By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC One moment it was a blustery late November evening secluded in the Smoky Mountains; the next a fiery hell. And it all changed in the time it takes to draw a breath. Somewhere along the way I became a disaster chaser. That was never my intention; it just worked out that way. My background is rooted in journalism and at one point I
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Tennessee Baptist Convention churches are observing the Week for Prayer for International Missions this week and are in the process of collecting the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. If past years are any indicator, Tennessee Baptists will be generous when it comes to supporting our international missionaries who serve all over the world. I hope this response continues this year as well. In September
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director Dear Tennessee Baptists, You no doubt know of the devastating news this week coming out of Gatlinburg and Sevier County. As someone who called that area home for 20 years, it has been especially gutting to me to hear the reports. Jeanne and I have so many friends in that area and know personally many of the families affected. Some have lost everything.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector The 2016 Summit in Sevierville is over and by all accounts it was one of the best ever. The number of registered messengers was low by East Tennessee standards — 1,211, but attendance at some sessions neared or topped 2,000 people. The decision to add a worship service to Summit on Sunday night proved to be a “home run.” Tennessee pastor and Southern
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, Baptist and Reflector When we were raising our three boys, one of them was particularly prone to say early in the morning, “It’s going to be a bad day!” Usually, some piddling thing had happened that brought forth that comment. Inevitably, I replied with authority, “Happy up! It’s going to be the kind of day you make it!” That rule was proverbial then and now.
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director There are millions of spiritually lost people in Tennessee. That is an obvious statement, but that reality grabbed me again in recent weeks. This time, the faceless mass got personal as spiritual lostness introduced itself with a person’s name. In preparing for our annual Summit, we sent thousands of cards to our Baptist Collegiate Ministry leaders containing a single question: “If you could
By Roc Collins President, TBC The time is almost at hand. In just a few days we will gather at Sevierville Convention Center for the Summit. And our Summit will not simply be a time to gather together, hear reports, sing some songs, and do a little business, but rather our Summit will be a time of rejoicing as we hear of our Lord’s work all across our beloved state
By Billy Hoffman Stewardship Development Specialist, TBC Is God leading you and your church to share Christ where He is not known? I ask it this way because spreading the gospel is both an individual as well as a Christian community activity. In Acts 13 we continue to discover the pattern of the call and empowerment of the first missionary team from the church at Antioch. From this we see
By Bradford Smith Missions Pastor, The Way, Clarksville This is a letter to prospective fathers of an unwanted child. Twenty years ago I was willing to pay my girlfriend to murder our unborn daughter. This haunts me. I’ve been there. I’ve been in your shoes. I still remember the phone call, how my heart climbed up out of my throat when I heard her tears, how time screeched to a
By Steve Gaines SBC President & Pastor, Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis MEMPHIS, Tenn. (BP) — Today Americans have a new president — Donald J. Trump. As Christians, it is Scripturally incumbent upon us to pray for him and for all our political leaders (cf. 1 Timothy 2:1-2). It is also mandatory for us to honor all people, even those with whom we disagree (cf. 1 Peter 2:17). If we disagree
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC One moment it was a blustery late November evening secluded in the Smoky Mountains; the next a fiery
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Tennessee Baptist Convention churches are observing the Week for Prayer for International Missions this week and are in
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director Dear Tennessee Baptists, You no doubt know of the devastating news this week coming out of Gatlinburg and
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector The 2016 Summit in Sevierville is over and by all accounts it was one of the best ever.
By Johnnie Godwin Contributing Columnist, Baptist and Reflector When we were raising our three boys, one of them was particularly prone to say early in
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director There are millions of spiritually lost people in Tennessee. That is an obvious statement, but that reality grabbed
By Roc Collins President, TBC The time is almost at hand. In just a few days we will gather at Sevierville Convention Center for the
By Billy Hoffman Stewardship Development Specialist, TBC Is God leading you and your church to share Christ where He is not known? I ask it
By Bradford Smith Missions Pastor, The Way, Clarksville This is a letter to prospective fathers of an unwanted child. Twenty years ago I was willing
By Steve Gaines SBC President & Pastor, Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis MEMPHIS, Tenn. (BP) — Today Americans have a new president — Donald J. Trump.