By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] A few days ago I had to make an unplanned visit to my optometrist’s office to have my frames adjusted. A word of advice — don’t fall asleep with your glasses on. Bad things can happen. While they were being adjusted, Phil Hammond, my optometrist and longtime friend, saw me and stopped by to chat. When he asked how I was doing,
By Danny Sinquefield Pastor of Faith Baptist Church, Bartlett There have been many conversations through the years regarding a name change for the Southern Baptist Convention. It is often a topic that has a lot of feelings associated with it for various reasons. Some love the tradition and the identity it brings as the largest protestant denomination in the world. Others are quick to point out that the geographic regionalization
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 Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] A few days ago I had to make an unplanned visit to my optometrist’s office to have
By Danny Sinquefield Pastor of Faith Baptist Church, Bartlett There have been many conversations through the years regarding a name change for the Southern Baptist
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