By Scott Shepherd Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Worship and Music Specialist How are church members supposed to worship online? Worship is something we do. It’s active. We participate. Watching movies and tv shows online is different. It’s passive. We just sit and watch. We don’t really do anything. For online worship to have its greatest impact, we should find ways to participate.
Tips, strategies to help churches stream online, remain connected 10 keys to online church Many churches across Tennessee are streaming services for the first time. What have they learned in their first two weeks of streaming? Here are the top 10 lessons they shared. Give eye-contact and close-ups. You’re speaking to your congregation through the camera. “Just as you’d make eye contact with your congregation during a sermon,” Josh Simmons
Union University news office JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University is doing its part to assist health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic by donating N95 face masks and medical supplies and by 3D printing components of face shields that help reduce risk of exposure. Kelly Harden, dean of Union’s College of Nursing, said the university had donated more than 800 N95 masks and that all three campuses – Jackson, Germantown
By Bill Choate Collegiate Ministries director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board There may be no greater axiom than this one: “Time is money.” The application of that statement is universal, and it certainly applies to meetings. Meetings are important. That’s where organizational direction is set, decisions are made, groups get on the same page, and meetings offer an opportunity for clear communication and immediate feedback. However, when you’re meeting, you’re not
Baptist and Reflector Staff Tennessee Baptists will have an opportunity to participate in the first-ever online statewide prayer service in the history of the Tennessee Baptist Convention tonight through a Facebook Live event hosted by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.
Special needs individuals experience prom at ‘Night to Shine’ at Union Avenue Baptist By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MEMPHIS — Arriving in horse-drawn carriages, limousines and antique cars, more than 100 individuals with special needs gathered at Union Avenue Baptist Church to participate in “Night to Shine” last month. Dressed in flowing gowns and striking tuxedos, attendees were given the full “Senior Prom” experience on the grandest scale.
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] ADAMSVILLE — March is “National Kidney Month” and will feature many awareness campaigns and benefits across the nation to promote and encourage kidney donors. For Chad Ball, every day is a promotion for the cause. And a celebration of it. Ball, the pastor of First Baptist Church, Adamsville, underwent a kidney transplant last August. Six months later, he is feeling on top of
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] NASHVILLE — This time, the Tennessee Baptist Historical Society made a little history of its own. Carolyn Bridges Gregory was named as the TBHS’s first female president during the organization’s annual meeting on March 10 at the Southern Baptist Convention Building. It was the 23rd official gathering. TBHS outgoing president Willie Beaty officially passed the baton — or, in this case, gavel —
Appalachian Outreach provides food to struggling families, despite fewer available volunteers Carson-Newman news office JEFFERSON CITY — Carson-Newman University’s community ministry, Appalachian Outreach, has for years provided the region with a variety of services, including a food pantry, clothing ministry, emergency shelter, home repairs and more. As the community adapts to the national COVID-19 outbreak and economic turmoil, the ministry is striving to provide food for a surging number of
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Participating in the national census is not a high priority for many Americans. But several leaders from the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board are encouraging church members across the state to approach the census as both a privilege and a duty. “It is very important that all citizens of Tennessee participate in this year’s census,” said Randy C. Davis, president and executive
By Scott Shepherd Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Worship and Music Specialist How are church members supposed to worship online? Worship is something we do. It’s active.
Tips, strategies to help churches stream online, remain connected 10 keys to online church Many churches across Tennessee are streaming services for the first time.
Union University news office JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University is doing its part to assist health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic by donating N95
By Bill Choate Collegiate Ministries director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board There may be no greater axiom than this one: “Time is money.” The application of
Baptist and Reflector Staff Tennessee Baptists will have an opportunity to participate in the first-ever online statewide prayer service in the history of the Tennessee
Special needs individuals experience prom at ‘Night to Shine’ at Union Avenue Baptist By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MEMPHIS — Arriving in horse-drawn
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] ADAMSVILLE — March is “National Kidney Month” and will feature many awareness campaigns and benefits across the nation
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] NASHVILLE — This time, the Tennessee Baptist Historical Society made a little history of its own. Carolyn Bridges
Appalachian Outreach provides food to struggling families, despite fewer available volunteers Carson-Newman news office JEFFERSON CITY — Carson-Newman University’s community ministry, Appalachian Outreach, has for
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Participating in the national census is not a high priority for many Americans. But several leaders
