Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — At a time when many students were thinking about vacations, a large number of University of Tennessee Baptist Collegiate Ministries and Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ) students were planning how they could help Puerto Ricans recovering from two category 5 hurricanes.
By Juliana Wilson TN WMU Communications & Childhood Missions Specialist, TBMB GATLINBURG — Connection 2018, a missions event for girls in grades 7 through 12, took place March 16-18 at the Gatlinburg Convention Center in conjunction with Missions Get-Together. The group of 272 girls and leaders were among 1,495 total event attendees, including volunteers, exhibitors, personnel and staff who attended Connection and Missions Get-Together. The event centered around the theme
Attendees encouraged to stay engaged all year By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector GATLINBURG — From Vickie Anderson’s perspective, the most important piece of WMU’s annual Missions Get-Together and Connection conference doesn’t occur during the weekend of the event. Rather, it is the days, weeks and months after the conference that are the most significant, and the most satisfying, to Anderson, the executive director of Tennessee WMU. “For me, the
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector GATLINBURG — According to recent data released by the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, there are 65.6 million displaced individuals, or refugees, in the world today. It is the highest number in recorded history and is growing by hundreds of thousands each year. Sadly, when hearing numbers like that, there is a tendency to forget that there are faces behind the figures. It almost becomes
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines has named members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 12-13 SBC annual meeting in Dallas. Jason Duesing of Missouri was named as the committee’s chairman by Gaines.Duesing is provost and associate professor of historical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City and a member of Antioch Bible Baptist Church in Gladstone, Mo.
ASSOCIATIONS Lawrence County Baptist Association is sponsoring “Returning to Holiness Through Spiritual Renewal” April 22-25. Sessions and locations include Summertown Baptist Church, Summertown, April 21, 7 p.m.; April 22, 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.; First Baptist Church, Loretto, 6:30 p.m., April 23; Leoma Baptist Church, Leoma, 6:30 p.m., April 24; and Macedonia Baptist Church, Lawrenceburg, 6:30 p.m., April 25. Gregory Frizzell, founder and president
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LA PLAINE, Dominica — After three months of sending volunteers to help reroof homes in the village of La Plaine in Dominica, “the rough edges” are in the process of being smoothed out, said Phillip Hardee, a member of Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, who is coordinating volunteer teams for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Each team that has been to Dominica thus far
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LA PLAINE, Dominica — Jeff Gilliam of Tulip Grove Baptist Church in Old Hickory is no stranger to Dominica. He has led five missions trips to the country since 2007. In mid-March he led his sixth trip, although in a totally different role. His first five trips were basically with teams that led conferences and did evangelism projects with Deliverance Baptist Church in
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LA PLAINE, Dominica — It’s been more than six months since Hurricane Maria hit shore in La Plaine, Dominica, leaving behind a trail of devastation and destruction. Yet, not much has changed for the better for the majority of Dominicans. Most of the homes in the country still do not have electricity. Those that do are dependent upon gas-powered generators. Many homes have
by Baptist Press staff DALLAS — Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines has named members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 12-13 SBC annual meeting in Dallas.
Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — At a time when many students were thinking about vacations, a large number of University of Tennessee Baptist Collegiate Ministries
By Juliana Wilson TN WMU Communications & Childhood Missions Specialist, TBMB GATLINBURG — Connection 2018, a missions event for girls in grades 7 through 12,
Attendees encouraged to stay engaged all year By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector GATLINBURG — From Vickie Anderson’s perspective, the most important piece of WMU’s
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector GATLINBURG — According to recent data released by the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, there are 65.6 million displaced individuals,
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines has named members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 12-13 SBC annual meeting
ASSOCIATIONS Lawrence County Baptist Association is sponsoring “Returning to Holiness Through Spiritual Renewal” April 22-25. Sessions and locations include Summertown Baptist Church, Summertown, April 21,
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LA PLAINE, Dominica — After three months of sending volunteers to help reroof homes in the village of
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LA PLAINE, Dominica — Jeff Gilliam of Tulip Grove Baptist Church in Old Hickory is no stranger to
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LA PLAINE, Dominica — It’s been more than six months since Hurricane Maria hit shore in La Plaine,
by Baptist Press staff DALLAS — Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines has named members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 12-13 SBC
