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GOTM REACHES SECOND HIGHEST TOTAL IN 2017-18

September 13, 2018

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — In 2016-17, Tennessee Baptists gave a record $1,843,511.03 through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions. A year later, Tennessee Baptists followed that record amount with the second highest total ever given — $1,797,423.72 “While falling short of our goal of $1,925,000, Tennessee Baptists still have a lot to celebrate with the 2017-18 Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions,” said Vickie Anderson, executive director of Tennessee Woman’s

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TBMB WEBSITE HITS ‘THE BIG 2-0’

September 13, 2018

Since its launch in 1998, site has seen upgrades, redesigns and expansion By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Although there was no cake or balloons to mark the occasion, the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board recently celebrated a birthday for one its most important team members: The TBMB website. With little fanfare but plenty of significance, the site hit the 20-year mark in June.

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‘TBC’S LARGEST HOMECOMING’

September 12, 2018

This year’s Summit, being held in Jackson, will focus on evangelism By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN  — “Win TN” will be the theme of the 2018 Summit, set for Nov. 11-14, at West Jackson Baptist Church in Jackson. “I would personally like to invite Tennessee Baptists to the 2018 Summit in Jackson,” said Randy C. Davis, executive director-treasurer of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.

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TENNESSEE BAPTISTS INDICATE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM OPTIMISM

September 12, 2018

By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptists indicated their strong support of the Cooperative Program in a recent survey conducted by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, with more than 26 percent of those surveyed saying they anticipated their churches would increase Cooperative Program giving in 2019. The survey conducted between July 26 and Aug. 9, 2018, was designed to better understand how strongly Tennessee Baptists felt

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TBDR PREPARES FOR FLORENCE

September 11, 2018

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief has been placed on alert status as Hurricane Florence barrels toward the East Coast. The category 4 hurricane is expected to hit the Carolinas on Sept. 13, continuing into the next day, according to The Weather Channel. Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued in North and South Carolina and Virginia, according to other news reports.

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UNION TRUSTEES APPROVE NEW OFFICERS

September 7, 2018

Union University news office JACKSON — Union University trustees celebrated the success of the university’s women’s basketball and debate teams, approved new officers and established tuition and fees for the 2019-2020 academic year during their Sept. 6-7 meeting on the Union campus.

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CHURCH PROVIDES CAMP DESPITE OBSTACLES

September 4, 2018

Baptist and Reflector HARRIMAN — It appeared that the best laid plans of Pine Ridge Baptist Church were falling apart, but God intervened. Last year Pine Ridge sponsored its first IGNITE basketball camp which was a successful outreach tool, said pastor Michael Koontz. “After what we saw in 2017 we were very excited for 2018,” the pastor said. “And then, just a couple of months before camp, things fell apart,”

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MOVIE BRINGS BACK MEMORIES

September 3, 2018

Johnson City pastor was on the ship featured in ‘Summer of 67’ film By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] JOHNSON CITY — When Pastor Garry Edwards of Pinecrest Baptist Church, Johnson City, read a story in the June 13 issue of the Baptist and Reflector about a faith-related movie (Summer of ’67) based on the true story of the USS Forrestal, a Navy ship that caught fire in

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BARRON RETURNS TO LEAD BLENDED CONGREGATION

September 3, 2018

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — In early 2004, life was going great for Ridley Barron, former youth minister at Forest Hills Baptist Church in Nashville. Four years earlier he moved to Douglas, Ga., to plant a new church in the southeast portion of the state, and the church was taking root. On Good Friday of 2004, Barron’s world was rocked forever. A tragic car accident

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TBDR PREPARES FOR FLORENCE

September 11, 2018

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief has been placed on alert status as Hurricane Florence barrels toward the East Coast. The category

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