Tennessee

BREAKING NEWS: TENNESSEE DR RESPONDS, MORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

October 28, 2019

Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams are needed in the aftermath of weekend storms that left major damage throughout West and Middle Tennessee. “We have a lot of damage across the state from the Alabama-Mississippi lines all the way through Clarksville and surrounding counties,” said Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Convention. He added that at least 14 counties reported damage. Most

FORMER MILITARY CAMP NOW RESPITE FOR GOD’S SOLDIERS

October 28, 2019

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] BLOOMINGTON SPRINGS — During World War II, the facilities of the former DeBerry Military Academy in Bloomington Springs, about 10 miles west of Cookeville, were used as a summer military camp. Today, one of the few remains of the former military camp is an old building that was constructed in 1929 and has since been refurbished and incorporated with a number of new buildings that have

JEFFERSON COUNTY CHURCH PRESERVES HERITAGE

October 28, 2019

Baptist and Reflector NEW MARKET — Dumplin Baptist Church in Jefferson County is proud of its heritage, and rightly so. The church, established in 1797, is the third oldest church in the eastern half of Tennessee with continuous existence at the same place, under the same name. A few years ago, former pastor Don McEntire, now retired but still a member of Dumplin Baptist, suggested to member Kenneth Cate that

PILOT HELPS PREPARE MISSIONARIES FOR TAKE OFF

October 25, 2019

By Art Toalston Contributing writer, B&R NASHVILLE — From Hangar No. 7 at the Nashville International Airport, Baptist layman Chris Erlanson aspires to help change the world. At Nashville Flight Training, less than 200 yards from two of BNA’s four runways, Erlanson oversees the airport’s only flight school. “I was really happy in the music business, doing well, but I had the opportunity to buy a flight school,” said Erlanson,

BIG BOOST FOR BIG EMORY

October 23, 2019

Location change has led to new ministry opportunities Editor’s Note: Baptist associations are the emphasis on the Southern Baptist Convention calendar Oct. 20-26. Tennessee Baptists have 65 associations across the state. Here is a look at Big Emory Baptist Association based in Harriman. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] HARRIMAN — Three years ago, Big Emory Baptist Association moved from the site it had occupied since 1969 to

C-N NURSES RECEIVE ‘BLESSING OF THE HANDS’

October 22, 2019

David Crutchley, dean of the Carson-Newman University School of Religion, prays a blessing for the hands of nursing student Lisa Peters, of Morristown, during the University’s recent “Blessing of the Hands” ceremony. The event — which was born from The Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s “White Coat Ceremony” — serves as a rite of passage to emphasize the importance of compassionate patient care at the very start of training. Students must

STILL JAMMING: GA EVENT TURNS 30

October 22, 2019

By Ashley Perham Baptist & Reflector NASHVILLE — JAM, a one-day mission event for children, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. JAM, which stands for Journey into Adventures in Missions, was started by the Tennessee WMU in 1989. Originally, the event was only for 1st through 6th grade girls in the WMU Girls in Action (GA) program. In 2001, the event became open to all children in 1st-6th grade.

TOMLIN SHARES STORIES, SONGS AT UNION SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET

October 21, 2019

Union news office JACKSON, Tenn. — Chris Tomlin was 18 years old and had just finished leading worship at a weeklong youth rally. He’d never done anything like that. He hadn’t written any songs and admits that he had done a poor job. At the end of the week, the speaker for the week’s rally – a man named James – approached him and told him two things. First, James

DOVER PASTOR NOT ‘PRONE TO WANDER’

October 11, 2019

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] DOVER — Melvin Dunaway initially assumed he would only last about seven days at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Dover. Turns out, his estimate was a little off — by about 16,500 days. Dunaway recently announced his retirement after serving as Pleasant Grove’s pastor for 45 years — a tenure that spans nearly half of the church’s 100-year history. “After I preached that

JEFFERSON COUNTY BAPTISTS CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF MINISTRY

October 11, 2019

Baptist and Reflector Jefferson County Baptist Association, based in Jefferson City, celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sept. 20 during a special service held at Dumplin Baptist Church in New Market, the third oldest church in the eastern half of Tennessee with continuous existence at the same place, under the same name. The association was formed in 1919 by churches from Knox County Association of Baptists and Nolachucky Baptist Association. The

Tennessee

BREAKING NEWS: TENNESSEE DR RESPONDS, MORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

FORMER MILITARY CAMP NOW RESPITE FOR GOD’S SOLDIERS

JEFFERSON COUNTY CHURCH PRESERVES HERITAGE