Tennessee

DAVIS KICKS OFF FIRST MONTHLY UPDATE ON RADIO B&R

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — In an effort to keep Tennessee Baptists better informed, Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, will do a monthly podcast on Radio B&R. It will be a monthly “retrospective” of what is happening not only in the TBMB but with churches across Tennessee, said Chris Turner, director of communications for the TBMB and

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BRENTWOOD BAPTIST SUPPORTS TSA WORKERS DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

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

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TENNESSEAN NAMED TO SBC COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS

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

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MUSIC EVENT FOR STUDENTS TO BE HELD IN JACKSON

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — The Youth Project, an event for church youth choirs and youth singers, will be held Feb. 8-9 at West Jackson Baptist Church, Jackson. The event is co-sponsored by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board worship and music ministries and Union University in Jackson. The cost is $30 and includes two meals and a T-shirt.

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UNION’S CAMPBELL BECOMES QUICKEST TO 600 WINS

By Steven Aldridge Union Sports Information Director MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Mark Campbell, head women’s basketball coach at Union University, earned his 600th career victory Jan. 10 with the Lady Bulldogs’ win at Auburn University at Montgomery. Campbell became the fastest college basketball coach in history, across all divisions, to reach 600 wins. 

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UNION, NEW MEXICO BAPTISTS TO PROVIDE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

By Tim Ellsworth Union University JACKSON — Union University has begun a partnership with the Baptist Convention of New Mexico that will place students in New Mexico churches for mentoring by local pastors during the summer. Todd E. Brady, vice president for university ministries at Union, said the program will meet the needs of both Union University students who are preparing for ministry and New Mexico churches by providing learning

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TBCH’S NEW GYM FLOOR IN BRENTWOOD WAS ‘GOD THING’

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

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BCMs PROVIDE STUDENTS OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH, SUPPORT

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MARTIN — A college campus can be a frightening place for a first-time student. Baptist Collegiate Ministry organizations can play a major role in helping incoming high school students adjust to college life, said Morgan Owen, BCM director at the University of Tennessee in Martin. While some high school grads enter college with friends from hometown or church, many do not, Owen

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REPAIRING HOMES, HEARTS

BCM teams join forces with Disaster Relief members to provide aid to hurricane victims in North Carolina By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] WARSAW, N.C. — Some were Buccaneers. Some were Governors. Others were Mockingbirds, Volunteers, Tigers, Flames, Raiders and more. But for a few days in January, this group of more than 100 college students — representing roughly a dozen universities from around the state of Tennessee —

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IT’S DONE! TBMB PAYS OFF DEBT FROM 1999

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Jan. 10 proved to be a “red-letter day” in the life of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. The TBMB paid off the remaining balance of an $8 million loan that originated in 1999 to begin construction of Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport and Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center in Linden. “God’s favor has been upon us over the last few years,” observed Randy

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