McLaurin grateful for experience he gained as TBMB staffer Editor’s Note: Former Tennessee Baptist Mission Board staff member Willie McLaurin was tapped as interim president/CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee on Feb. 1. Full story here.   By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] NASHVILLE — The significance of the timing of his selection as interim president/CEO of the Southern Baptist Executive Committee was not lost on

After one-year absence, bivocational pastors/wives gather again By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] PIGEON FORGE — While COVID-19 caused many events to be canceled in 2021, perhaps no one group was more affected than bivocational ministers and their wives. In order to help meet a need caused by the cancelation last year, the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board scheduled 13 small one-night events for bivocational pastors and their wives

After one-year absence, bivocational pastors/wives gather again By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] PIGEON FORGE — While COVID-19 caused many events to be canceled in 2021, perhaps no one group was more affected than bivocational ministers and their wives. In order to help meet a need caused by the cancelation last year, the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board scheduled 13 small one-night events for bivocational pastors and their wives

Conference attendees encouraged to be bold and act with urgency for lost  By Lonnie Wilkey & David Dawson Baptist and Reflector MURFREESBORO — After an absence of more than a decade, the State Evangelism Conference was “relaunched” this year. The two-day event, presented by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and hosted at New Vision Church in Murfreesboro on Jan. 30-31, featured a total of four worship sessions and a series

Excitement, energy mark the ‘relaunch’ of the state evangelism conference after hiatus  By David Dawson [email protected] MURFREESBORO — High-energy music. Motivational messages. Intensity and excitement among the attendees.  Sounds like a pep rally, right? Well, in a sense, that’s what the 2022 Tennessee State Evangelism Conference was designed to be — a pep rally for evangelism. But instead of school spirit, it was the Holy Spirit that permeated across the

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] LEBANON — Dave Shelley is a firm believer that God can use recreation and games to share the gospel of Christ. And, he should know. Shelley, director of missions for Wilson County Baptist Association in Lebanon, is beginning his 51st year of leading day camps for children. “We want to reach this generation. Kids like to play,” Shelley affirmed. “When I started,