Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,140,779 through the Cooperative Program in August. It was the fourth time during this budget year that gifts exceeded $3 million in a month. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $29,139,559. With two months to go in the current fiscal year the amount is $1,278,882 or 4.6 percent over the amount given at the same time last year and
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — As Scott Harris enters his eighth and final year as a trustee of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, he has witnessed a lot of change. He became a trustee in 2009 just after the economy had bottomed out. He has served with three different presidents (Jerry Rankin, Tom Elliff, and David Platt) in addition to Clyde Meador who served
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist Convention national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 5.28 percent above the year-to-date SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget projection, and are 2.99 percent above contributions received during the same time frame last year, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President Frank S. Page.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LIVINGSTON — Damon Corley will be 90 years old in November, but you would never know it by looking at him. Still spry and active, Corley is not only the pastor of West Fentress Baptist Church in Jamestown, he also just recently accepted the role of associate moderator of Riverside Baptist Association, based in Livingston. He has been the moderator of the association
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptists are continuing to support missions and ministry causes in their state and around the world by their giving through the Cooperative Program. In June, Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed a total of $2,965,451 through the CP giving channel. The amount is $869,931 or 3.9 percent more than was given after the first eight months of last year.
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,554,604 through the Cooperative Program in May. In the first seven months of the 2015-16 fiscal year, Tennessee Baptists have given $20,303,904 through the CP giving channel to meet missions and ministry needs in Tennessee and around the world.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptists’ giving through the Cooperative Program is trending upward. For the first time in five years (since the 2010-11 budget year), Cooperative Program gifts from Tennessee Baptist Convention churches not only are up over the previous year, but they are above projected needs midway into the budget year which ends Oct. 31. The increase also is only the second increase
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Giving from Tennessee Baptist Convention churches through the Cooperative Program remains on target after the first six months of the budget year. Tennessee Baptists gave $3,037,222 through the Cooperative Program giving channel in April. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $ 17,749,300, an increase of $672,460 or 3.9 percent over the amount given at the same time last year.
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game. We’ve all heard that sports cliché and frankly it is one I don’t particularly like. Yes, it does matter how you play the game, but the point of playing the game is to win. However, how we deal with setbacks reveals our true character and builds resiliency. Like Thomas Edison
By Baptist & Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,747,830 through the Cooperative Program in March. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $14,712,077. After five months of the current fiscal year, the total is $1,101,628 or 8.1 percent over the amount given at the same time last year. It also is $441,244 or 3.09 percent ahead of current budget needs.
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $3,140,779 through the Cooperative Program in August. It was the fourth time during this budget
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — As Scott Harris enters his eighth and final year as a trustee of the Southern Baptist
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist Convention national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 5.28 percent
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LIVINGSTON — Damon Corley will be 90 years old in November, but you would never know it by
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptists are continuing to support missions and ministry causes in their state and around the world by their giving
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,554,604 through the Cooperative Program in May. In the first seven months of the 2015-16
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptists’ giving through the Cooperative Program is trending upward. For the first time in five
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Giving from Tennessee Baptist Convention churches through the Cooperative Program remains on target after the first six months of the
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game. We’ve all heard that sports
By Baptist & Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,747,830 through the Cooperative Program in March. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given
