Thank you, Tennessee Baptists, for giving through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions. Because you gave … So much follows that statement. Because you gave, people across our state are hearing and responding to the gospel, being discipled, planting new churches or are part of a revitalization process at their current church.
By Chris Turner Director of communications, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board The Commissioners for the Presbyterian Church in America recently voted to leave the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), which the PCA had been connected to since the denomination’s founding in 1973. The reasons for leaving were many, but at the heart of the split was disagreement over the direction the NAE has moved related to several social issues. The NAE
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] When the Supreme Court passed its landmark decision in 1973 legalizing abortion nationwide, it was just a blip on my radar. After all, I was 15 years old and was more concerned about sports, getting my driver’s license and then a job to buy my first car. Girls were not even high on my list in those early teen years. Now, at
By Todd E. Brady Vice president For university ministries, Union University, Jackson If M.E. Dodd were living and were to come to the Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim, I think Willie McLaurin would hug Dodd’s neck and take him to a long, long lunch so he could pick his brain. As the oldest institution related to the SBC, Union University is grateful for men like Dodd and McLaurin. Dodd
By Clay Hallmark President, Tennessee Baptist Convention The WMU decided to go out to the nursing home and visit some of their former WMU members. One particular lady was 95 years old. When one of the WMU ladies entered her room, she inquired as to how she was doing. “Oh,” said the lady, “I am just worried to death!” Her visitor asked, “You look rather well and healthy today. Are
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] “Jesus: The Center of It All” served as the theme of the 2022 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. It was and continues to be a great theme. After all, if Jesus is not the center of it all, then why do we do what we do? Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. Of all
By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board I crossed an item off my bucket list. I’ve always heard about the General Sherman tree in Sequoia National Park, and last week I laid eyes on it. It is spectacular; way more spectacular in person than in any picture I’ve ever seen. To stand beneath its 285-foot height and wonder at its 35-foot width is inspiring. General
By Ray Van Neste Dean and professor of Biblical studies, Union University, Jackson This spring my pastoral ministry class at Union University was (as always) a joy to teach because of my students, diligent young men who sense God’s call to ministry. Following the syllabus, they read several books from previous eras. These older books expand their horizons and introduce them to issues we often miss today. Over the years,
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Writer, B&R As a child, I observed my father returning home each afternoon from a day of hard physical labor. Regardless of how tired he was, he never complained. That’s because he loved his family and for him, work had value. Today, we call this a strong “work ethic.” Thinking back to my youth, my father encouraged me to choose a career that I would look
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] Southern Baptists have had nearly two weeks to read and digest the report of the Sexual Abuse Task Force (SATF) that was authorized by messengers to the 2021 annual meeting in Nashville. My reactions were heartbreak, appall, grief and sadness at what has happened over the past 20 years, but sexual abuse in the SBC goes back even further than that. I
Thank you, Tennessee Baptists, for giving through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions. Because you gave … So much follows that statement. Because you gave,
By Chris Turner Director of communications, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board The Commissioners for the Presbyterian Church in America recently voted to leave the National Association
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] When the Supreme Court passed its landmark decision in 1973 legalizing abortion nationwide, it was just a
By Todd E. Brady Vice president For university ministries, Union University, Jackson If M.E. Dodd were living and were to come to the Southern Baptist
By Clay Hallmark President, Tennessee Baptist Convention The WMU decided to go out to the nursing home and visit some of their former WMU members.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] “Jesus: The Center of It All” served as the theme of the 2022 annual meeting of the
By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board I crossed an item off my bucket list. I’ve always heard about the
By Ray Van Neste Dean and professor of Biblical studies, Union University, Jackson This spring my pastoral ministry class at Union University was (as always)
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Writer, B&R As a child, I observed my father returning home each afternoon from a day of hard physical labor. Regardless
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] Southern Baptists have had nearly two weeks to read and digest the report of the Sexual Abuse
