By Bill Sorrell Contributing Writer MARTIN — Driving down Interstate 40 toward Jackson, saw something that made him almost swerve off the road — a larger-than-life picture of himself on a billboard advertising the University of Tennessee at Martin where he is a senior. “I was looking around at the other cars. Do they know that this guy is in the car next to them?” laughed Reeves, who is captain
By Benjie Shaw Campus Minister, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis While many still associate Millennials with college campuses and young adult idealism, the reality is that the vast majority of Millennials has moved on from college and is firmly entrenched in an all too familiar narrative of idealism confronting reality. In 2014 the Pew Research Forum identified Millennials as the portion of the population between the ages of
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — The Greatest Generation. Baby Boomers. Generation X (Baby Busters). Generation Y (Millennials). Generation Z. Knowing the names assigned to the generations in today’s world can be confusing and hard to understand. Only one thing is certain about each generation — they all need to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. An increasing emphasis is being placed on Millennials and Generation
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector HARRIMAN — “We didn’t have church inside the building, but we had church in the community,” explained Wendell Edmonds, youth pastor, Walnut Hill Baptist Church here, after the church canceled Sunday activities to respond to victims of a fatal fire. On April 17, a Sunday, at about 3 a.m., Edmonds, who also is a Harriman Fire Department chaplain, was awakened by
IMB News Office RICHMOND — The International Mission Board is ready to move forward into a future of partnership with churches that empowers limitless missionary teams who are making disciples and multiplying churches among unreached peoples and places for the glory of God, International Mission Board President David Platt told the agency’s trustees May 11. In addition to hearing this vision for the future, IMB trustees also approved the appointment
By Baptist and Reflector Barbara Owen, who served on the staff of the Tennessee Baptist Convention for nearly 32 years in a variety of positions including coordinator of public relations and later public relations specialist, was honored April 14 by the Baptist Communicators Association. Owen was granted lifetime membership in the organization. She was a member of the organization when it was known as the Baptist Public Relations Association. In
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — The projected photo in the meeting room was of 10 children though only one was spotlighted. The caption read — “If the trend continues, nine of 10 children born after 9/11 will reach adulthood without knowing Christ.” “It takes something monumental to reverse a trend. You don’t reverse a trend just by changing your mind,” observed Randy C. Davis.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector CLARKSVILLE — Like many Christians around the country today, Jerry Jeter is not pleased with the two likely presidential candidates (Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton) in the November election. So, he launched an effort May 9 on ipetitions.com to ask evangelist Franklin Graham to consider running for president as an independent candidate. Graham is the eldest son of Billy and Ruth Graham and
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector NEWBERN – First Baptist Church here reached a milestone on April 3 as the congregation celebrated becoming debt free. The church held a note-burning service on its new sanctuary. The church borrowed $1 million in 2011 to go along with the $1,032,923 in cash the church had raised before breaking ground for its new $2.3 million facility. The church moved into the new
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector MORRISTOWN — “The smiles on those faces. That’s why we do it,” said Darlene LaPlue of the Luke 14 Party which drew 1,300 to Manley Baptist Church here. Many of the event’s guests rode in wheelchairs as they passed by a crowd of greeters cheering them along as they approached the church’s Fellowship Hall. Others walked with assistance from family members
By Bill Sorrell Contributing Writer MARTIN — Driving down Interstate 40 toward Jackson, saw something that made him almost swerve off the road — a
By Benjie Shaw Campus Minister, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis While many still associate Millennials with college campuses and young adult idealism, the
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — The Greatest Generation. Baby Boomers. Generation X (Baby Busters). Generation Y (Millennials). Generation Z. Knowing the
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector HARRIMAN — “We didn’t have church inside the building, but we had church in the community,”
IMB News Office RICHMOND — The International Mission Board is ready to move forward into a future of partnership with churches that empowers limitless missionary
By Baptist and Reflector Barbara Owen, who served on the staff of the Tennessee Baptist Convention for nearly 32 years in a variety of positions
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — The projected photo in the meeting room was of 10 children though only one
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector CLARKSVILLE — Like many Christians around the country today, Jerry Jeter is not pleased with the two likely
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector NEWBERN – First Baptist Church here reached a milestone on April 3 as the congregation celebrated becoming debt
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector MORRISTOWN — “The smiles on those faces. That’s why we do it,” said Darlene LaPlue of
