By David Roach Baptist Press ST. LOUIS (BP) — Tennessee pastor Steve Gaines will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Georgia pastor Johnny Hunt announced today (March 9). “When Steve Gaines shared his prayer journey he and [his wife] Donna had travelled, I was touched by his clear call to allow himself to be nominated,” Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga., wrote in a

Carson Springs camp manager offers tips on being physically and spiritually fit By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Being fit involves more than eating healthy and exercising, says Kevin Perrigan. In the world’s eyes, fitness is more about maintaining a certain body shape or weight, observed Perrigan, manager of Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport. From the Christian perspective, the reason to be totally fit is

By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector OLIVER SPRINGS — It might seem to the casual observer that Matt Reed can’t avoid people who have life-controlling issues and/or have broken the law. Reed has ministered in jails and prisons all of his ministry, which began 14 years ago at age 39, when he preached his first sermon in a jail. Reed felt called to the ministry while he