CHURCH’S MISSIONS MINDSET ROOTED IN COOPERATIVE PROGRAM
By Karen Willoughby Baptist Press ARRINGTON — “We have a choir. We have an organ and piano,” pastor Reed Buntin said. “We’re just your traditional Southern Baptist church.” For Triune Baptist Church, “traditional” also includes a missions mindset rooted in the Cooperative Program and discipleship rooted in Sunday School. Located amid rolling hills and gated […]
COOPERATION IS ALWAYS IN STYLE
By Roc Collins Director of Strategic Objectives, TBMB Before the inception of the digital age, before the first plane lifted from the sandy straights of Kitty Hawk, before the technologies of steam, coal, and fossil fuel, an ancient crowd heard an astounding challenge, “Go into all the world. … Teach all nations. … Go to […]
UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO COOPERATIVE PROGRAM ENABLES TENNESSEE BAPTISTS TO REACH MONUMENTAL PLATEAU
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — The oversized check was just a prop. The significance of the moment, however, was very real. During a recent ceremony at the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board’s Church Support Center in Franklin, TBMB president and executive director Randy C. Davis presented a Goliath-sized check to Augie Boto […]
TBC CP GIFTS ON TARGET TO MEET 2018-19 BUDGET
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $3,130,467 through the Cooperative Program in July. The July gifts brought the year-to-date total to $26,127,112. The amount is $97,667 or 0.4 percent over the amount given over the same time frame last year. With three months to go in the 2018-19 fiscal year, gifts […]
TBC CP GIVING DIPS SLIGHTLY
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,487,569 through the Cooperative Program in June. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have contributed $22,996,645 through the Cooperative Program missions giving channel.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF CP WENT ON VACATION?
By Matt Tullos Stewardship development specialist, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board It’s that time again when the sun bids us to flee from the status quo and frolic with the family in favorite locations. Whether you are a one-week mountain man or a four-day beach bum, we all need a week to unwind, recalibrate and reconnect […]
TBC CP GIFTS ON TRACK TO REACH BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — After six months of the 2018-19 fiscal year, gifts from Tennessee Baptist churches are on track to meet the Cooperative Program budget. TBC churches gave $3,216,841 through the Cooperative Program in April.
THE PARABLE OF THE THREE TENNESSEE FARMERS
By Matt Tullos Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB Three farmers in Tennessee went out to farm. All three farmers made the most of their field and their fields produced a great harvest. But the first farmer was a bit shortsighted. He kept all his harvest as well as the seeds for the coming years at home. […]
SEXUAL ABUSE AND ABORTION BILLS TOP FEBRUARY HEADLINES
By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] FRANKLIN — Sexual abuse instances, as reported by The Houston Chronicle in February, “needed a bright light to be shined on it,” said Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. In his monthly podcast reflecting on what happened in convention life the previous month (Episode […]
TBC CP GIVING STABLE
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptists gave $2,683,061 through the Cooperative Program in February. After four months of the current fiscal year, Cooperative Program gifts total $11,864,790. Receipts are $33,879 or 0.3 percent what was given at the same time last year, but the amount is $364,790 or 3.17 percent above budget needs.