Baptist and Reflector DYER — The Tennessee chapter of the Conservative Baptist Network (CBN) will launch officially the week of May 24, said Bryan Morris, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Dyer, who is spearheading the effort. Plans for the Tennessee chapter were announced in April (put in link for article from 4-21 issue).  The national CBN “is the product of a grassroots movement that developed organically in the

Compiled from B&R, BP reports MORRISTOWN — Dean Haun announced May 24 that he will nominate Georgia pastor Mike Stone as president  of the Southern Baptist Convention during its annual meeting June 15-16 in Nashville. Georgia Baptist Convention president and pastor Kevin Williams announced in January that Stone, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Blackshear, Ga., and immediate past chairman of the SBC Executive Committee, would be nominated, but the

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] LENOIR CITY — When Phil Holmes became director of missions in Loudon County Baptist Association 10 years ago, the association owned a missionary house. It was a good idea but in the past 10 years it was used about four times, he said. “It was vacant more than it was occupied,” Holmes recalled. In the Spring of 2018, Holmes and some members

By David Dawson [email protected] HENDERSONVILLE — More than 600 Baptist Collegiate Ministry leaders, representing 35 states, recently gathered for the College Summit at First Baptist Church, Hendersonville. And boy, did they have a lot to talk about.  In additon to honoring and celebrating 100 years of Southern Baptist cooperative collegiate ministry, the attendees at the three-day event, held May 5-7, also reflected on the challenges of the past year. Last

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] CHATTANOOGA — Tennessee Baptist pastor Sam Greer will be nominated as treasurer of the 2022 Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference. Greer, pastor of Red Bank Baptist Church, Chattanooga, will be nominated by Chuck Herring, pastor of First Baptist Church, Collierville. Greer surrendered to the ministry in 2003 when Herring was pastor of First Baptist Church, Richland, Miss. The nomination will take place Monday,

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] CROSSVILLE — While many current members of Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union grew up in churches that provided missions education for children, that was not the case for  Yolanda Heuser of Crossville, the 31st president of Tennessee WMU. Heuser grew up in another denomination. “While I did not grow up in missions education, quite the opposite, I do believe that my childhood did

Baptist and Reflector COOKEVILLE — In their first annual meeting outside of Gatlinburg since the early 1990s, members of Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union elected a new president, along with other officers  and promotional directors, and approved revisions to their bylaws. The meeting was held May 1 at First Baptist Church, Cookeville. Until about 1993, the annual meeting was held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention

Baptist Press HENDERSONVILLE — Greg Davidson, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Vacaville, Calif., will be nominated for president of the 2022 SBC Pastors’ Conference. Bruce Chesser, pastor of First Baptist Church, Hendersonville, announced his intention to make the nomination in an email to Baptist Press. The nomination, made May 13, will take place Monday, June 14, as part of the pastors’ track during the Send Conference in Nashville that precedes