by Tom Strode Baptist Press MEMPHIS — More than 3,600 registrants plan to gather in Memphis to pursue racial unity on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
From C-N news office WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 142 Christian colleges and universities, including Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, that are affiliated with the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) generate more than $60 million in economic impact each year, according to a new study.
By Art Toalston Baptist Press Frank S. Page has resigned as president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, effective today (March 27) over what is described as “a morally inappropriate relationship in the recent past.”
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector NIOTA — Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in rural McMinn County had a small sanctuary that was constructed 60 years ago and a fairly recent fellowship hall/gym. Recent growth in the church created a space problem in the sanctuary, so members began seeking a solution. They decided to trade buildings, but it wasn’t quite that simple, said pastor Gerald Perry. In 2016 the deacons
By David Roach Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Public schools in Tennessee soon could be required to post “In God We Trust” in a “prominent location” if the governor signs a bill that cleared the state legislature this week.
From B&R staff, Union University reports SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Union University women’s basketball team saw its dramatic postseason run come to an end on Wednesday night — just one game shy of playing for a national championship. Making their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division II semifinals, the Lady Bulldogs suffered a 70-57 loss to the University of Central Missouri at Sanford Pentagon. The loss ended a historic
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector TRENTON — A West Tennessee Baptist pastor who wants small and medium membership churches to have a voice in the denomination is rallying churches to send messengers to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention to be held June 12-13 in Dallas.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — During her 21 years on staff of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, Lana Rose has worked in a number of ministry areas, but when “push comes to shove,” she admits that working with church secretaries/administrative assistants over the years has been her “first love.”
EVENTS The Flintville Community Revival will be held March 25-30 at 7 p.m. each night. A tent will be set up across from Flintville School. A different pastor will speak each night: Chester Slayton, Pleasant Grove Baptist, March 25; Milton Martin, Pleasant Hill Baptist, March 26; Josh Moran, First Baptist Church, Flintville, March 27; Ian Bloxham, Lincoln Baptist, March 28; Winfred Slayton, Gum Springs Baptist, March 29; and Don Pierson,
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press MEMPHIS — Loving your neighbor as yourself is a sure path to overcoming racial prejudice, Southern Baptist women’s minister Donna Gaines said in the March cover article of Today’s Christian Living magazine. “When we love our neighbor, that erases racial prejudice,” Gaines said in the cover story. “If we were all actually doing that, we’d be able to turn the world upside down just like
by Tom Strode Baptist Press MEMPHIS — More than 3,600 registrants plan to gather in Memphis to pursue racial unity on the occasion of the 50th
From C-N news office WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 142 Christian colleges and universities, including Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, that are affiliated with the Council
By Art Toalston Baptist Press Frank S. Page has resigned as president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, effective today
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector NIOTA — Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in rural McMinn County had a small sanctuary that was constructed 60
By David Roach Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Public schools in Tennessee soon could be required to post “In God We Trust” in a “prominent location” if
From B&R staff, Union University reports SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Union University women’s basketball team saw its dramatic postseason run come to an end
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector TRENTON — A West Tennessee Baptist pastor who wants small and medium membership churches to have a voice
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — During her 21 years on staff of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, Lana Rose has worked
EVENTS The Flintville Community Revival will be held March 25-30 at 7 p.m. each night. A tent will be set up across from Flintville School.
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press MEMPHIS — Loving your neighbor as yourself is a sure path to overcoming racial prejudice, Southern Baptist women’s minister Donna
