Tennessee

FIRST BAPTIST OF HENDERSONVILLE AGREES TO TAKE ON COUNTY FOOD BANK

By Tena Lee The Hendersonville Standard HENDERSONVILLE —A 14-year ministry aimed at preventing Sumner County residents from going hungry won’t be ending after all.  Sumner County Food Bank Executive Director James Gill first told the Hendersonville Standard in early January that the non-profit that distributes food to an estimated 1,000 Sumner County families each month would likely close in April if another church or non-profit didn’t take it over.  Gill, 80,

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TBMB ASKING FOR FEEDBACK ON CP GIVING

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — In an effort to serve churches, the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board is seeking to understand future Cooperative Program giving and how the TBMB can most effectively and strategically apply the Cooperative Program resources given by Tennessee Baptists. The TBMB is asking Tennessee Baptists to complete a five-minute survey that can be accessed at www.surveymonkey.com/r/QHGLPMM. B&R

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TENNESSEE BAPTISTS NAMED TO SBC RESOLUTION COMMITTEE

Baptist Press SARALAND, Ala. — Farmersville, Texas, pastor Bart Barber will serve as chair for the 2022 Committee on Resolutions at the annual meeting in Anaheim, Southern Baptist Convention president Ed Litton announced Feb. 14. Barber, who will celebrate 23 years at First Baptist Church in Farmersville in July, served on the committee last year alongside Dana McCain, a member of First Baptist Church in Dothan, Ala., who will be

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DR TEAMS: ALWAYS ‘AT THE READY’

Tennessee Baptists continue to give aid around the state — and well beyond By David Dawson [email protected] MOUNT JULIET — The numbers tell the story: 2021 was an extremely busy year for Tennessee Baptist disaster relief teams.  With flooding, tornados and other emergency situations occurring in rapid succession —  and sometimes even overlapping — Tennessee Baptist DR personnel  logged more than 34,000 work hours during the past year. The DR

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TENNESSEE BAPTIST DR ALLOCATES $70,000 FOR UKRAINIANS

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief has allocated $50,000 in relief funds for Ukrainian Response and $10,000 each for the Baptist seminaries in Ukraine and Romania. The funds will be sent through Send Relief International (SRI) to be used “to assist in meeting the immediate needs of the refugees coming across various borders,” said Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the

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CARSON-NEWMAN UNIVERSITY ADDING MDIV DEGREE TO OFFERINGS

Carson-Newman University news office JEFFERSON CITY — Carson-Newman University’s School of Biblical and Theological Studies expands its degree options in August of 2022 with the addition of a Master of Divinity degree (MDiv). This comes pending approval by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. “The MDiv has for several decades been the standard academic degree for training for ministry and prepares students for a wide range

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ON THE ‘FRONT PORCH’

Baptists prepare for massive opportunities at plant By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] BROWNSVILLE — Tennessee Baptists are on “the front porch” of a population explosion in West Tennessee that will bring thousands of people to the Volunteer State, said Danny Sinquefield, Harvest Field 1 team leader for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Harvest Field 1 includes Beulah, Dyer, Gibson County, Crockett County, Big Hatchie, Haywood, Madison-Chester, Mid-South,

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AMAZON PRIME LAUNCHES CARSON-NEWMAN FEATURE

Carson-Newman University news office JEFFERSON CITY — Starting last week, Carson-Newman University is featured on Amazon Prime. Inclusion on the platform comes with the launch of Season 3 of The College Tour.   Carson-Newman University is one of a limited number of universities in the southeast featured in the TV series. The program is the creation of Emmy-nominated and multi-award-winning producers. Hosted and produced by Amazing Race winner Alex Boylan, each

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CP REPORT: FISCAL YEAR OFF TO GREAT START

Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — The 2021-22 Cooperative Program budget year in the Tennessee Baptist Convention has gotten off to a tremendous start. In February, TBC churches gave $3,636,598 through the CP giving channel. The amount is $668,440 or 7.6 percent over what was given after three months last year.

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PASTOR, WHO WAS THE FIRST ‘MR. BELMONT,’ DIES AT 97

Baptist and Reflector HENDERSONVILLE — Longtime Tennessee Baptist pastor Hiram LeMay died Feb. 1 at the age of 97 in Hendersonville. LeMay served as pastor of churches in the state for more than 60 years. Pastorates included Concord Baptist Church, Nashville; Una Baptist Church, Nashville; Shelbyville Mills Baptist Church, Shelbyville; Rugby Hills Baptist Church, Memphis and Grace Baptist Church, Nashville. He also held many revivals in Tennessee and other states

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