By Sarah Knapp The Pacer (UT-Martin Student Paper) MARTIN — A record-breaking attendance of 101 freshmen at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry’s (BCM) “Survival 2017 sets high expectations for freshmen involvement on campus this year. Survival is a four-day event held by the BCM that helps freshmen and transfer students adjust to college and allows them to interact with other Christians before the fall semester begins.

By Ralph Vaughn Contributing Writer, Baptist and Reflector MURFREESBORO — F. Murray Mathis of Murfreesboro, like most in ministry, has seen and experienced mountaintops and valleys in his nearly 60 years of preaching the gospel. His eyes well up with tears when describing how a country boy from Fayetteville has made friends throughout America and in foreign countries. Recently, Mathis and his wife of 54 years, Loretta, were involved in