By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] PIKEVILLE — A small rural Tennessee Baptist church is doing its best to show the love of Christ in one of the most impoverished areas of the state. According to statistical data, Bledsoe County is one of the poorest counties in Tennessee. In 2010, Bledsoe County was ranked 94th among 95 counties in the state with a per capita income of $12,907.
Jackson pastor leads Hispanic mission team to other side of globe Editor’s Note: The Week of Prayer for International Missions is underway through Dec. 9. Every December since 1888, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering has empowered Southern Baptists’ international missions work. The goal for this year’s Lottie Moon offering is $160 million. By Grace Thornton Writer, International Mission Board RICHMOND, Va. — Daniel Tuchez remembers the day he got the
By Art Toalston Baptist Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Charles W. Sullivan, who became the Indiana Baptist convention’s executive director after 42 years in the pastorate, died Nov. 27 at his home in Knoxville, Tenn. He was 88. Sullivan led the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana for 12 years, retiring in 2003. “All my life I have prayed that God would make my final years of ministry the crown of
By Carla Harper Contributing Writer, B&R NEWPORT — “All is Calm. All is Bright” was the theme for the annual Christmas in November Women’s Luncheon held Nov. 10 at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport. Kevin Perrigan, manager of Carson Springs, and his wife, Debra, have sponsored the event since they first came to Carson Springs 11 years ago. “We continue this tradition each year because it continues to
Ripley pastor Rocky Gilliam uses nail gun accident to generate gospel conversations By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] RIPLEY — Rocky Gilliam might have the most unique evangelism method in history. Not many people, after all, can use a personal story about being shot in the head with a nail gun as a segway into sharing the gospel. But Gilliam, pastor of Spirit Filled Baptist Church church in Ripley,
TBC’s new president plans to continue focus on statewide evangelism By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — As David Green begins his tenure as president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, his primary plan is to encourage Tennessee Baptists to keep their focus on what past TBC presidents have emphasized in recent years — sharing the gospel with the more than four million people in Tennessee who have
By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] JACKSON — With so many alleged and actual cases of sexual misconduct rampant in today’s society, ministers must be intentional in protecting their ministries, said Tony Rankin. “The increasing number of ministers who have their lives affected by inappropriate relationships has probably already hit somebody you know,” observed Rankin, a clinical therapist and minister of pastoral care at First Baptist Church, Nashville.
By Chris Turner [email protected] FRANKLIN — The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board recently received a significant financial grant to support Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief (TBDR) work related to the recent hurricane that primarily blasted North Carolina and parts of South Carolina, causing widespread flooding and decimating communities along the coast. TBMB was officially notified Oct. 17 of the grant, which amounts to $200,000. It was awarded with the conditions that the
With creative methods of evangelism, Tennessee Baptists are finding new ways to win… As Tennessee Baptists, we have Five Objectives, but the First Objective — “To see 50,000 people a year saved, baptized and set on the road to discipleship by 2024” — is the key one. We want to see people come to Christ and if that isn’t happening, then the spiritual condition of our state slides ever into
By David Dawson [email protected] JACKSON — Most believers have spent considerable amounts of time studying Paul’s writings. But what about Paul’s prayers? Mac Brunson, pastor of Valleydale Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., told attendees at the Tennessee Baptist Convention that Paul’s prayer life was perhaps even mightier than his pen.
By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] PIKEVILLE — A small rural Tennessee Baptist church is doing its best to show the love of Christ in one of
Jackson pastor leads Hispanic mission team to other side of globe Editor’s Note: The Week of Prayer for International Missions is underway through Dec. 9.
By Art Toalston Baptist Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Charles W. Sullivan, who became the Indiana Baptist convention’s executive director after 42 years in the pastorate,
By Carla Harper Contributing Writer, B&R NEWPORT — “All is Calm. All is Bright” was the theme for the annual Christmas in November Women’s Luncheon
Ripley pastor Rocky Gilliam uses nail gun accident to generate gospel conversations By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] RIPLEY — Rocky Gilliam might have
TBC’s new president plans to continue focus on statewide evangelism By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — As David Green begins his
By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] JACKSON — With so many alleged and actual cases of sexual misconduct rampant in today’s society, ministers must be intentional in
By Chris Turner [email protected] FRANKLIN — The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board recently received a significant financial grant to support Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief (TBDR) work
With creative methods of evangelism, Tennessee Baptists are finding new ways to win… As Tennessee Baptists, we have Five Objectives, but the First Objective —
By David Dawson [email protected] JACKSON — Most believers have spent considerable amounts of time studying Paul’s writings. But what about Paul’s prayers? Mac Brunson, pastor