SPRINGFIELD — When it comes to finding unique ways to share the gospel, David Evans is always on the lookout. Evans, pastor of Springfield Baptist Church, recently learned that Springfield and Robertson County has a large population of people who own jeeps. He also discovered that jeep owners like rubber ducks. “The Jeep community has a thing with rubber ducks,” Evans explained. When those who have a Jeep see another

DYERSBURG — When two high schools came together for an event earlier this fall, the Holy Spirit did some big and powerful things. There was a revival among the rivals. And the impact was eternal. Two days before the football game between Dyersburg High School and Dyer County High School, students and staff members from the two schools gathered at First Baptist Church, Newbern, for a “joint” worship service.  Roughly

FRANKLIN — The Tennessee Baptist Convention ranked second among Baptist state conventions in giving through the Cooperative Program during the 2021-22 fiscal year.  Tennessee Baptists gave $18,322,933 to Southern Baptist causes during the last fiscal year.  Baptist Press reported Oct. 5 that Southern Baptists gave more than $200 million through the national Cooperative Program Allocation Budget for the first time since 2008.  For the year, the Southern Baptist Convention Cooperative

NEWPORT — Former director of missions Horace Brown had a vision that churches in East Tennessee Baptist Association would hold simultaneous revivals to reach the lost population in Cocke County. Brown worked with several churches in the association and had revivals planned for the fall of 2020, but like so many events that year, COVID-19 caused the revivals to be postponed to 2021, but an increase in COVID cases once

JACKSON — With gratitude to God for His faithfulness over two centuries, Union University marked its bicentennial with a kick-off celebration Sept. 23 at the Carl Perkins Civic Center. The celebration will continue throughout the 2022-23 academic year. “Rarely has a Christian institution in this country maintained its mission and its relationship to its church constituency for this length of time,” said former Union president David S. Dockery, who spoke

MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist  Disaster Relief volunteers have been on site since Oct. 3 at First Baptist Church in Wauchula, Fla., providing chain saw and flood recovery teams to those affected by Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian swept across Florida Sept. 29, wreaking havoc across the state.  As of Oct. 6, reports indicated nearly 100 people have died. USA Today reported more than 2.6 million homes and businesses were without