By Jon Hawkins Training and volunteer coordinator, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board As the training and volunteer coordinator for Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, I meet every new employee as part of our onboarding process. On March 19, 2021, I met Roger Britton, TBMB’s new bivocational ministries specialist, for the first time.  Within the first five minutes of our meeting, Roger very quickly shared his love for bivocational ministers. His words pierced

By Ryan Keaton Emerging generations specialist, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Your church has a reputation. Whether your reputation is perceived or reality, a young adult has an assumption of what they will experience before they ever attend. Your online presence often precedes your church’s influence, but the relationship with your community matters, as well. Is your church’s reputation in your community attractive to young adults? While your perception of your

By Ryan Keaton Emerging Generations Specialist, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Is my church effectively reaching young adults? Churches across our state are asking this same question. With this new year upon us, churches can seek to focus their efforts on being intentional in reaching, engaging, discipling, and sending young adults. The “magic bullet” for reaching young adults does not exist. There is not a quick-fix solution to turning the trajectory