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THORPE STEPS DOWN FROM ROLE WITH TBMB

December 20, 2017

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — While coordinating and implementing stewardship campaigns for the past three decades, Archer Thorpe has continuously shared a simple, but biblical, principle with the countless churches that he’s worked with through the years. “I’ve tried to emphasize that God has given us everything we have; all of it has come to us as a gift from God,” said Thorpe. “And because it all

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GRATITUDE FELT BY MULTIPLE GENERATIONS

December 19, 2017

‘Christmas checks’ a testament of WMU’s lifetime missions commitment By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN  — The big, yellow folder that Tennessee WMU executive director Vickie Anderson keeps in her drawer is just about to burst. The folder is filled with thank you cards and letters that Anderson has received from retired IMB missionaries and their children. 

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PRAY4TN TO BE LAUNCHED IN JANUARY

December 19, 2017

Initiative calls for Tennessee Baptists to pray for neighbors each day by name By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Although they don’t appear on Google maps or GPS devices, prayer outposts are popping up all across Tennessee. The influx has been created by the Pray4TN campaign — an initiative designed and developed by Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff members Roc Collins, David Evans, and Steve Pearson.  

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PEW: CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS, BELIEFS LESS RELIGIOUS

December 15, 2017

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press WASHINGTON (BP) — Most Americans believe society is increasingly abandoning the religious aspects of Christmas, according to new Pew Research Center findings, but most Americans are not troubled by the trend. Only 32 percent of Americans find the trend troubling, Pew found in the study released Dec. 12. While 56 percent of U.S. adults identified such a trend, a quarter of that group said the

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IMB’S PLATT: WHEN WE PRAY, GOD WORKS

December 14, 2017

EDITOR’S NOTE: This year’s Week of Prayer for International Missions in the Southern Baptist Convention was Dec. 3-10 with the theme verse taken from 2 Corinthians 5:14 (HCSB) “For Christ’s love compels us, since we have reached this conclusion: If one died for all, then all died.” The verse undergirds the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions. The offering, in tandem with Cooperative Program gifts from Southern Baptist churches,

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PAUL PRESSLER TARGETED IN TEXAS LAWSUIT

December 13, 2017

By David Roach Baptist Press HOUSTON (BP) — A lawsuit alleging decades of sexual abuse by retired Texas state judge Paul Pressler has named a Southern Baptist Convention entity among its co-defendants. Following multiple media reports on the Oct. 18 suit, Pressler’s legal team released a statement today (Dec. 12) to Baptist Press, in which attorney Ted Tredennick called the allegations “frivolous.”

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MISSIONARY REFLECTS ON CAREER, CP, LMCO

December 12, 2017

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — As he nears his retirement after spending much of his adult life serving God in Africa, John McPherson has an interesting take on his career as a missionary. “I don’t think what I have done should be seen as a sacrifice,” said McPherson. “Doing what you love to do is not a sacrifice. The sacrifice was really made by my parents. It’s

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HICKS CELEBRATES 35 YEARS IN MADISONVILLE

December 12, 2017

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector MADISONVILLE — Frank Hicks says it feels like yesterday that he began his pastorship at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Madisonville. In actuality, it was more than 12,500 yesterdays ago. Displaying loyalty and longevity, Hicks has served as the senior pastor at Bethlehem Baptist for three and half decades. Last month, the church held a celebration — which included a surprise video during the worship

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MINISTRY COMES FULL CIRCLE FOR PASTORS

December 11, 2017

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — Larry Fields, pastor emeritus at the Central Baptist Church, Bearden, in Knoxville, has served as interim pastor at Smithwood Baptist Church in Knoxville since January. When the pastor search committee at Smithwood recently recommended that Jeff Lane, associate pastor at Bethany Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., be called as their new pastor, both Fields and Lane realized they had had an

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GUATEMALA PARTNERSHIP OFF TO GOOD START

December 11, 2017

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector HENDERSONVILLE — The Tennessee Baptist Convention’s partnership with the Guatemala Baptist Convention is off to a strong start. And Garry Eudy, the ministry’s field coordinator, believes it will only get stronger in the years ahead. “We can’t see this partnership ending in the foreseeable future because of the way it is growing,” Eudy said while taking a short break from the booth he was

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