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CHURCH ACCEPTS MISSIONS WORK AT HOME

September 21, 2016

By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector SMYRNA — Missions work is never easy but Parkway Baptist Church here is ready for challenges, said Pastor Dan Parker recently. In fact, Parkway Baptist sees God work the most when it accepts the greatest or most unusual challenges, he explained. “It’s crazy,” said Parker. So when he learned that a church in nearby Shelbyville needed to be revitalized, he prayed

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GAINES: RHETORIC CAN INHIBIT EVANGELISM

September 20, 2016

By David Roach Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Conviction and kindness are the prescriptions of Southern Baptist leaders for the final eight weeks of the U.S. presidential campaign. With early voting by mail having begun in North Carolina and in-person early voting slated to begin in three states this week, Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines, joined other well known Baptists (Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr.,

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EXECUTIVE BOARD ADOPTS $35 MILLION BUDGET

September 20, 2016

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — The Executive Board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention adopted two recommendations during its Sept. 14 meeting at Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood. Board members approved a budget of $35 million for 2016-17. The proposed budget, which must be approved by messengers to the annual meeting during the Summit in November, represents an increase of $750,000 over the current budget. The new

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CHURCH REVITALIZATION TAKES HARD WORK

September 19, 2016

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — Revitalizing plateaued and declining churches in America takes hard work and requires a willingness to change, agreed speakers at a church revitalization conference held Sept. 1 at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. “Churches don’t like change,” observed Tom Cheyney, executive director of missions for the Greater Orlando (Fla.) Baptist Association and founder of the RENOVATE National Church Revitalization Conference. Churches get locked

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PRAYER CULTURE REVITALIZES CHURCH

September 16, 2016

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — No one can ever accuse Don Pierson of not practicing what he preaches — pray and seek God’s will, then follow it. For 12 years Pierson served as prayer strategist for the Tennessee Baptist Convention and led prayer revivals and conferences all across the state. He was in high demand. But in 2013, while leading a prayer conference at Stewarts Chapel

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CONFERENCE CALLED ‘CATALYTIC MOMENT’

September 15, 2016

By Seth Brown Biblical Recorder BRENTWOOD — A unique Southern Baptist missions conference encouraged attendees to leverage the historically unprecedented migration of peoples around the world for the sake of sharing the gospel with every tribe, tongue, and nationality. The United States is one of the most common destinations for migrants, and the circumstances present the American church with a remarkable opportunity for evangelism, according to speakers at the  “Reaching

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FLOOD RELIEF STILL URGENT NEED: JONES

September 14, 2016

Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — An urgent need still exists for Tennessee volunteers to help flood victims, according to Wes Jones, Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief specialist. Volunteers with different gifts and skills are needed. “Almost anyone can help,” Jones added. In West Virginia, anyone with some construction skills — whether or not they are a disaster relief volunteer — can help the many flood victims there get into their

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TBC CP GIFTS RISE

September 14, 2016

Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD  —  Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,140,779 through the Cooperative Program in August. It was the fourth time during this budget year that gifts exceeded $3 million in a month. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $29,139,559. With two months to go in the current fiscal year the amount is $1,278,882 or 4.6 percent over the amount given at the same time last year and

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GOTM UP 5.3 PERCENT

September 13, 2016

Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — When the books closed on Aug. 31 for the 2015-16 Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions, the final tally for the year totaled $1,713,258. The total was a 5.3 percent increase over the amount given for the 2014-15 GOTM. In addition, 1,220 churches gave to the offering in 2015-16, a net increase of 44 over the previous year. This year’s increase is an important step as

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A ‘TENNESSEE REUNION’ PLANNED

September 13, 2016

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — The Tennessee Baptist Convention’s annual Summit: The Gathering of Tennessee Baptists is expanding this year. As always, the Summit (scheduled for Nov. 13-17) will include the Tennessee Baptist Pastors Conference and the annual business meeting, but this year will include the “Tennessee Reunion” on Sunday night, Nov. 13, and a golf tournament on Thursday, Nov. 17.

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TBC CP GIFTS RISE

September 14, 2016

Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD  —  Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,140,779 through the Cooperative Program in August. It was the fourth time during this budget

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GOTM UP 5.3 PERCENT

September 13, 2016

Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — When the books closed on Aug. 31 for the 2015-16 Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions, the final tally for the

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