FRANKLIN — Ten Acts 2:17 workgroups have been named (see full lists below) and have begun working on their assigned tasks. Tennessee Baptist Convention messengers at last year’s annual meeting in Chattanooga overwhelmingly adopted vision and priority statements that will ultimately lead to every Tennessean hearing the gospel. For more on this, see article in Nov. 23, 2023 issue of the Baptist and Reflector. The priority statements are grouped into

FRANKLIN — In November of 2014, messengers at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention adopted the Five Objectives, a strategic 10-year plan for the ministry of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and churches throughout the TBC. Nearly a decade later, the time frame for the Five Objectives is drawing to a close. The Five Objectives were the vision of Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of TBMB,

MOUNT JULIET — With snow and ice and single digit temperatures all across Tennessee, some areas in the state are experiencing water shortages. Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, received a request on Friday (Jan. 19) from Stan Wafler, associational missionary for Beech River Baptist Association, that portions of Decatur and Henderson counties were without water. Jones found some water locally but not nearly enough

BIRMINGHAM — From Alaska to Maine, nearly 200 missions leaders from across the country gathered Jan. 6-8 on Missionary Ridge in Birmingham for Woman Missionary Union’s January board meeting. Vickie Anderson, executive director of Tennessee WMU, cited the national meeting as one of her highlights each year. “From hearing testimonies, updates and inspirational stories from missionaries, national WMU and SBC entity leaders to connecting with friends and co-laborers, this time

CLARKSVILLE — First Baptist Church of Clarksville Visitation Pastor Bill Graham has desired continuous citywide prayer for the city ever since reading about the Unceasing Prayer Movement in Austin, Texas. There, Kie Bowman helps lead pastors in making sure someone is praying every minute of the year. First Clarksville hosted Bowman, who heads the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s prayer ministry, in a City of Prayer Conference Jan. 12-14 aimed