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UNION’S CLASS OF 2020 PLACEMENT RATE AT 98 PERCENT DESPITE DIFFICULT YEAR

February 16, 2021

Union University news office JACKSON — Ninety-eight percent of Union University’s class of 2020 were employed or enrolled in graduate school within six months of receiving their degree, according to an “Undergraduate First-Destination Survey” conducted by the Vocation Center for Life Calling and Career. The placement rate for Union’s class of 2019 was also 98 percent. For the classes of 2018 and 2017, placement rates were 95 percent, and in

CHURCHES TURNING TO ‘ONLINE PASTORS’ TO FOSTER COMMUNITY DURING PANDEMIC

February 15, 2021

By Scott Barkley Baptist Press HENDERSONVILLE — Since Long Hollow Baptist Church began experiencing what pastor Robby Gallaty calls “a genuine move of God” last month, roughly 300 people have traveled to its Tennessee campus from all over the country to be baptized. One group came forward – some scheduled, others spontaneously – at the church’s first Tuesday prayer service on Jan. 19, which lasted more than two hours. Twenty-two more were

CHURCH DISPLAYS TRUE ‘GIVING SPIRIT’

February 12, 2021

Despite pandemic, Hilldale Baptist surpasses budget, mission goals By David Dawson [email protected] CLARKSVILLE — “In good times and in bad; in sickness and in health.” Those words, commonly heard at weddings, also describe the commitment displayed by the members of Hilldale Baptist Church, Clarksville, in 2020. Amid all the devastating details of last year, including economic hardships brought on by the pandemic, Hilldale had a record setting year in

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

February 11, 2021

Dislikes editorializing I am writing in regards to an article of page 3 of the Jan. 13, 2021, issue of the Baptist & Reflector entitled “Greear, Moore, others call for peaceable transition.” While I appreciate the work and efforts of the B&R staff and of the contributing writers, I do not agree with the editorializing by at least one of those interviewed. I am specifically speaking about the comments made

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

February 11, 2021

STARTED ON FAITH, SUSTAINED BY FAITH

February 11, 2021

Two-year-old church plant baptizes 45 people during pandemic By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] BRISTOL — Pastor Joel Kirk has a simple formula for planting a church: “It’s impossible to please God without faith.” So far, that formula has produced miracle after miracle for Realife Church in Bristol, a congregation that will not be three years old until the Sunday after Easter this year. Kirk recalled that on

TBC CP GIVING ON TARGET TO MEET BUDGET

February 9, 2021

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — During the first month of the year after the start of a worldwide pandemic, Tennessee Baptists continue to give faithfully through the Cooperative Program. Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,322,496 through the CP giving channel in January. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $8,845,531. The amount is $654,465 or 6.9 percent below what was given after three months last year, but is $95,531 or

THIS TIME, IT’S COMING TO YOU

February 9, 2021

Churches invited to host watch parties for YEC this year By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — For more than two years, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board youth specialist Jay Barbier has been thinking about the possibility of restructuring the annual Youth Evangelism Conference. The COVID-19 pandemic opened the door for those changes to be made. The conference, which has been a popular event for more than 50 years,

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RECOMMENDATIONS SOUGHT FOR BOARDS, COMMITTEES

February 7, 2021

FRANKLIN — Below is a replica of the recommendation form which the Committee on Boards and Committee on Committees have jointly developed for Tennessee Baptists to use in recommending individuals for service on Tennessee Baptist Convention boards or committees. Tennessee Baptists are strongly encouraged to go online at www.tnbaptist.org/boardrec and make recommendations of fellow Tennessee Baptists to serve on the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, one of the seven institutional boards

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UNION’S CLASS OF 2020 PLACEMENT RATE AT 98 PERCENT DESPITE DIFFICULT YEAR