TENNESSEANS SERVE FERGUSON RESIDENTS
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector CLARKSVILLE — Racial animus in Ferguson, Mo., was long forgotten as African Americans and Anglos enjoyed a block party prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in nearby St. Louis, and some Tennessee Baptists were a key part. Medical professionals mainly from First Baptist Church, […]
FORMER TBC STAFFER MIKE OVERCASH DIES
By Lonnie Wilkey, Editor Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD – Retired Tennessee Baptist Convention staff member and long-time disaster relief volunteer Mike Overcash died June 8 following an apparent heart attack. Overcash, 80, a former employee of LifeWay Christian Resources who served several Tennessee Baptist churches as minister of music, was on the staff of the […]
DR VOLUNTEERS GOING TO LOUISIANA
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Three teams of Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers will be traveling to Leesville, La., in a few days to help victims of flooding there. Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Convention, reported that the Tennesseans responded to a request for […]
DR TEAMS CONTINUE WORK AMID FLINT WATER CRISIS
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Nineteen Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers will be serving in Flint, Mich., Feb. 21-28, responding to the city’s water crisis, reported Wes Jones, Tennessee Baptist DR specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Convention. The volunteers will be installing water filters in homes and providing […]
BAPTISTS MINISTER IN CRISIS
Volunteers provide meals, support until search for Pinson toddler ends By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector PINSON — The halls of Pinson Baptist Church are no longer a flurry of activity. After seven days of hosting law enforcement personnel, emergency management personnel, and volunteers who came from several states to search for […]
DR TEAMS CALLED OUT
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers have been asked to respond in the wake of deadly storms and flooding that occurred across the nation during the Christmas holidays. As of Jan. 4, 11 states had Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers serving at ministry sites in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, […]
THE TENNESSEE BAPTIST CONVENTION – A YEAR IN REVIEW
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — A highlight for Tennessee Baptists in 2015 was the news that baptisms increased in Tennessee Baptist Convention churches for the second year in a row. In 2014, 2,603 TBC churches reported 23,499 baptisms, the largest number of baptisms recorded since 2010. In 2013 churches reported 21,979 […]
DISASTER RELIEF CONCLUDES IN SC, TRAVELS TO TX
MOUNT JULIET — Just after concluding five weeks of work helping flood victims in South Carolina following Hurricane Joaquin, Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers traveled to south Texas to help flood victims there. One great result was that Tennessee Baptists saw seven people make professions of faith during their week of working there, reported Wes […]
MISSIONS, DR BRING BAPTISTS TOGETHER
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Baptists are known for many things – some good, some not so good. We tend to argue among ourselves over things that have no Kingdom significance. We get bent out of shape if someone sits in our pew on Sunday morning. We’re not happy if the pastor doesn’t […]
VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE HELP, HOPE
Tennessee Baptist DR volunteers continue to help South Carolina flood victims By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector MANNING, S.C. — Driving past homes in the low country region of South Carolina between Columbia and the coast, one might not suspect that less than a month ago many roads were impassable. And, unless there was […]