By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] CHAPEL HILL — Chapel Hill Community Baptist Church was a congregation seeking its identity and without a pastor. The Church at College Grove was a new church plant with a pastor looking for a place to meet. The two congregations came together in a way that only God could orchestrate.
Determined church reaches out to share gospel in community By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MEMPHIS — It would have been easy for Barron Martin to take the safe route. He could have moved from the Memphis area, found a comfortable job, and simply “tuned out” the violence and poverty that plagues the neighborhood where he was raised. Instead, he chose the opposite approach. He elected to be on
Bellevue Communications Office CORDOVA — On Sunday, Aug. 12, more than 1,300 members of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, left the church building and went door-to-door in a five-mile radius around their church. Offering a simple gift bag and prayer, Bellevue members were able to invite the community to church, but more importantly they were able to invite them to Jesus.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] CLARKSVILLE — Cal Hampton has come full circle. He moved with his family to Clarksville at the age of 5 and was reared there. He stayed in the military town and attended Austin Peay State University. While at Austin Peay, he worked in a restaurant not far from the Austin Peay campus. After being called into the ministry, Hampton left Clarksville and
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MURFREESBORO — It’s been quite a journey for River Rock Baptist Church in Murfreesboro: In the past decade, the church has gone from survival to revival. Under the leadership of pastor Don Herron — along with the help of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board’s revitalization team and abundant praying — the church has recovered from its darkest days and is now once again
The King’s Academy’s Walter Grubb retires after 31 years with TBC entity By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] SEYMOUR — Walter Grubb’s nearly lifelong affiliation with The King’s Academy (Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy) has come to an end, but his love and passion for the school will last the rest of his life. Grubb stepped down as president and headmaster of TKA on July 31 after serving in that
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MOUNTAIN CITY — When Gale Hartley moved to Mountain City nearly five years ago to become pastor of Bethany Baptist Church, he discovered the church had an active prison ministry thanks to the passion of deacon Mike Long. Long felt called by God to minister to prisoners at Northeast Correctional Complex where its minimum security annex holds approximately 300 offenders and an
Carson-Newman University News Office JEFFERSON CITY — Tennessee State Representative Harry Brooks of Knoxville, chair of the board of trustees of Carson-Newman University, has announced the formation of two separate search committees as the university seeks a new president following the retirement of President J. Randall O’Brien, who will conclude his 10-year service in December. A Presidential Search Committee will be tasked with finding the institution’s 23rd president, while an
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MURFREESBORO — Like most kids of his generation, Terry Wilkerson played baseball, basketball and football. Just recently he stepped “outside his box” in a major way. Wilkerson, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, became a soccer coach. “I never played soccer in my life,” he acknowledged. “It’s been a new experience for me,” he added. Earlier this year, Grace Baptist launched a
By Tim Ellsworth Union University News Office JACKSON — Lisa Rogers was walking in the woods, one of her favorite pastimes, when she got a phone call from outgoing Union University trustee chairman Norm Hill. Hill asked Rogers if she’d consider serving as the next chairman for the Union board of trustees. Rogers immediately knew the answer: No. But she told Hill she’d pray about it. “I figured I’d pray
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] CHAPEL HILL — Chapel Hill Community Baptist Church was a congregation seeking its identity and without a
Determined church reaches out to share gospel in community By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MEMPHIS — It would have been easy for Barron
Bellevue Communications Office CORDOVA — On Sunday, Aug. 12, more than 1,300 members of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, left the church building and went
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] CLARKSVILLE — Cal Hampton has come full circle. He moved with his family to Clarksville at the
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MURFREESBORO — It’s been quite a journey for River Rock Baptist Church in Murfreesboro: In the past decade,
The King’s Academy’s Walter Grubb retires after 31 years with TBC entity By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] SEYMOUR — Walter Grubb’s nearly
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MOUNTAIN CITY — When Gale Hartley moved to Mountain City nearly five years ago to become pastor
Carson-Newman University News Office JEFFERSON CITY — Tennessee State Representative Harry Brooks of Knoxville, chair of the board of trustees of Carson-Newman University, has announced
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MURFREESBORO — Like most kids of his generation, Terry Wilkerson played baseball, basketball and football. Just recently he
By Tim Ellsworth Union University News Office JACKSON — Lisa Rogers was walking in the woods, one of her favorite pastimes, when she got a