CARRIE, Ky. — Generations joined together from Jan. 8-12 to bring help, hope and healing to people who have been displaced since the massive flooding that hit southeastern Kentucky last summer. A team of 37 volunteers from Knox County Baptist Association and the Baptist Collegiate Ministry of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville spent the week repairing damaged homes and working on six “tiny homes” that had been donated to

Editor’s note: For more on the Amy Hood Adoption Endowment, see the Clarity column by Randy C. Davis HERE. Online contributions can be made at AmyHoodFund.org and selecting the Amy Hood Adoption Endowment Fund. FRANKLIN — An adoption endowment fund has been established with the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board designed to provide funding for adoption expenses for Tennessee Baptist couples who desire to adopt children. The fund was established with

YOAKUM, Texas — A plane crash in Lavaca County, Texas, Jan. 17, killed four members of Harvest Church, Germantown, and left the pastor in critical condition. The crash occurred near the Yoakum Municipal Airport, between Houston and San Antonio. Among those killed were Bill Garner, the church’s executive pastor, along with elders Steve Tucker Tyler Patterson and Tyler Springer. Lead pastor Kennon Vaughn was reported in stable but critical condition in

Baptist and Reflector staff FRANKLIN — The past 12 months contained news that created many different emotions. There was plenty of good news along the way, but there were also many discouraging developments.  Based on the analytics of the Baptist and Reflector’s website, readers were interested in stories of both kinds.  The content below recaps some of the most-read stories from 2022 based on the number of views received from

MOUNT JULIET — There was no shortage of work for Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers in 2022. In addition to following up on disasters from 2021, including multi-state severe storms in December and the Waverly flood in August, Tennessee volunteers responded to wildfires in Sevier County, a tornado in Goshen, Ohio, flooding in Kentucky and Hurricane Ian. The responses do not include numerous local volunteer responses all across the state,

FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptists began looking toward the future in 2022 with the launch of the Acts 2:17 Initiative and extensive planning to prepare for the influx of residents who will be drawn to Tennessee because of the Blue Oval City Ford plant in West Tennessee. The Acts 2:17 Initiative was launched at the 2022 Summit at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova. The initiative will provide the opportunity for Tennessee

JACKSON — Adrian Knipper loves the Lord, and he loves people. As a pastor for almost 30 years, Knipper has visited, counseled and prayed with many people.  In 2017, Knipper retired as pastor of Porter’s Creek Baptist Church in Middleton after an extended illness left him homebound and confined to a wheelchair. At the time, he had no idea that his prayer ministry was about to multiply exponentially.   “(The