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BCM SEEKS TO CONNECT FROM A DISTANCE

May 18, 2020

COVID-19 creates challenges, leads to new campaign to reach students By David Dawson [email protected] FRANKLIN — Connecting with incoming freshmen is always a high priority for Baptist Campus Ministry leaders. Attempting to make those connections this fall, however, is going to look much different than it has in the past.  The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the cancelation of many of the traditional functions that are held in the weeks before

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UNION UNIVERSITY SPRING COMMENCEMENT SET FOR JUNE 20

May 15, 2020

Union University news office JACKSON — Union University’s spring commencement ceremonies, originally scheduled for May 16, will be held June 20 on the university’s Great Lawn.  To comply with social distancing guidelines, the university will hold three separate ceremonies that day – at 10 a.m. for students receiving graduate degrees, at 2 p.m. for non-traditional undergraduate students and at 6 p.m. for traditional undergraduate students. Union University President Samuel W.

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HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUTH MINISTRY

May 15, 2020

By Jay Barbier Youth Specialist, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board The Great Commission has given followers of Jesus an adventure to live by. Jesus commanded His disciples to make disciples as they go! The question many are facing today is how can we do this now? We need to take a serious look at how we can manage to do the work of the Lord in the coming days as we

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WHAT’S THE REAL INVISIBLE ENEMY?

May 14, 2020

By Matt Tullos TBMB Special Assistant to the Executive Director 2020 will be remembered as the Year of the Pandemic. A new normal swept across our country as leaders grappled with circumstances that previously were only portrayed in doomsday novels and disaster movies. We’ve seen the best and worst of humanity. Mass graves, food lines, and market crashes flood our news feeds. The death tolls and statistics overwhelm us each

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STATE REOPENING PLANS A CONCERN FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, CHURCHES

May 13, 2020

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Southern Baptist pastors in several states are concerned that governmental restrictions on reopening the economy might unduly impact churches. Illinois Baptist State Association (IBSA) Executive Director Nate Adams said many pastors believe the five-phase “Restore Illinois” plan, released May 5 by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, is too cautious. It limits gatherings to fewer than 50 people until a COVID-19 vaccine or effective treatment

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QUESTIONS ALL AROUND

May 13, 2020

By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — After suspending most gatherings for the past several weeks in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many churches in Tennessee are now beginning to explore the option of reopening their doors for worship. But first, one colossal question must be answered: How should churches go about it?

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AN EXCUSE BAPTISTS CAN NEVER USE AGAIN

May 13, 2020

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] “We’ve never done it that way before.” If Southern Baptists had a national motto, it would be that simple sentence. I have attended a Baptist church all of my life — and that now spans 62 years. I have heard that Baptist motto all of my life, and sadly, I have used it myself more than once. And, my guess is that

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VIRTUAL REVIVAL

May 12, 2020

Holston Baptist pastors lead revival online By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] JOHNSON CITY — What began as a conversation to discuss reopening churches in northeast Tennessee has turned into perhaps a month-long revival. “The revival vision was birthed out of a Zoom meeting of Holston Baptist Association pastors to discuss everyone’s thoughts and plans about ‘going back to church,’ ” said Craig Ponder, pastor of New Salem

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HAVING AN ANSWER FOR THE ‘WHY’ QUESTION

May 11, 2020

By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director Children have a way of getting to the heart of the matter, don’t they? Their questions come at you unfiltered and often at the most unexpected times. That’s the way my daughters were and that is the way my grandchildren are. Their forthright insight can often catch adults unprepared.

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GILES COUNTY CONGREGATIONS STILL OBSERVING LORD’S SUPPER

May 9, 2020

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] PULASKI — For years, the observance of the Lord’s Supper has been part of Easter celebrations at First Baptist Church, Pulaski, and Richland Baptist Church in nearby Lynnville. With the COVID-19 crisis forcing churches to find alternative ways to worship, the two Giles County congregations decided to find an alternative way to observe the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.

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