MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN DOMINICA
DR teams continue recovery efforts on Caribbean island By David Dawson [email protected] FRANKLIN — More than 17 months after Hurricane Maria left its devastating signature on the Caribbean island of Dominica, Tennessee Baptist disaster relief teams are still going strong in their efforts to help residents recover from the deadly storm. And they won’t be […]
ALWAYS ANSWERING THE CALL
Tennessee Baptist DR units aid recovery from February floods By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing writer, B&R JACKSON — February 2019 was one of the wettest Februaries on record in Tennessee. Torrential rains swelled the Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers and all their tributaries to record flood levels. Numerous homes and businesses in several counties near the rivers […]
DISASTER RELIEF: AT WORK IN OUR STATE — AND WELL BEYOND
Compiled by B&R staff While many Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers from a number of TBC churches have been working in various places in Tennessee in response to the flooding that struck the state in February, other DR personnel have been continuing to work elsewhere around the country and in Puerto Rico and Dominica. Here’s […]
FOR THE LONG HAUL
Morristown business donates truck for Disaster Relief work By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MORRISTOWN — Wallace Hardware in Morristown recently donated a truck to be used for Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief ministry. The truck was donated to Nolachucky Baptist Association’s disaster relief ministry, which, in turn, donated it to Tennessee Baptist Disaster […]
A BUSY MARCH — DAVIS REFLECTS ON YEC, DR, BCMs
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Evangelism and missions were once again at the forefront of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board in March. In his podcast reflecting on the month before, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board President and Executive Director Randy C. Davis observed that 780 decisions for Christ during the annual […]
‘WHO’S GONNA FILL THEIR SHOES?’
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] One of my favorite country songs is “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes” by George Jones. Jones reflects on country music legends such as Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and numerous others in the song.
DR FLOOD RECOVERY TEAMS NEEDED ACROSS STATE
Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief flood recovery teams will be needed en masse in the weeks ahead, according to Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. Teams are already at work in Knoxville, which was hit hard by flooding almost two weeks ago. An incident command […]
N.C. MISSION VOLUNTEER DIES IN PUERTO RICO
By David Roach Baptist Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Paul Fisher, the leader of a North Carolina Baptist mission team repairing roofs in Puerto Rico, died Feb. 28 in a swimming accident near San Juan. He was 36. Fisher and his wife Carrie were heading up a team assembled by North Carolina Baptists on […]
SEXUAL ABUSE AND ABORTION BILLS TOP FEBRUARY HEADLINES
By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] FRANKLIN — Sexual abuse instances, as reported by The Houston Chronicle in February, “needed a bright light to be shined on it,” said Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. In his monthly podcast reflecting on what happened in convention life the previous month (Episode […]
DR TEAMS NEEDED TO ASSIST TENNESSEE FLOOD VICTIMS
By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] KNOXVILLE — After nearly two years of nonstop response to needs caused by hurricanes across the United States, Puerto Rico, and Dominica, Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are needed in their own state. Record amounts of rainfall in February caused severe flooding in many areas of the state last week. Among […]