GAINES ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON SEVERAL TOUGH TOPICS
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press MEMPHIS — Loving your neighbor as yourself is a sure path to overcoming racial prejudice, Southern Baptist women’s minister Donna Gaines said in the March cover article of Today’s Christian Living magazine. “When we love our neighbor, that erases racial prejudice,” Gaines said in the cover story. “If we were […]
SHINGLETON REJOICES IN YEC’S FAR-REACHING IMPACT
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — Sitting in the corner booth of the breakroom at the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board’s Church Support Center, Kent Shingleton occasionally scratched his goatee and broke into a chuckle while reflecting on his two-decade tenure as the coordinator of the Youth Evangelism Conference. Shingleton said he had a […]
STAYING TRUE, STAYING STRONG
YEC celebrates 50 years of life-changing decisions, remains focused on gospel By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — Keith Watson has seen the Youth Evangelism Conference from almost every angle. He first started going to the event as a boy in the 1970s, and has rarely missed the annual gathering in the years since. […]
SUNDAY SCHOOL LEADS TO SHARING THE GOSPEL
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector CROSSVILLE — When “Celebration Sunday” rolled around at Central Baptist Church in Crossville, there were indeed many reasons to celebrate. In just over a month’s time, the church experienced praise-worthy results from the “Connect>1” campaign — an initiative designed by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board to engage church members […]
5,954 FILIPINOS MAKE SALVATION DECISIONS
Baptist and Reflector SOMERVILLE — A team of seven missions volunteers recently returned from two weeks in the Republic of the Philippines, where they served with about 40 churches in two different Baptist associations. The team participated in more than 100 evangelistic crusades with the Filipino Baptists on Luzon Island and saw 5,954 professions of […]
MORE THAN 800 ATTEND WEST TENNESSEE EVANGELISM RALLY
Union University News Office JACKSON — Christians must ask everyone to follow Jesus and willingly associate with those who don’t follow Jesus, Georgia pastor James Merritt said at Union University March 4 during the West Tennessee Evangelism Rally. “The business of the church, and the business of every follower of Jesus Christ, is to find […]
THE JOHN 3:16 CHALLENGE AND PRAYER
By David Leavell President, Tennessee Baptist Convention I don’t know a Southern Baptist who wouldn’t say that prayer is important. I think we would also agree that we talk more about prayer than actually pray. Prayer requires an intentional “quieting down both physically and spiritually” — a time to adore the Lord’s character, confess sin, […]
EXERCISE ROUTINE BECOMES MINISTRY TOOL
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector SEVIERVILLE — When Justin Randolph signed up more than a year ago for a month’s membership at a fitness club, he thought he was doing it in order to spend time with his wife and get some exercise. Little did he know that the membership would not only […]
SENIOR ADULT CONVERSIONS ON THE RISE?
By David Roach Baptist Press NASHVILLE — When evangelist Phil Waldrep agreed to preach a revival at a nursing home, he didn’t expect a huge response. After all, he reasoned, aren’t most older people already Christians? But of the 40-60 nursing home residents who attended the services, 21 made a profession of faith in Christ […]
THE 3:16 CHALLENGE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
By David Leavell President, Tennessee Baptist Convention I’m a list maker. I find that I get much more accomplished when I list the things I need to get done each day. I get great joy when I check something off my list. When I don’t get everything finished (which is usually the case), I transfer […]