Tennessee

SURVEY REVEALS MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF SBC MINISTERS DON’T HAVE A WILL

Tennessee Baptist Foundation will assist ministers, laity with estate plans By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — The results of a recent survey about estate planning, contracted by the Nashville-based Southern Baptist Foundation, are disappointing but not surprising, said Bill Gruenewald, president of the Tennessee Baptist Foundation. The survey, conducted by LifeWay Research, revealed that more than half of Southern Baptist pastors do not have a will,

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OFFICIALLY SPEAKING

Pastor of West End Baptist Church uses his hobby — officiating football — as an extension of his ministry By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] COLUMBIA — Like so many others in Tennessee, Rick Elsey spends his Friday nights in the fall going to high school football games. But Elsey, pastor at West End Baptist Church in Columbia, doesn’t go to the games just to observe. He’s actually a

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VOLUNTEERS TRANSFORM BCM AT UT-CHATTANOOGA

Baptist and Reflector CHATTANOOGA — A group of Tennessee Baptist volunteers worked hard over the summer months to help transform the Baptist Collegiate Ministry building at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Mark LeMay, properties management specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, and a five-member team from Red Bank Baptist Church in Chattanooga tore out a 25-ton fireplace that was hindering the work of the BCM due to poor space allocation,

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TBMB DIRECTORS ADOPT NO-INCREASE BUDGET AT ANNUAL MEETING

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN  — The directors of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board voted without opposition Sept. 11 to recommend a Cooperative Program budget goal of $34,500,000 for 2018-19. The amount is the same as the 2017-18 budget, observed Steve Marcum of Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, chair of the Budget and Ministry Committee. While the amount remains the same, the percentage that will be forwarded

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BLESSINGS IN BACKPACKS

Christmas backpack ministry brings gospel, toys to children By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — This Christmas, hundreds of underprivileged children in Tennessee will be receiving Barbie dolls and board games, matchbox cars and model planes. More importantly, they will be receiving hope through the good news of Jesus. All across the state, Tennessee Baptists are participating in “Christmas Backpacks for Children and Teens” — a ministry that

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TENNESSEE TEAMS PROVIDING MEALS, HELP

Baptist and Reflector KINSTON, N.C.  — The feeding unit of Sullivan Baptist Association, along with supporting units from Watauga, Holston and Knox County Associations, are set up and are providing 6,000 meals a day, said Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.

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TENNESSEE BAPTIST DR TEAM HEADED TO N.C.

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — The feeding unit of Sullivan Baptist Association, along with supporting units from Watauga, Holston and Knox County Associations, will be heading to Cary, N.C. on Sept. 16 to begin responding in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.

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LEXINGTON CHURCH EXCITED ABOUT DRAMATIC RISE IN GOTM GIVING

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] LEXINGTON — With a three-step approach, First Baptist Church, Lexington, is making giant strides in its commitment to mission work in Tennessee. Two years ago, the church adopted a mission strategy that focused on taking the gospel “across the street, across the states and across the seas.” The local component of the plan has led to a dramatic increase in the church’s giving

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OFFICIALLY SPEAKING

Pastor of West End Baptist Church uses his hobby — officiating football — as an extension of his ministry By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector

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