By Chris Turner [email protected] CLARKSVILLE — First Baptist Church, Clarksville, ended several weeks of turmoil when church leadership announced Sunday (Nov. 10) that it was officially ending its relationship with a pastoral candidate accused of “pastoral abuse.”  In each of the church’s two worship services, Mark Zirkle, chairman of deacons, read from a statement regarding the decision for the church to drop Wes Feltner as a candidate to fill the

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] NEWPORT — At the age of 78, Horace Brown still has a burning passion for ministry. Brown was recognized by family and friends on Sunday, Oct. 20, at the offices of East Tennessee Baptist Association where he has served as director of missions for the past 10 years. He celebrated 60 years of ministry and he has no plans to stop anytime soon. “I will retire

By Ashley Perham Baptist & Reflector NEWPORT — When Options Pregnancy Help Center opened in 2016 in Newport, Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church had a “pro-life, conservative, Republican mentality,” said Randy Runions, pastor of Lincoln Avenue and chairman of the board of Options. However, Runions said the church soon realized that, for them, being pro-life was not about politics. “It did not take us long to switch from that to just

By Carla Harper Contributing writer, B&R MOHAWK — When pastor Travis Henderson asked for those in the congregation to stand who had been or had children in Linda Wisecarver’s youth Sunday School class, three-fourths of the congregation stood and applauded for the 55-year matriarch.  Wisecarver started teaching the youth when she was in her 20s. She said it was never something she dreaded doing. In fact, Wisecarver said it was one