By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Columnist, B&R As parents and grandparents, we have many responsibilities. One is to help our children and grandchildren find joy and happiness in life.
By Steve Holt Church services director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board “Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine” (I Timothy 5:17, NKJV).
By David Leavell President Of The Tennessee Baptist Convention / Senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Millington In my travels across Tennessee, I’ve learned many cherished lessons about Baptists. Each church has a uniqueness that makes them special in the eyes of God and in their community. Being a lifelong Baptist and having a father that spoke extensively across our denomination, I discovered that churches have temperaments and temperatures.
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB I was recently talking with a friend about social media and primarily about Facebook. His perspective was pretty clear: Facebook was birthed in the pit of hell. “Just look at what’s on there,” he said. “Nothing but discord and dissension. We’d have been better off if there was no such thing as Facebook.”
By Matt Tullos Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB In the Go Fund Me era, it’s easy to minimize the Cooperative Program. We get so caught up in the daily grind of ministry and we forget all the things that make the Cooperative Program shine so brightly in a dark world. It begs the question, “What would your church, Tennessee, and the world look like without CP?” Here are a few uncomfortable
By Matt Tullos Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB In the Go Fund Me era, it’s easy to minimize the Cooperative Program. We get so caught up in the daily grind of ministry and we forget all the things that make the Cooperative Program shine so brightly in a dark world. It begs the question, “What would your church, Tennessee, and the world look like without CP?” Here are a few uncomfortable
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director It’s just two words but they are incredibly powerful when flowing from a heart genuinely filled with gratitude. They can be delivered a number of ways; a text, an e-mail, or better yet, a handwritten note. Think what it means if you receive a call and the person on the other end simply says, “I wanted to call and just say
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] I spent part of last week in and around the coast of North Carolina with William Maxwell, administrative director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, meeting some of the most dedicated servants of Christ anywhere — disaster relief volunteers. Volunteers from all across Tennessee were helping North Carolinians recover from the devastation to their homes caused by Hurricane Florence earlier in September.
By David Evans TBMB evangelism team Ask someone a question and they shoot to a Google search. We have knowledge but are not necessarily knowledgeable. We live in a time where Christian music, books, seminaries, podcasts, community groups are everywhere. We live in a time of resource like no other time. We have resources at our disposal and yet baptism trends and church attendance seem to spiral downward. There is
By David Leavell President Of The Tennessee Baptist Convention / Senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Millington The devil doesn’t want you to share Jesus! You can take that to the bank! The devil is opposed to anything that represents the Kingdom of God, and that includes you! The Bible says in John 10:10, “The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy.” Sometimes, Baptists don’t understand or sense the spiritual
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Columnist, B&R As parents and grandparents, we have many responsibilities. One is to help our children and grandchildren find joy and
By Steve Holt Church services director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board “Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who
By David Leavell President Of The Tennessee Baptist Convention / Senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Millington In my travels across Tennessee, I’ve learned many
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB I was recently talking with a friend about social media and primarily about Facebook. His perspective was pretty
By Matt Tullos Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB In the Go Fund Me era, it’s easy to minimize the Cooperative Program. We get so caught up
By Matt Tullos Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB In the Go Fund Me era, it’s easy to minimize the Cooperative Program. We get so caught up
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director It’s just two words but they are incredibly powerful when flowing from a heart genuinely filled
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] I spent part of last week in and around the coast of North Carolina with William Maxwell,
By David Evans TBMB evangelism team Ask someone a question and they shoot to a Google search. We have knowledge but are not necessarily knowledgeable.
By David Leavell President Of The Tennessee Baptist Convention / Senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Millington The devil doesn’t want you to share Jesus!