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

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