TENNESSEE BAPTISTS READY TO ASSIST CDC AMID CRISIS

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated from the original post. Compiled by B&R staff ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Anxiety in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis continues to mount, but Southern Baptists across the United States are determined to respond and meet needs. On March 12, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reached […]

VOLUNTEER SPIRIT SHOWN IN AMAZING WAYS

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] In the early morning hours of March 3, Tennesseans were awakened by tornado sirens across Middle Tennessee. In just a few minutes (though it probably was an eternity to those directly impacted), the storms moved on to another portion of the state. The tornadoes left behind at […]

A BARKING DOG AND A MIRACLE

Minister and family escape death after tornado collapses house By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] COOKEVILLE — For the first in his life, Darrin Crockett is glad God did not answer his prayer. On Monday night, March 2, Crockett and his family went to bed as always. Their dog, “Doc,” however barked incessantly […]

DISASTER RELIEF RESPONDING IN WAKE OF TENNESSEE TORNADOES

By Baptist and Reflector Staff Editor’s note: This story was updated March 6. Additional tornado stories will be added to the website under Tennessee news as they become available. (Updated 11:50 am) Even as damage is being assessed, Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief (TBDR) teams are responding in the wake of a devastating EF-3 tornado that […]

DISASTER RELIEF VOLUNTEERS RESPOND TO REAL-TIME DISASTER

By Tess Schoonhoven Baptist Press MONTROSE, Ark. — On the morning of Jan. 16, two Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief (ABDR) volunteers found themselves responding to a present emergency — a real-time disaster. ABDR, a subsidiary of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) primarily focuses on giving aid to communities where natural disasters have struck. While […]

TENNESSEE BAPTIST DISASTER RELIEF RESPONDS TO 18 EVENTS

Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers responded to 18 events in Tennessee, throughout the United States and in different locations outside the U.S. in 2019, according to Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Those responses do not include a number of responses done locally by […]

WATSON RECOGNIZED FOR TENNESSEE BAPTIST DR WORK

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] CLARKSVILLE — The tornadoes that swept through Clarksville in late October were not even over before Carolyn Watson’s phone was ringing. Not only in Middle Tennessee, but throughout the state, Carolyn Watson and the disaster relief team from Cumberland Baptist Association are known for their quick response […]

CLEAN UP CONTINUES IN TENNESSEE

Disaster relief teams from Tennessee, as well as Alabama, Kentucky and Missouri, are continuing to clean up trees and debris following straight-line winds that caused extensive damage across the state in late October. Teams are still at work in Clarksville, Waverly, Decatur and Adamsville, according to Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist […]

BREAKING NEWS: TENNESSEE DR RESPONDS, MORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams are needed in the aftermath of weekend storms that left major damage throughout West and Middle Tennessee. “We have a lot of damage across the state from the Alabama-Mississippi lines all the way through Clarksville and surrounding counties,” said Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist […]