STANTON — Weaving through a maze of nearly 200 folding tables, Ben Cowell and Alan O’Quinn went on an unscheduled prayerwalk on the morning of April 14.  The two men —  Cowell, senior pastor of Brownsville Baptist Church, and O’Quinn, a deacon at BBC — zig-zagged their way around the sprawling pavilion located in the middle of BlueOval City, praying passionately for the luncheon that would be held about an

THOMPSON’S STATION — The first young adult conference sponsored by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board went as well as anyone could have expected, said Ryan Keaton, emerging generations specialist for the TBMB. The conference at Thompson Station Baptist Church drew 180 registrants from 35 churches, Keaton said. Keaton said his desire is for an annual young adult conference along with regional conferences. The conferences can be a resource for churches

NASHVILLE — Many first responders sprang into action in the aftermath of the tragic shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville on March 27.  Among them was Sgt. Andrew Ivey, chaplain coordinator for the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) and a North American Mission Board (NAMB)-endorsed chaplain. “I would describe it as extremely difficult,” said Ivey, a deacon at Temple Baptist Church, White House. “There was a lot of grief,

MOUNT JULIET —Disaster relief efforts concluded in McNairy County on April 22, but are expected to continue for at least three more weeks in Covington. Tornadoes and severe storms swept across the central and southern portions of the United States, including Tennessee, on March 31 and the early morning hours of April 1, causing extensive damage and leaving a reported 15 people dead in Tennessee. The two hardest hit areas

JACKSON — Stephen Rummage, pastor of Quail Springs Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Okla., will be nominated for presidency of the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference.  Adam Dooley, pastor of Englewood Baptist Church in Jackson, will nominate Rummage. “I cannot imagine a better choice to lead next year’s SBC Pastors’ Conference than Stephen Rummage,” said Dooley. “From my perspective, he represents everything that is good about Southern Baptists.”

NASHVILLE — The president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Commission has been joined by 11 Tennessee pastors and the president of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board in urging state legislators to enact safety measures to protect the public from gun violence. TBMB president Randy C. Davis and Ethics & Religious Liberty president Brent Leatherwood signed a letter April 19 with 13 Tennessee pastors – 11 of them Southern Baptists –