TENNESSEE DR VOLUNTEERS HELP OUT DURING SBC
Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — Tennessee Baptist disaster relief volunteers are out in full force this week to assist as needed during the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. Nine members from Knox County Baptist Association set up a feeding unit at Hermitage Hills Baptist Church, Hermitage, to provide meals for DR volunteers working […]
DR VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING WITH VACCINATIONS IN MEMPHIS
Baptist and Reflector MEMPHIS — It was not the typical request for help, but Tennessee Disaster Relief volunteers have responded to a request to assist with COVID-19 vaccinations in Memphis. “It is one of our most unusual responses,” acknowledged Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. He noted it is unusual […]
DR LEADER: ‘RECOVERY IS JUST BEGINNING’
By David Dawson [email protected] FRANKLIN — More than a year after a series of tornadoes ripped through parts of Middle Tennessee, many people in the affected areas are still hurting. And Tennessee Baptists are still helping. Undaunted by the enormity of the workload, Tennessee Baptist disaster relief teams have remained in action, continuing to assist […]
TOP 10 MOST-READ STORIES OF 2020
Baptist and Reflector Staff FRANKLIN — The Baptist and Reflector website, launched in 2016, is the digital counterpart to the print edition. The site inlcudes stories, information and photos that are published in the print edition of the B&R, and is also the home for breaking news that pertains to Tennessee Baptists. This past year, […]
2020: A YEAR TO REMEMBER
Ministry created by tornadoes, pandemic dominate year’s top stories By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — The year 2020 began on a positive note with giving through the Cooperative Program at a high level for the first four months of the fiscal year and after a record-breaking year for gifts through the […]
TENNESSEE DR VOLUNTEERS EXPERIENCE ‘DIVINE APPOINTMENTS’ WHILE SERVING
By Jane Rodgers Correspondent, Southern Baptist TEXAN ALEXANDRIA, La. — Pummeled first by the category 4 Hurricane Laura on Aug. 27, then inundated by torrential rains from Hurricane Delta only six weeks later, Louisiana endured a double hit prompting a multi-state response by Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers — including DR teams from the Southern […]
DR TEAMS PROVIDE ‘A STRIKE FORCE’ OF LOVE
By Bob Holeman Retired journalist, Winnfield, La. In August, Hurricane Laura dealt havoc to Winn Parish, leaving a tangle of downed trees, damaged homes and a spaghetti mix of wires, broken power poles and transformers that left us without power and in a communication blackout. Our home got power back after 10 days but it […]
DISASTER RELIEF CONTINUES TO MEET NEEDS LOCALLY, NATIONALLY
By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] MOUNT JULIET — In September Wes Jones celebrated his fifth anniversary as disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. To say the former Southern Baptist missionary (along with his wife Pam) and director of missions in Iowa has been busy over those five years would be an understatement. The […]
‘LAKE CHARLES GRIT’ TESTED BY TWO HURRICANES IN WEEKS
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press LAKE CHARLES, La. — Trinity Baptist Church senior pastor Steve James calls it “Lake Charles grit,” an ability to persevere during hardship on top of hardship. “Grit up” is the local rallying cry after Hurricanes Laura and Delta hit western Louisiana just weeks apart. “We had one hand tied behind […]
DR TEAMS CALLED TO ACTION AFTER ‘SALLY’
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Mission Board disaster relief teams are being called on to assist in the recovery efforts from Hurricane Sally. TBMB disaster relief specialist Wes Jones sent out an e-mail on Sept. 19 that alerted DR leaders that Florida has requested chain saw, tarping and flood recovery teams. Jones asked that DR […]