CHATTANOOGA — Charles Fowler, president of Carson-Newman University,  takes great joy in seeing college students walk across the stage and receive their diplomas.  And yet, Fowler is quick to point out that even something as important as education pales in comparison to the spiritual needs of the students. “If these students leave our institutions, and have a degree, and don’t have the Lord Jesus, we should be heartbroken,” said Fowler.

CHATTANOOGA — “A pastor’s wife can either fan his flame or snuff it out.”  Tara Dew remembers exactly where she was when Adrian Rogers pointed his finger at her from a pulpit and spoke those words. She recounted the story Nov. 14, for pastors’ wives attending the annual Ministers’ Wives Luncheon at the Chattanooga Convention Center during this year’s The Summit: A Gathering of Tennessee Baptists.  Two months into her

CHATTANOOGA — When Greg McCoy, president of Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home, was asked why Christians should be involved in compassion ministries, McCoy said the answer comes from the only source that really matters. “We’re told all through scripture that there’s a group of people (that we are instructed to care for),” said McCoy. “Those are vulnerable people. Those are widows, those are the stranger, the alien, the refugee … (and)

FRANKLIN — In the wake of the recently concluded Summit, the annual gathering of Tennessee Baptists, a small number of attendees reported an issue in scanning the Quick Response (QR) codes that were used during the event. Some attendees reported that the QR code directed them to sites that required users to pay a fee to continue. Messengers and guests who experienced that scenario are victims of malware.  “The known

CHATTANOOGA — Clay Hallmark, president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, felt right at home on Tuesday night at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Moments before Hallmark delivered his “president’s sermon” to the messengers at the annual meeting, the praise team from First Baptist Church, Lexington — where Hallmark serves as senior pastor — set the tone for service with a series of powerful worship songs.  “It is a privilege to get