By Mike Farmer Director of missions, McMinn-Meigs Association of Baptists What a blessing to see so many “normal” church activities arriving on the schedule now. It has been a long, difficult year. I pray we have a greater appreciation for these normal activities. My question now is this, “What have we learned from the past year?” We should have learned the truth that God did not make us to be
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] Southern Baptists came to Nashville in droves for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in mid-June and they were a welcome sight for a city and state still trying to recover from the economic shutdown caused by COVID-19 in 2020. If you walked anywhere in the downtown area, you saw people lined up outside, waiting to get into restaurants. And,
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist & Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Recent statistics reveal that less than half of the United States population has been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. According to Becker’s Hospital Review (visit site for full list of statistics), a total of 135,867,425 Americans have been fully vaccinated. That represents 40.9 percent of the country’s population as of June 1, according to data from the Center for Disease Control.
Carson-Newman News Office JEFFERSON CITY — Carson-Newman University announced plans to continue with in-person classes and increased student activities in the fall semester. Understanding students’ need for fellowship and togetherness, C-N found alternative ways during this school year to meet in-person and online for classes, campus events, chapel and athletic events. This fall, the University plans to return to the traditional college experience.
By Carol Pipes & Lonnie Wilkey LifeWay, B&R writers NASHVILLE — When Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth’s season record for home runs in 1961, an “asterisk” was placed by his name because he played more games. A similar rationale can be applied to the 2020 Annual Church Profile. In the early weeks and months of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Southern Baptist churches, including those in Tennessee, joined the wave of
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing writer, B&R BROWNSVILLE — Woodland Baptist Church, located in eastern Haywood County, has completed a restoration of the 100-year-old auditorium. After 13 months, the congregation moved back into the renovated auditorium in February of 2021. Due to tithes, donations and other gifts, the renovation of Woodland Baptist is debt free. After 10 decades, the auditorium was in need of repair. The plaster was cracking and the
By Randy C. Davis President & Executive Director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Sometimes all people need to press forward is a sliver of hope. Last week we got it. Dr. Rochelle Walensky delivered that hope when the director of the Center for Disease Control stepped to the microphone during a press conference and said, “Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without
By Aaron Earls LifeWay news office NASHVILLE — Fewer churchgoers filled pews and Bible studies during the pandemic, but many still continued personal discipleship habits throughout 2020. A study by Nashville-based Lifeway Research found U.S. churchgoers were less likely to be involved in small groups during the pandemic, but many added some digital and individual activities to their discipleship routines. “Some have defined discipleship as a journey of following Christ
Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — As Zach Lloyd looks back on his seven month journey with COVID-19, he realizes he and his family have been extremely blessed. “God has moved in ways I could never imagine,” said Lloyd, pastor of East LaFollette Baptist Church, LaFollette. “So many people and churches have reached out with monetary donations and other acts of kindness in addition to countless prayers lifted up on his
After surviving COVID-19 and a double lung transplant, LaFollette pastor Zach Lloyd is eager to return home By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] NASHVILLE — When a local television station in Nashville aired footage of pastor Zach Lloyd recently leaving Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital, probably few people realized they were witnessing another one of God’s infinite miracles. But that really is the only explanation for how Lloyd, pastor
By Mike Farmer Director of missions, McMinn-Meigs Association of Baptists What a blessing to see so many “normal” church activities arriving on the schedule now.
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] Southern Baptists came to Nashville in droves for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist & Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Recent statistics reveal that less than half of the United States population has been fully
Carson-Newman News Office JEFFERSON CITY — Carson-Newman University announced plans to continue with in-person classes and increased student activities in the fall semester. Understanding students’
By Carol Pipes & Lonnie Wilkey LifeWay, B&R writers NASHVILLE — When Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth’s season record for home runs in 1961, an
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing writer, B&R BROWNSVILLE — Woodland Baptist Church, located in eastern Haywood County, has completed a restoration of the 100-year-old auditorium. After
By Randy C. Davis President & Executive Director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Sometimes all people need to press forward is a sliver of hope. Last
By Aaron Earls LifeWay news office NASHVILLE — Fewer churchgoers filled pews and Bible studies during the pandemic, but many still continued personal discipleship habits
Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — As Zach Lloyd looks back on his seven month journey with COVID-19, he realizes he and his family have been
After surviving COVID-19 and a double lung transplant, LaFollette pastor Zach Lloyd is eager to return home By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected]
