By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] JACKSON — In 1995, 13-year-old Thi Mitsamphanh was attending All Nations Camp at Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center, sponsored by the Executive Board (now Tennessee Baptist Mission Board) of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. During the week, he heard a sermon from the camp pastor that literally changed his life, but all he could remember later was that the children at camp called him “Uncle Estri.”

SPIRIT OF UNITY ON DISPLAY AS TBC MESSENGERS FOCUS ON WinTN By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] JACKSON — Tennessee Baptists gathered at West Jackson Baptist Church for the annual Summit with a focus on winning their state for Jesus Christ. The meeting, held Nov. 11-14, drew 929 registered messengers from 409 churches, along with 160 guests. Among the business conducted, messengers elected a new set of officers by acclamation for the

Baptist and Reflector JACKSON — Messengers to the Tennessee Baptist Convention elected its president and both vice presidents by acclamation during its opening business session Nov. 13 at West Jackson Baptist Church, Jackson. David Green, pastor of First Baptist Church, Greeneville, was nominated for president by Danny Sinquefield, pastor of Faith Baptist Church, Bartlett. 

By Lonnie Wilkey and David Dawson Baptist and Reflector JACKSON — In the coming days, business will be discussed and decisions will be made. But Sunday night was all about praise and worship. Two simultaneous services — one at West Jackson Baptist Church and the other at Union University — served as the “opening bell” for this year’s Tennessee Baptist Convention annual meeting.