More than 20 children have made professions of faith this week during the first three days of All Nations Camp at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center.  “The Lord has been at work,” said William Burton, ethnic church planting specialist and new churches team leader for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. “We’re praying that God will continue to move in the hearts and lives of the (300-plus) campers that are registered

PIGEON FORGE — The backdrop for Joey Buck’s mission field looks quite different from most others. It contains roller coasters, log flumes and funnel cakes.   And yet, Buck shares the same roles and goals that most ministers have. His aim is to “provide Christlike care and compassion” to those in his harvest area.  Buck is the chaplain of Dollywood, the popular theme park and resort in Pigeon Forge that

KNOXVILLE — Todd Stinnett, senior pastor of Black Oak Heights Baptist Church, Knoxville, has submitted a resolution on women in pastoral ministry to the Resolutions Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. Stinnett told the Baptist and Reflector that he submitted his Resolution on Women in Pastoral Ministry for several reasons. “For starters, there is a growing confusion about the role of men and women in the home and in the

DAYTON — Kelly Metts and a group of women, primarily from New Union Baptist Church in Dayton, are serious about prayer. Metts recalled the effort has been in the making for six years since she first felt God leading her to walk across Tennessee to pray. A number of factors put her plans on hold for a few years before she looked at it again. When she did, she did

FRANKLIN — For many believers, the biggest pothole on the road to evangelistic success is the fear that they won’t know the right words to say. Preston Condra is trying to help them avoid those hazards.  Condra, a renowned author and founder of Sufficient Word ministries, has been serving as the featured speaker at the Gospel Conversation Workshops being held at various places around the state.  The workshops, sponsored by

LAWRENCEBURG  — Hope Haven Pregnancy Center in Lawrenceburg is appropriately named. As the pregnancy center approaches its first anniversary on Aug. 1, Hope Haven is living up to its mission of removing the need for abortion by “providing hope, help and healing” by meeting “the practical, emotional and spiritual needs of families facing an unplanned pregnancy crisis” in Lawrence County and surrounding communities. Tiffany Huskey, director of Hope Haven and