By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Writer, B&R A recent report estimates over 43 million people will travel during the 4th of July holiday. Whether your family plans to journey to other areas or plans a stay-at-home holiday, these educational, fun, and creative activities will make this a holiday to remember. Celebrate family, faith and patriotic community events this Independence Day.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector While there are many “pros” to the Baptist and Reflector’s print schedule of every other week, one “con” is that some denominational events or programs do not get the recognition they should in the print issue. One of those that fell by the wayside was Mission:Dignity Sunday, sponsored by GuideStone Financial Resources. I’m hopeful many of our Tennessee Baptist churches mentioned Mission:Dignity to
By Doug Carver Executive Director of Chaplaincy Services, NAMB Editor’s Note: Chaplain (Major General) Doug Carver, U.S. Army, Retired, serves as executive director of chaplaincy services for the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. This column is adapted from remarks he delivered at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, June 13 in Phoenix. One hundred years ago 5,543 registered messengers gathered in New Orleans for the 62nd
By Todd Brady Vice President for University Ministries, Union University As a Christian, I want to be known for what I’m for rather than what I’m against. However, there comes a time when silence about what we are against is so confusing to others that we are compelled to speak. Martin Luther King, Jr. said “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press The alt-right social and political movement is in the spotlight after the Southern Baptist Convention condemned alternative-right white supremacy at its 2017 annual meeting in Phoenix. What is the alt-right movement? Many Southern Baptists aren’t familiar with the term, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) President Russell Moore said in the June 14 “The Weekly,” ERLC’s e-mail newsletter on news and opinion from the public
By Tammy Lovell Stone In a day and age when schedules are too full and time seems too short it can be easy to ignore the things that really matter. But that didn’t stop the members of the Alpha Baptist Association from showing their support for our family — the Stone family. When the association learned that one of their ministry families was enduring financial hardship they eagerly lent a
By Lyle Larson Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Goodlettsville I have never been a member of Evansville Baptist Church but that congregation will always hold a special place in my life, having had a significant impact on my understanding of the Cooperative Program. Evansville Baptist is in a small community in northwest Tennessee near Dyersburg. When I was a teenager who had been called to ministry, that church allowed me
By Tony Inman Senior Pastor, Oakcrest Baptist Church, Ocala, Fla. As the “cloud” of social media looms overhead, we as Christ followers must consider how much of our lives we will allow it to consume. There is no doubt that social media is firmly established in our society as a major form of information and communication. To ignore this fact would be pointless. Do I, as one from a generation
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Frank Martin is the men’s basketball coach at the University of South Carolina. He is the kind of coach you appreciate if he’s with your team and probably dislike if he’s not. He has a fiery personality and a stare that matches former University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summit. If you know basketball, you know exactly what I mean. Martin sometimes
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director It wasn’t too long ago that the idea of hockey catching on in the South was laughable. Well, nobody is laughing now. The hysteria surrounding the Nashville Predators has boiled beyond Middle Tennessee and it’s been interesting to hear comments and see Facebook posts from around the state supporting the Preds. No question about it; Nashville is definitely a hockey town.
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Writer, B&R A recent report estimates over 43 million people will travel during the 4th of July holiday. Whether your family
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector While there are many “pros” to the Baptist and Reflector’s print schedule of every other week, one “con”
By Doug Carver Executive Director of Chaplaincy Services, NAMB Editor’s Note: Chaplain (Major General) Doug Carver, U.S. Army, Retired, serves as executive director of chaplaincy
By Todd Brady Vice President for University Ministries, Union University As a Christian, I want to be known for what I’m for rather than what
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press The alt-right social and political movement is in the spotlight after the Southern Baptist Convention condemned alternative-right white supremacy at
By Tammy Lovell Stone In a day and age when schedules are too full and time seems too short it can be easy to ignore
By Lyle Larson Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Goodlettsville I have never been a member of Evansville Baptist Church but that congregation will always hold
By Tony Inman Senior Pastor, Oakcrest Baptist Church, Ocala, Fla. As the “cloud” of social media looms overhead, we as Christ followers must consider how
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Frank Martin is the men’s basketball coach at the University of South Carolina. He is the kind of
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director It wasn’t too long ago that the idea of hockey catching on in the South was