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
By Matt Tullos Special assistant to the executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board It’s been heartbreaking to watch the conflict in Ukraine. Our hearts break as we’ve watched the suffering caused by a delusional despot wreaking havoc on innocent civilians. Those citizens include many believers and churches. Amid the senseless shelling, the blasts, the refugee crisis at their borders, the hour-by-hour toll of warfare on the people of Ukraine, we
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.
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,923,245 through the Cooperative Program in December. After two months of the 2021-22 fiscal year, Tennessee Baptists have given $5,877,372 through the Cooperative Program giving channel which funds missions and ministries throughout the state, the nation and around the world. The amount given thus far is $354,337 or 6.4 percent over the amount given after the first two months of
Past year was mixed bag of challenges, opportunities By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Following 2020, a year that will forever be remembered for COVID-19, 2021 offered numerous headline opportunities for a nation still reeling from a worldwide pandemic. Likewise, there was no shortage of news stories in the Tennessee Baptist Convention as leaders and churches dealt with a variety of challenges and opportunities during 2021.
By Jeff Iorg For Baptist Press ONTARIO, Calif. – My mother-in-law is an 88-year old loyal Southern Baptist who lives on a fixed income in a modest retirement center. She loves the Lord, her church and Southern Baptists. She has been a lifelong advocate of the Cooperative Program and understands, as a contributing member of a Southern Baptist church, she is a primary funder of Gateway Seminary. She reflects that
Editor’s Note: Many churches across Tennessee observed the Week of Prayer for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions last week and are in the process of collecting the 2021 Lottie Moon offering. IMB missionaries Andy and Michelle Milam are on stateside assignment at Blue Mountain (Miss.) College. They traveled to Jackson recently for an interview with the Baptist and Reflector. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected]
Baptist and Reflector HENDERSONVILLE — When First Baptist Church, Hendersonville, finished the past fiscal year with an overage, church leaders decided to share the blessing with others. First Baptist Church presented a check for $200,000 to Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board on Sunday, Dec. 5. “Because of God’s blessings on our church this past fiscal year, we are excited to be able
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — In the second year of a worldwide pandemic, Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave the largest amount through the Cooperative Program in 10 years. For the month of October, Tennessee Baptists gave $2,827,483. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists gave $34,914,459. The amount is $710,916 or 2.1 percent over what was given for 2019-20 and fell just $85,541 or 0.24 percent of the budget goal of $35
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Since 1925, Southern Baptists have given more than $20 billion through the Cooperative Program to fund its entities and missionaries taking the gospel throughout the world. That news was delivered Sept. 29 by SBC Executive Committee Chief Financial Officer Jeff Pearson on the eve of Cooperative Program Emphasis Month, which is celebrated throughout October. Willie McLaurin, SBC Executive Committee vice president for Great Commission Relations and
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — In an effort to serve churches, the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board is seeking to understand future Cooperative Program giving and
By Matt Tullos Special assistant to the executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board It’s been heartbreaking to watch the conflict in Ukraine. Our hearts break
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,
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,923,245 through the Cooperative Program in December. After two months of the 2021-22 fiscal year,
Past year was mixed bag of challenges, opportunities By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Following 2020, a year that will forever
By Jeff Iorg For Baptist Press ONTARIO, Calif. – My mother-in-law is an 88-year old loyal Southern Baptist who lives on a fixed income in
Editor’s Note: Many churches across Tennessee observed the Week of Prayer for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions last week and are in
Baptist and Reflector HENDERSONVILLE — When First Baptist Church, Hendersonville, finished the past fiscal year with an overage, church leaders decided to share the blessing
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — In the second year of a worldwide pandemic, Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave the largest amount through the Cooperative Program
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Since 1925, Southern Baptists have given more than $20 billion through the Cooperative Program to fund its entities and missionaries taking
