The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board’s NOW evangelism conclaves were held at regional sites in late April and early May. Dates and host sites for the conclaves included: April 29 at Ellendale Baptist Church, Bartlett; April 30 at FBC Columbia; May 2 at Judson Baptist Church, Nashville; May 6 at Madison Avenue Baptist Church, Maryville; May 7 at Sullivan Baptist Church, Kingsport; and May 9 at Oakwood Baptist Church, Chattanooga.

BLOUNTVILLE — Members of First Baptist Church, Blountville, said goodbye to their pastor Clay Austin on April 28 after 38 years of ministry. The church showered Austin and his wife, Anita, with several gifts and capped it off by naming him pastor emeritus. “No church in this world wouldn’t be honored to have had Clay Austin as their pastor for the past 38 years. Pastor Clay exemplified what it means

CLARKSVILLE — It is said that the key to good parenting is knowing when to hold your child’s hand and when to let go.  Ronny Raines, in a sense, feels the same is true in church planting.  Raines is the senior pastor at First Baptist Church, Clarksville. When he arrived at FBC, the church was in the process of helping “replant” Kirkwood Baptist Church — a once-thriving church that had

COLLIERVILLE — Cole Rogers said he picked up numerous new ideas during the 2024 Collegiate Leadership Summit.  But Rogers, collegiate ministry specialist at Belmont University, said that wasn’t his biggest take-away from the three-day event. Instead, Rogers said that being reminded that college ministry is about “being centered on prayer more than trying to plan things and get down all the details” had the biggest impact on him during the