annual Christmas in November Women’s Luncheon held Nov. 10 at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport. Kevin Perrigan, manager of Carson Springs, and his wife, Debra, have sponsored the event since they first came to Carson Springs 11 years ago. “We continue this tradition each year because it continues to
Ripley pastor Rocky Gilliam uses nail gun accident to generate gospel conversations By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] RIPLEY — Rocky Gilliam might have the most unique evangelism method in history. Not many people, after all, can use a personal story about being shot in the head with a nail gun as a segway into sharing the gospel. But Gilliam, pastor of Spirit Filled Baptist Church church in Ripley,
‘Mr. Dana’ is teaching more than just vocational skills; he’s teaching love of Jesus By Carla Harper Contributing Writer, B&R MILLINGTON — When Dana Reed,
By Aaron Earls Lifeway Research NASHVILLE — Most Americans want more religious meaning to the Christmas season, and for some that includes the seasonal greetings
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — Southern Baptist megachurch pastor Bartholomew Orr’s object lesson, flying to the pulpit on a zip line to
By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] PIKEVILLE — A small rural Tennessee Baptist church is doing its best to show the love of Christ in one of
Jackson pastor leads Hispanic mission team to other side of globe Editor’s Note: The Week of Prayer for International Missions is underway through Dec. 9.
By Tom Strode Baptist Press WASHINGTON — The continued drop in the number, rate and ratio of abortions in the United States is a cause for
By Art Toalston Baptist Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Charles W. Sullivan, who became the Indiana Baptist convention’s executive director after 42 years in the pastorate,
By Art Toalston Baptist Press NASHVILLE — W.C. Fields, a forerunner in denominational journalism as vice president for public relations for the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive
By Carla Harper Contributing Writer, B&R NEWPORT — “All is Calm. All is Bright” was the theme for the annual Christmas in November Women’s Luncheon
Ripley pastor Rocky Gilliam uses nail gun accident to generate gospel conversations By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] RIPLEY — Rocky Gilliam might have