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

BROWNSVILLE — Rather than simply praying for the pastors in the Stanton area, Ben Cowell felt called to become one.  In the spring of 2022, Cowell read a story in the Baptist and Reflector about the potential impact that BlueOval City — the massive Ford Motor plant being built in West Tennessee — could have on the city of Stanton and the surrounding communities. The article not only piqued Cowell’s

JEFFERSON CITY — Carson-Newman University broke ground April 20 on its largest construction project in the university’s history.  Members of the campus community were joined by local representatives and friends of Carson-Newman who gathered for a special ceremony marking the event. West Campus Commons, a new residence life complex, is slated to welcome students in Fall 2024.   “What a tremendous day for Carson-Newman,” said C-N President Charles A. Fowler. “We

CLEVELAND — Members of Parkway Baptist Church and Michigan Avenue Baptist Church voted April 23 to merge the two churches.  With the vote, Parkway Baptist was dissolved and the two congregations met at Michigan Avenue Baptist for their first service as one church.  Organized in 1934, Michigan Avenue Baptist Church (MABC) has served the community for nearly 90 years.  As a church, they have given over $470,000 through the Cooperative

FRANKLIN — As a registered nurse, Leah McLemore fluently speaks the complex jargon of the medical world. She knows and understands the elaborate-sounding words and intricate diagnoses that are frequently used in hospitals and doctors’ offices.  But when discussing the recent death of her husband, McLemore uses terms that anyone can understand: He died from stress.  Yes, there were other factors involved, she said, but the foremost cause of his

Two hundred years ago, while envisioning the campus design for the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson wrote to a colleague describing how the buildings should be arranged:  “… Would strongly recommend … instead of one immense building, to have a small one for every professorship, arranged at proper distances around a square, this village form is preferable to a single great building for many reasons, particularly on account of fire,