Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,775,621 through the Cooperative Program in March. After five months of the 2017-18 fiscal year, Tennessee Baptists have given $14,674,290. The total is $59,461 or 0.4 percent over the amount given during the same time frame last year. It also is $299,290 or 2.08 percent over current budgeted needs.
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,775,621 through the Cooperative Program in March. After five months of the 2017-18 fiscal year, Tennessee Baptists have given $14,674,290. The total is $59,461 or 0.4 percent over the amount given during the same time frame last year. It also is $299,290 or 2.08 percent over current budgeted needs.
IMB News Office RICHMOND — The International Mission Board’s Presidential Search Committee is accepting nominations for the agency’s next president. The committee, chaired by Chuck Pourciau, senior pastor of Broadmoor Baptist Church in Shreveport, La., released the following statement April 12, 2018: “The International Mission Board Presidential Search Committee has benefited greatly from your prayers and input during the early stage of this process. We continue to desire your help
May 20 is set as the second annual day of prayer for Tennessee Baptist Conference Centers By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tim Bearden said last year was a good start. Now, he is hoping for even greater participation — and more impactful results — during the second annual Day of Prayer for the Tennessee Baptist Conference Centers. Bearden, the TBMB’s conference centers senior manager, is encouraging churches
By Aaron Earls Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Pew Research has found a significant gender gap concerning religious beliefs and practice among self-identified Christian men and women in America. More than 7 in 10 U.S. Christian women (72 percent) say religion is very important to them, compared to 62 percent of Christian men.
Union University News Office JACKSON — Union University trustees at their April 6 meeting approved a $91.2 million budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, a resolution of appreciation for the Lady Bulldogs basketball team, and a number of Union faculty members for promotions, tenure, and research leaves.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BEAN STATION — Tennessee Baptists are ministering to families affected by the raid on a Bean Station slaughterhouse on April 5. Federal agents raided Southeastern Provisions, a cattle slaughterhouse in Grainger County, as part of a probe on allegations that the company was paying undocumented immigrants cash to avoid paying $2.5 million in payroll taxes over the past three years, according to the
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector GREENBRIER — By her own admission, Kim Harmon led a “fairy tale” life. She was reared in a pastor’s home and later married and became a pastor’s wife. And even though she had chosen a career in law enforcement which can have its “ups and downs,” Harmon had not experienced a true crisis in her life. At least not until she received a
Tennessee Baptist vocational evangelists offer their opinions on revivals and evangelism By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JACKSON — In a day when the word “revival” is making a comeback, usually in the secular sense, fewer and fewer Southern Baptist churches are having multi-day revivals. And, even one-day “harvest revivals” aren’t as in demand as they once were. As a result, the number of vocational evangelists across the Southern
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press KIGALI, Rwanda — An estimated 6,000 churches have been closed across Rwanda and six pastors arrested in a government crackdown that began March 1 with 700 closures in the nation’s capital of Kigali, according to news reports.
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,775,621 through the Cooperative Program in March. After five months of the 2017-18 fiscal year,
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,775,621 through the Cooperative Program in March. After five months of the 2017-18 fiscal year,
IMB News Office RICHMOND — The International Mission Board’s Presidential Search Committee is accepting nominations for the agency’s next president. The committee, chaired by Chuck
May 20 is set as the second annual day of prayer for Tennessee Baptist Conference Centers By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tim
By Aaron Earls Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Pew Research has found a significant gender gap concerning religious beliefs and practice among self-identified Christian men and
Union University News Office JACKSON — Union University trustees at their April 6 meeting approved a $91.2 million budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, a
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BEAN STATION — Tennessee Baptists are ministering to families affected by the raid on a Bean Station slaughterhouse
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector GREENBRIER — By her own admission, Kim Harmon led a “fairy tale” life. She was reared in a
Tennessee Baptist vocational evangelists offer their opinions on revivals and evangelism By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JACKSON — In a day when the
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press KIGALI, Rwanda — An estimated 6,000 churches have been closed across Rwanda and six pastors arrested in a government crackdown that