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GUIDESTONE GAINS WIN OVER MANDATE

August 23, 2018

Baptist Press DALLAS — A federal judge in Oklahoma issued a final judgment July 17 in favor of the Southern Baptist Convention’s health and financial benefits entity, as well as ministries it serves, GuideStone reported Aug. 8. The ruling brought to an end GuideStone’s challenge of a 2011 rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that helped implement a controversial health-care law enacted the previous year.

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MURFREESBORO CHURCH THINKS ‘OUTSIDE THE BOX’ WITH SOCCER PROGRAM

August 23, 2018

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MURFREESBORO — Like most kids of his generation, Terry Wilkerson played baseball, basketball and football. Just recently he stepped “outside his box” in a major way. Wilkerson, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, became a soccer coach. “I never played soccer in my life,” he acknowledged. “It’s been a new experience for me,” he added. Earlier this year, Grace Baptist launched a

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TRUSTEE, PHYSICIAN, UNION UNIVERSITY MOM

August 22, 2018

By Tim Ellsworth Union University News Office JACKSON — Lisa Rogers was walking in the woods, one of her favorite pastimes, when she got a phone call from outgoing Union University trustee chairman Norm Hill. Hill asked Rogers if she’d consider serving as the next chairman for the Union board of trustees. Rogers immediately knew the answer: No. But she told Hill she’d pray about it. “I figured I’d pray

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TRUE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER

August 22, 2018

Community hero featured on cereal boxes for tireless tutoring efforts By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] NASHVILLE — Somewhere between exercising, working tirelessly in his yard, rebuilding classic cars, cutting hair and serving multiple roles as a lay leader at his church, 82-year-old renaissance man Neal Buchanan still finds time to volunteer as a reading tutor at the elementary school near his home. Buchanan, a member of Lincoya Hills

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TENNESCENE: AUG. 22-28

August 21, 2018

LEADERS Meghan Clayton is the new preschool and children’s minister at First Baptist Church, Manchester. In addition, Cyndi Cox recently celebrated 20 years as director of Christian education and Tim Hensiek celebrated his fifth anniversary as student pastor. Michael McEwen has been called as pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Trenton. Connect Church in Milan has called Keith Donaldson as pastor. Robert Cates is serving as interim pastor of West

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CHURCH HELPS STUDENTS HAVE ‘STRONG START’

August 21, 2018

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] GALLATIN — It’s not easy to turn a church building into a shopping mall. But for one day each year, the members of First Baptist Church, Gallatin, make it happen. Roughly five years ago, the church established the “Starting Strong” program — a ministry that provides brand-new school clothes and accessories to children who come from tough economic situations. Throughout the year, the

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NAMB LAUNCHES EVANGELISM GROUP

August 21, 2018

Baptist Press ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The North American Mission Board is launching an evangelism and leadership group that will promote evangelism among Southern Baptist churches, provide evangelistic resources and equip pastors to help their congregations be more evangelistically active. Jim Law, who currently serves as executive pastor at First Baptist Church Woodstock, Ga., will serve as executive director of the new group.

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KNOXVILLE CHURCH CONTINUES MISSION LEGACY WITH GIVING THROUGH CP

August 21, 2018

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] KNOXVILLE — John Green, pastor of Wallace Memorial Baptist Church in Knoxville, is proud of his church’s missions-giving legacy. But he has no intention of parking beside it. Green believes his church should always be moving forward, and should constantly be seeking ways to make an even bigger impact in the future — and he believes giving through the Cooperative Program is the

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FORMER BUDDHIST GRATEFUL FOR BAPTISTS, CP

August 21, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] LAFOLLETTE — At the age of 93, Dixie Hausser tells it like it is. “If the missionaries had not come, I’d probably not be a Christian today,” said Hausser, who later moved to Tennessee as an adult and is an active member of First Baptist Church, LaFollette. The missionaries she refers to were appointed by the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board (now

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SOUTHERN BAPTIST DEAF MARK 70TH MEETING

August 19, 2018

By Erin Roach Baptist Press BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The Southern Baptist Conference of the Deaf celebrated its 70th annual meeting with nearly 200 people from 20 states at Brentwood Baptist Deaf Church in Tennessee. The theme was “Let go … Follow God” based on Jeremiah 29:11. Speakers for the meeting July 8-12 on the campus of Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, Tenn., were Kris Courson, Danny Bice, Steve Dye and Dirk Hill,

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TENNESCENE: AUG. 22-28

August 21, 2018

LEADERS Meghan Clayton is the new preschool and children’s minister at First Baptist Church, Manchester. In addition, Cyndi Cox recently celebrated 20 years as director

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NAMB LAUNCHES EVANGELISM GROUP

August 21, 2018

Baptist Press ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The North American Mission Board is launching an evangelism and leadership group that will promote evangelism among Southern Baptist churches,

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