By William H. Perkins Jr. Editor, The Baptist Record JACKSON, Miss. — Shawn Parker, pastor of First Baptist Church, Columbus, was unanimously called on Dec. 19 by the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (MBCB) to succeed longtime Executive Director-Treasurer Jim Futral, who will formally retire at the end of February after more than 21 years of service. “We believe he is the Lord’s man. We believe he is a relational leader

By Joy Allmond LifeWay news office HENDERSONVILLE — Robby Gallaty isn’t who you think he is.  At least that’s what billboards in the greater Nashville area said of Gallaty, pastor of Long Hollow Baptist Church in nearby Hendersonville, in the weeks leading up to the church’s 2016 Easter service. The message — meant to mimic a smear campaign — gained national media attention and garnered 14,000 attendees on Easter, doubling

Merry CHRISTmas and Happy New Year    From Tennessee Baptist Mission Board president and executive director Randy C. Davis and the staff of the TBMB.

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention leaders Randy C. Davis and Bruce Chesser have followed up on a resolution passed by Tennessee Baptists at their annual meeting in November at First Baptist Concord in Knoxville with a letter to Tennessee’s state senators. Tennessee Baptists approved without opposition a resolution in support of life and Tennessee Senate Bill 1236.