By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] NASHVILLE — Tennessee Baptists are preparing for Crossover, an annual evangelistic event that takes place in the city where the SBC annual meeting is held. This year’s meeting will be held June 13-16 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Conference Center. Though churches in Nashville Baptist Association are the primary focal point, the area is being expanded to include Wilson County Baptist

Compiled by B&R staff NASHVILLE — A Southern Baptist Convention church affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention and the Sevier County Association of Baptists is one of four churches that have been disfellowship by the SBC Executive Committee (EC). Antioch Baptist Church in Sevierville was dropped for employing a pastor who confessed to two counts of statutory rape. Also disfellowship for affirming homosexuality were Towne View Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Ga., and St. Matthews Baptist