Local church donates grocery gift cards to airport staff after they work 35 days with no pay Brentwood Baptist communications office BRENTWOOD — After a 35-day shutdown, the government is finally open for business again. Yet, government workers are still struggling with the challenges facing them after receiving no pay since before Christmas.  In response to this issue, Brentwood Baptist Church, Brentwood, donated a $20 Publix gift card to each

Baptist Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear has named members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 11-12 SBC annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. “These committee members hail from state conventions, national entities, seminaries, local churches and local associations,” said Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area. “Each was chosen because they demonstrate great commitment to the Southern Baptist Convention, and

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] CUMBERLAND CITY — As the crowd gathered at the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes’ campus in Brentwood to celebrate the facility’s newly refinished gym floor on the afternoon of Jan. 13, the basketball court wasn’t the only thing that was gleaming. So, too, were the faces of many in the crowd as they reflected on the amazing sequence of events that had taken place