JACKSON PASTOR PASSIONATE ABOUT CP
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist & Reflector JACKSON — Jordan Easley is passionate about the Cooperative Program. And, he’s eager to share that passion with younger pastors throughout Tennessee and the Southern Baptist Convention.
NATIONAL CP GIFTS RISE
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s portion of the Cooperative Program are 0.98 percent ahead of the same time frame at the end of 2016 and 3.69 percent under the SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget projection for the year according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President Frank […]
B&R’s TOP-10 MOST READ STORIES OF 2017
Based on analytics from the B&R Website, here’s a list of stories that garnered the most views in the past 12 months: 1. PLATT APOLOGIZES TO SOUTHERN BAPTISTS Posted: Feb. 17, 2017 Written by: Lonnie Wilkey, B&R Editor ONTARIO, Calif. – David Platt, president of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board, issued an apology to […]
FIRST-PERSON: CHRISTMAS ACTS OF KINDNESS
By Anthony Jordan Exec. Dir., Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY (BP) — While we have been seeing Christmas advertisements for weeks, the Christmas season officially began with Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. The focus of Christmas for most Americans, as you are well aware, has nothing to do with Jesus’ […]
MISSIONARY REFLECTS ON CAREER, CP, LMCO
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector KNOXVILLE — As he nears his retirement after spending much of his adult life serving God in Africa, John McPherson has an interesting take on his career as a missionary. “I don’t think what I have done should be seen as a sacrifice,” said McPherson. “Doing what you love […]
TBC CP GIFTS NEAR BUDGET
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,852,274 through the Cooperative Program in November. After one month of the 2017-18 fiscal year, Cooperative Program gifts are $71,989 or 2.5 percent below what was given after one month in the last fiscal year. Gifts also are $22,726 or 0.79 percent below budget needs.
TBC MESSENGERS CONDUCT BUSINESS
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector HENDERSONVILLE — Messengers to the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention overwhelmingly spoke against racism and elected David Leavell, pastor of First Baptist Church, Millington, as president. The annual meeting, held during The Summit Nov. 12-16 at First Baptist Church, Hendersonville, drew 993 messengers from 422 churches. […]
TBC CP GIFTS FALL SHORT OF BUDGET GOAL
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,719,942 through the Cooperative Program in October. For the 2016-17 fiscal year Tennessee Baptists provided $33,859,359 through the Cooperative Program giving channel to meet ministry and missions needs in the state, nationally, and around the world.
FBC, MORRISTOWN, ADOPTS GIVING OPTIONS
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector MORRISTOWN – A Tennessee Baptist church that announced in January that it would escrow Cooperative Program funds in response to a decision by two Southern Baptist Convention entities last year to sign an amicus brief in support of a New Jersey mosque has developed a plan to continue […]
TBC CP GIFTS DOWN SLIGHTLY
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,648,026 through the Cooperative Program in September. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $31,139,417 through the Cooperative Program which funds missions and ministries in Tennessee, the nation, and the world. The amount is $828,320 or 2.6 percent below what was given during the same […]