By Casey Watson BGR NASHVILLE — Nine-year-old Austin Billingsley wanted to “be the difference.” So, he had the slogan printed on more than 200 T-shirts, which he then sold to help people in need. In early August, Austin and his mother, Rachel Billingsley, knocked on the door of Baptist Global Response (BGR) headquarters in Nashville and presented the organization with a check for more than $2,000. He raised the entire

by Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector HENNING — In 1944 Ira Singleton faced a tough decision. The 18-year-old had joined the Army and was in basic training when he received word he had been granted a discharge. He later learned that his father and pastor had worked to get him the discharge because Singleton had been called to the ministry and had already preached his first sermon.