Randy  C. Davis, executive director/treasurer of the Executive Board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, uses his iPhone to launch the TBC’s new website. The launch represents the first major redesign of www.tnbaptist.org in more than a decade. The site is structured around the information that Tennessee Baptists search for most frequently, items such as ministry events and services. The site will continue to develop over the coming months with new

By Steve Beavers Independent Appeal, Selmer ADAMSVILLE — Tyler Gibbs loves the game of basketball. More importantly, the Adamsville High School junior has a deeper affection for God. Gibbs’ desire to do more than just play the game he loves has been his goal since a young age. “I surrendered to the ministry when I was 10,” said the 16-year-old son of Danny and Ronnell Gibbs. “My goal in life

By Josie Rabbitt Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Twenty Southern Baptist congregations are among the 2016 top 100 fastest growing and largest participating churches in the U.S., with NewSpring Church in Anderson, S.C., ranking highest in both categories among Southern Baptists. In the lists compiled annually in collaboration between Outreach Magazine and LifeWay Christian Resources, NewSpring Church ranks third on the largest participating churches list and eighth among the fastest growing

By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector DOVER — It might sound like something he planned, but he wasn’t thinking about retirement — at age 61, said William Gray, director of missions, Judson, Stewart, and Truett Baptist associations. Yet “the Lord clearly called me” to be pastor of Bear Spring Baptist Church here. He can’t do both, according to the bylaws of the associations he serves as DOM,