By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JEFFERSON CITY — Carson-Newman University coaching legend Ken Sparks died March 29 at the age of 73 after a lengthy bout with prostate cancer. Sparks retired last fall at the end of the season after 37 years as head coach at Carson-Newman. He is the fifth winningest coach in college football history with a record of 338-99-2. His career winning percentage of .7699
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — Tennessee state legislators will not act upon the so-called “bathroom bill” for the second consecutive year. The bathroom bill (SB771) would prohibit public schools from having policies that would allow students to use the bathroom or locker room of their choice based on what sex the student chooses to be.
Baptist and Reflector SOMERVILLE — A team of nine missions volunteers serving on the Cross Partners Ministry team recently returned from two weeks in the Republic of the Philippines where they served with about 40 churches in three different Baptist associations. The team participated in more than 100 evangelistic crusades with Filipino Baptists on Luzon Island and saw 8,663 professions of faith and more than 400 other decisions for
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — Refugee resettlement is in the news. President Donald Trump recently issued a revised policy on refugee resettlement in the United States which is being challenged in court. Refugee resettlement agencies are downsizing and closing offices in Tennessee in response. Tennessee became the first state in the nation to sue the federal government over refugee resettlement. The lawsuit filed on
By Nathan Handley Union University JACKSON — Steve Gaines, pastor at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova and president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said evangelism should be the priority of every Christian. “Heaven and hell are looming in the balance, and that’s a lot more important than anything else,” Gaines said March 5 at the West Tennessee Evangelism Rally at Union University. Gaines was the featured preacher at the rally,
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JACKSON — Four Tennessee Baptist pastors were front and center during the Festival of Preaching held March 8 at Union University. The festival was held prior to Union’s REF500 Conference on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The Festival of Preaching focused on the five central themes of the reformation. “Preaching played such a role in the Protestant Reformation,” said Ray Van
Read the article here: 712 TEENS ACCEPT CHRIST AT YEC All photos by Cari Griffith
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector See also: YEC 2017 Photo Gallery NASHVILLE — Youth Evangelism Conference 2017 drew about 7,383 participants to Municipal Auditorium here March 10-11. At least 712 teens made professions of faith during the Friday evening session. In addition, 392 students recorded that they had been a lukewarm Christian but were ready to follow Christ as a dedicated disciple, 210 teens reported that
By Nathan Handley Union University JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation with the REF500 festival March 9-11. The festival included lectures, music, theater, film, sermons, and a public reading of the entire Bible. Ray Van Neste, professor and director of the Ryan Center for Biblical Studies at Union and organizer of the event, said the Reformation is something to be remembered, carefully thought
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — Phil Young hoped the meeting would go well. He was going to meet with Gayland Heights Baptist Church members to discuss options. The congregation had declined to a very small group of older members. Young, director of missions, Knox County Association of Baptists, proposed several revitalization ideas, including sharing their facility with a church plant or beginning church. Of
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JEFFERSON CITY — Carson-Newman University coaching legend Ken Sparks died March 29 at the age of 73 after
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — Tennessee state legislators will not act upon the so-called “bathroom bill” for the second consecutive year.
Baptist and Reflector SOMERVILLE — A team of nine missions volunteers serving on the Cross Partners Ministry team recently returned from two weeks in the
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — Refugee resettlement is in the news. President Donald Trump recently issued a revised policy
By Nathan Handley Union University JACKSON — Steve Gaines, pastor at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova and president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said evangelism
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JACKSON — Four Tennessee Baptist pastors were front and center during the Festival of Preaching held March 8
Read the article here: 712 TEENS ACCEPT CHRIST AT YEC All photos by Cari Griffith
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector See also: YEC 2017 Photo Gallery NASHVILLE — Youth Evangelism Conference 2017 drew about 7,383 participants
By Nathan Handley Union University JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation with the REF500 festival March 9-11. The
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — Phil Young hoped the meeting would go well. He was going to meet with