Tennessee

WALTER GRUBB TO RETIRE

Baptist and Reflector SEYMOUR — Walter Grubb, president of The King’s Academy  (Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy), will retire July 31. Grubb joined the academy as principal in 1987 before being named president and headmaster in 1994. Grubb announced his plans to the academy’s board of directors on Feb. 27 and shared his intentions with faculty, staff, and students the following day. “What a wonderful journey this has been for me over

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FORMER TBC PRESIDENT DOUG SAGER DIES

Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — Longtime Tennessee Baptist pastor Doug Sager died Feb. 24. He was 78. Sager, who was president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention in 1998, served as pastor of First Baptist Church, Concord, in Knoxville, from 1992-2013 when he retired. Retirement did not last long as he began serving soon after as interim pastor of Vonore Baptist Church, Vonore, and was later called as pastor where he

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CHURCH GIVES PROPERTY, LAND FOR REPLANT

Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — South Gate Baptist Church in Nashville has given its building and 11 acres, valued at $750,000, to Iglesia Bautista Renacer. The signing of paperwork on Jan. 7 marked the celebration and culmination of months of study and prayer by members of South Gate, according to Rusty Sumrall, director of missions for Nashville Baptist Association Sumrall said that South Gate began looking into revitalization in the

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FOR ‘CHUBBY CHALLENGE’ PARTICIPANTS, LESS IS MORE

Davis encouraging Tennessee Baptists to put high priority on health and fitness By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — When Tennessee Baptist Mission Board president and executive director Randy C. Davis first launched a fitness initiative — called “The Chubby Challenge” — in January of 2015, he encouraged the participants to lose 10 percent of their body weight. Ryan Culpepper, the pastor of the Mary’s Chapel Baptist Church, proved

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MERRITT TO HEADLINE EVANGELISM RALLY

By Nathan Handley Union University JACKSON — James Merritt, lead pastor at Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, Ga., will be the keynote speaker at the third annual West Tennessee Evangelism Rally on March 4 at Union University.

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TN BAPTISTS REFLECT ON BILLY GRAHAM

Baptist & Reflector  “Dr. Billy Graham was indeed America’s pastor and a great global ambassador for Christ. His gospel-centered message was always clear as he made one simple appeal, ‘Come to Jesus.’ As a Southern Baptist, he epitomized everything good about our Great Commission focus.” Randy C. Davis, TBMB president and executive director

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BILLY GRAHAM DIES AT AGE 99

Tennessee Baptists Remember Graham’s Last Crusade in Nashville Editor’s Note: A post with quotes from Tennessee Baptists about the impact of Billy Graham and his ministry is also available. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, B&R FRANKLIN — Southern Baptists’ (and the world’s) most widely recognized evangelist died Feb. 21 in Montreat, N.C., at the age of 99. Known as “America’s pastor,” Billy Graham reached millions of people with the gospel over

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WALTER GRUBB TO RETIRE

Baptist and Reflector SEYMOUR — Walter Grubb, president of The King’s Academy  (Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy), will retire July 31. Grubb joined the academy as principal

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BILLY GRAHAM DIES AT AGE 99

Tennessee Baptists Remember Graham’s Last Crusade in Nashville Editor’s Note: A post with quotes from Tennessee Baptists about the impact of Billy Graham and his

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