NEW CHURCH START HAS VETERAN LEADERSHIP
March 6, 2018
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, B&R FRANKLIN — The Gathering at 840 would not be considered the typical new church start in Tennessee today.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, B&R FRANKLIN — The Gathering at 840 would not be considered the typical new church start in Tennessee today.
C-N news office JEFFERSON CITY — More than 115 Carson-Newman University students and members of the C-N family will spend their spring break volunteering as part of the university’s annual spring SPOTS mission trips.
By David Roach Baptist Press HENRICO, Va. — The Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV) has become the second Baptist state convention in the past week to announce it will stop channeling churches’ contributions to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press CLARKSVILLE — Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers are on the ground and others are on standby after weekend tornadoes and flooding killed five people and damaged homes in five states.
Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — Longtime Tennessee Baptist pastor Doug Sager died Feb. 24. He was 78. Sager, who was president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention in 1998, served as pastor of First Baptist Church, Concord, in Knoxville, from 1992-2013 when he retired. Retirement did not last long as he began serving soon after as interim pastor of Vonore Baptist Church, Vonore, and was later called as pastor where he
Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — South Gate Baptist Church in Nashville has given its building and 11 acres, valued at $750,000, to Iglesia Bautista Renacer. The signing of paperwork on Jan. 7 marked the celebration and culmination of months of study and prayer by members of South Gate, according to Rusty Sumrall, director of missions for Nashville Baptist Association Sumrall said that South Gate began looking into revitalization in the
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has given the District of Columbia Baptist Convention (DCBC) 90 days to “secure” the “the removal of any churches from its fellowship that have demonstrated a faith or practice affirming, approving or endorsing homosexual behavior,” according to a recommendation adopted by the EC Feb. 20. If such churches remain in friendly cooperation with the DCBC after that period, the DCBC will
Baptist and Reflector GALVESTON, Texas — During the annual meeting of the Association of State Baptist Publications held Feb. 12-15 in Galveston, Texas, Baptist editors affirmed the work of Baptist state convention executive directors. Editors unanimously adopted “A Resolution of Appreciation for State Executive Directors.” The resolution was presented by Gerald Harris, editor of The Christian Index in Georgia, who noted he enjoys a good relationship with his state executive
Davis encouraging Tennessee Baptists to put high priority on health and fitness By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — When Tennessee Baptist Mission Board president and executive director Randy C. Davis first launched a fitness initiative — called “The Chubby Challenge” — in January of 2015, he encouraged the participants to lose 10 percent of their body weight. Ryan Culpepper, the pastor of the Mary’s Chapel Baptist Church, proved
By Nathan Handley Union University JACKSON — James Merritt, lead pastor at Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, Ga., will be the keynote speaker at the third annual West Tennessee Evangelism Rally on March 4 at Union University.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, B&R FRANKLIN — The Gathering at 840 would not be considered the typical new church start in Tennessee today.
C-N news office JEFFERSON CITY — More than 115 Carson-Newman University students and members of the C-N family will spend their spring break volunteering as
By David Roach Baptist Press HENRICO, Va. — The Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV) has become the second Baptist state convention in the past week
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press CLARKSVILLE — Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers are on the ground and others are on standby after weekend tornadoes and
Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — Longtime Tennessee Baptist pastor Doug Sager died Feb. 24. He was 78. Sager, who was president of the Tennessee Baptist
Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — South Gate Baptist Church in Nashville has given its building and 11 acres, valued at $750,000, to Iglesia Bautista Renacer.
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has given the District of Columbia Baptist Convention (DCBC) 90 days to “secure” the “the removal
Baptist and Reflector GALVESTON, Texas — During the annual meeting of the Association of State Baptist Publications held Feb. 12-15 in Galveston, Texas, Baptist editors
Davis encouraging Tennessee Baptists to put high priority on health and fitness By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — When Tennessee Baptist Mission Board
By Nathan Handley Union University JACKSON — James Merritt, lead pastor at Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, Ga., will be the keynote speaker at the