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.
By David Roach Baptist Press NASHVILLE — D. August (Augie) Boto has been named interim president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee.
Baptist and Reflector JEFFERSON CITY — An estate gift of more than $1 million to Carson-Newman University will allow the school to provide a first for future Carson-Newman students. A gift from the late Anna Lee and Harrell Pendleton of Morristown endows a full scholarship for four years for one student.
Editor’s Note: View the Cooperative Program video featuring David Green at the end of this article. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector GREENEVILLE — First Baptist Church, Greeneville, has been giving through the Cooperative Program since the Southern Baptist funding channel was established in 1926. First Baptist currently gives 13 percent of its undesignated receipts through the Cooperative Program, said David Green, who has served as pastor of the
By David Dawson Baptist & Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Although there are many different components that go into Disciple Now weekend, John Oliver essentially captured the essence of the ministry in just one sentence. “The students are getting saturated with the Word of God,” he said.
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
By David Roach Baptist Press NASHVILLE — D. August (Augie) Boto has been named interim president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee.
Baptist and Reflector JEFFERSON CITY — An estate gift of more than $1 million to Carson-Newman University will allow the school to provide a first
Editor’s Note: View the Cooperative Program video featuring David Green at the end of this article. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector GREENEVILLE —
By David Dawson Baptist & Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Although there are many different components that go into Disciple Now weekend, John Oliver essentially captured
