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 Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director Y’all come! Seriously, if you’re a Tennessee Baptist and you want to be a part of what I believe will be the best-ever annual gathering of Tennessee Baptists, you need to be in Sevierville next week. This is going to be a Summit meeting like you’ve never experienced and I am indebted to the pastors and laypersons serving on the Arrangements Committee. They
Cardinal & Cream, Union University This summer, Union was one of 102 Christian colleges and universities included on the LGBTQ advocacy group Campus Pride’s “Shame List.” According to the organization’s website, Union was included because it received a Title IX exemption. Many schools with similar exemptions were included on the list, Carson-Newman University, another Tennessee Baptist Convention institution in Jefferson City.
By Benjie Shaw, BCM Director, University Of Tennessee Health Science Center My introduction to McLean Baptist Church in Midtown Memphis was unremarkable. McLean was one of the many churches across the state the Tennessee Baptist Convention wished to recognize for uninterrupted contributions through the Cooperative Program since its inception in 1926. As a TBC staffer in Memphis, I had several churches with whom I was to make contact and, if
By Steve Gaines President, Southern Baptist Convention If I could encourage the Southern Baptist Convention in one area, it would be to pray. I want us to be the greatest army of prayer warriors in the world. Jesus is the only “expert” in prayer. When we read the gospels, we see how important prayer was to Him. There is only one thing recorded in the gospels that Jesus’ disciples specifically
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.
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director Y’all come! Seriously, if you’re a Tennessee Baptist and you want to be a part of what I
Cardinal & Cream, Union University This summer, Union was one of 102 Christian colleges and universities included on the LGBTQ advocacy group Campus Pride’s “Shame
By Benjie Shaw, BCM Director, University Of Tennessee Health Science Center My introduction to McLean Baptist Church in Midtown Memphis was unremarkable. McLean was one
By Steve Gaines President, Southern Baptist Convention If I could encourage the Southern Baptist Convention in one area, it would be to pray. I want
