By Justin Tucker Grace Community Church, Nashville What keeps the church from sharing the gospel with those who have yet to believe? An even better question to ask is what will motivate the church to overcome the barriers to sharing the gospel message? The greatest motivator to evangelism is not a massive list of our failures, or the sad statistics that often flood mission magazines. Rather than guilting the church,

By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB The recent events in Charlottesville were tragic and seemingly becoming more common in cities across America. Racism in all forms is satanic, is biblically antithetical, and should be anathema to every Christian everywhere. Christ died to save some “from every tribe, tongue, and nation” (Revelation 7:9). As Christians, we have a responsibility to speak on behalf of the gospel. And when we speak,

By Steve Freeman President, Tennessee Baptist Convention As I write this article, our nation continues to struggle with the horrific events of Charlottesville, Va., that took place on the weekend of Aug. 11-12 when thousands of white supremacists gathered to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee from Emancipation Park. Along with those white supremacist protesters came a group of counter-protesters. As one could assume, violence broke