By Ken Carver Contributing writer, B&R COLLIERVILLE — When Amy Dobson got serious — really serious — about her fellowship with Jesus, when she fervently pursued a much deeper walk with Him, little did she know that her spiritual path would lead to her writing the Mirror Image ladies’ Bible study series. Dobson wrote the first study in 2016. It was on Malachi. A two-part study on Galatians followed a
By Mike Farmer Director of missions, McMinn-Meigs Association of Baptists What a blessing to see so many “normal” church activities arriving on the schedule now. It has been a long, difficult year. I pray we have a greater appreciation for these normal activities. My question now is this, “What have we learned from the past year?” We should have learned the truth that God did not make us to be
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] I love to hear the classic hymn, “Precious Memories,” especially the chorus: “Precious memories, how they linger How they ever flood my soul In the stillness, of the midnight Precious sacred scenes unfold.” When I think of Vacation Bible School, I have precious memories that, do indeed, flood my soul. When I was a kid 55-plus years ago, Vacation Bible School was
By Todd E. Brady Vice President For University Ministries, Union University, Jackson In mid-June, I was one of the 15,726 Baptists who attended the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville — the most attended convention since 1995 and the first large gathering in Nashville since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Having done research this past year in high school for a research paper and learning about
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] On Sunday, July 4, Americans will celebrate Independence Day. Thanks to our forefathers, who fought for our freedoms and won independence from Great Britain, Americans today still enjoy freedoms that are not found in many other countries. We can worship in the church of our choice (at least for now). We enjoy freedom of speech and we also have the freedom of
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] Southern Baptists came to Nashville in droves for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in mid-June and they were a welcome sight for a city and state still trying to recover from the economic shutdown caused by COVID-19 in 2020. If you walked anywhere in the downtown area, you saw people lined up outside, waiting to get into restaurants. And,
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director We wanted to gather, and we did … in droves. After a year without an annual Southern Baptist Convention because of the pandemic, and with much on our minds, Nashville hosted the largest gathering of Southern Baptists since 1995 with more than 20,000 messengers and guests. Prior to the convention, I put out a call for Tennessee Baptists to show up
By Scott Shepherd Worship & Music Specialist, TBMB Independence Day is approaching rapidly. And this year’s patriotic holiday is rather unique: For the first time in eleven years, the 4th of July will fall on a Sunday. Tennessee Baptists will choose to gather on this Lord’s Day in different ways. Some will hold festive patriotic celebrations, but others will opt for more typical worship gatherings. Most will find middle ground
By Matt Tullos Assistant to the executive director, TBMB It seems like the past two years have been a season of unexpected change and challenge. Who would have expected that we would have seen a racial reckoning, a pandemic, and despite all that, a time of miraculous generosity? We have been amazed as churches who have experienced so much challenge, change and controversy continued to heighten their passion for Jesus
By Jay Barbier Youth Specialist, TBMB Influence is, was and will always be one, of the greatest tools for a follower of Jesus. Baptist Press recently published an article that shared the results of a survey conducted by Pew Research. The survey revealed that teenagers’ views of religion follow very closely to that of their parents. So, what does this mean? This actually brings me so much joy to see
By Ken Carver Contributing writer, B&R COLLIERVILLE — When Amy Dobson got serious — really serious — about her fellowship with Jesus, when she fervently
By Mike Farmer Director of missions, McMinn-Meigs Association of Baptists What a blessing to see so many “normal” church activities arriving on the schedule now.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] I love to hear the classic hymn, “Precious Memories,” especially the chorus: “Precious memories, how they linger
By Todd E. Brady Vice President For University Ministries, Union University, Jackson In mid-June, I was one of the 15,726 Baptists who attended the annual
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] On Sunday, July 4, Americans will celebrate Independence Day. Thanks to our forefathers, who fought for our
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] Southern Baptists came to Nashville in droves for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director We wanted to gather, and we did … in droves. After a year without an annual
By Scott Shepherd Worship & Music Specialist, TBMB Independence Day is approaching rapidly. And this year’s patriotic holiday is rather unique: For the first time
By Matt Tullos Assistant to the executive director, TBMB It seems like the past two years have been a season of unexpected change and challenge.
By Jay Barbier Youth Specialist, TBMB Influence is, was and will always be one, of the greatest tools for a follower of Jesus. Baptist Press
