CROSSOVER ST. LOUIS: HUNDREDS COME TO FAITH IN CHRIST
Baptist Press ST. LOUIS (BP) — Southern Baptist volunteers reported more than 350 professions of faith in Jesus Christ during Crossover events throughout metro St. Louis this year. One man who made a decision for Christ had been considering suicide just a few days earlier, said Eloy Rodriquez. Rodriquez, a longtime Crossover volunteer, serves as […]
REACHING GENERATION Z IMPERATIVE: DAVIS
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — The projected photo in the meeting room was of 10 children though only one was spotlighted. The caption read — “If the trend continues, nine of 10 children born after 9/11 will reach adulthood without knowing Christ.” “It takes something monumental to reverse a […]
PRESENTATION OFFERED FOR 19TH YEAR
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector NEW MARKET — For the 19th year, cars gathered at New Market Baptist Church here to drive through “The Trail to the Empty Tomb.” This year, about 650 people viewed the presentation on two nights. One night was rained out, but that has only happened one […]
TAKING THE CHURCH TO THE PEOPLE
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector HERMITAGE — Pastor David Taft sees First Baptist Church here as a “gas station” which serves a few people at a time. “Our goal is not to get a lot of people in the building, but to get Christ in people. … “The church cannot be […]
REACHING NEIGHBORHOODS: PASTORS
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — To reach its neighborhood, which is home to a lot of Hispanics, Walker Memorial Baptist Church here considered starting a Hispanic congregation. Then it learned from the Tennessee Baptist Convention staff of a Baptist Hispanic congregation meeting in its city and God began to […]
TBC LAUNCHES ‘THE REACHING APP’
Phone app encourages Tennessee Baptists to be Great Commission Christians By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Wake up in the morning, turn on the television or pick up your morning newspaper and you’re immediately reminded of the sin that is rampant in today’s society. The Tennessee Baptist Convention has launched a new […]
YEC 2016 DRAWS 8,330
320 students make spiritual commitments By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — The Youth Evangelism Conference 2016 drew about 8,330 teens and their sponsors here March 11-12 to worship, laugh at The Skit Guys, and hear challenges. The YEC is the largest event held by the Tennessee Baptist Convention. The attendance […]
10,356 FILIPINOS MAKE COMMITMENTS
Baptist and Reflector SOMERVILLE — A team of nine missions volunteers serving on the Cross Partners Ministry team recently returned from two weeks in the Republic of the Philippines where they served with more than 30 churches in four different Baptist associations. The team participated in more than 100 evangelistic crusades with Filipino Baptists across […]
A QUESTION FOR EVERY SUNDAY SCHOOL LEADER
By Mark Miller Sunday School Specialist, TBC Over the last year, I have had the joy of sitting in on over 35 different Sunday School classes or groups. These groups have been from churches that averaged 15 to 1,800. At least three things took place in every one of these classes or groups. People were […]
WEST TENNESSEE EVANGELISM RALLY DRAWS 800
By Nathan Handley Union University News Office JACKSON — Fred Luter, senior pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said evangelism needs more emphasis in churches and organizations. Luter was the keynote speaker at the West Tennessee Evangelism Rally, held Feb. 21 at Union University. […]