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PLATT APOLOGIZES TO SOUTHERN BAPTISTS

February 16, 2017

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector ONTARIO, Calif. – David Platt, president of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board issued an apology to Southern Baptists Feb. 15 for the IMB’s involvement in an amicus brief last summer. Platt apologized during a meeting of the Association of State Baptist Publications held in Ontario, Calif. He also apologized to Baptist state convention executive directors during their session on the same day. In

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MOSQUE CASE PROMPTS IMB POLICY TWEAK

February 7, 2017

Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Ongoing discussion of a federal court case concerning religious liberty for Muslims has prompted the resignation of an International Mission Board trustee and a revision of the IMB’s process for submitting friend of the court briefs. Dean Haun, pastor of First Baptist Church in Morristown, resigned from the IMB trustee board in November based on his conviction the IMB should not have joined a friend of

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TENNESSEE PASTOR RESIGNS AS IMB TRUSTEE

January 23, 2017

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector MORRISTOWN — A Tennessee Baptist pastor has resigned as a trustee of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board in response to an action taken by IMB leadership last summer. He had another year to serve on his present term. Dean Haun, pastor of First Baptist Church, Morristown, told the Baptist and Reflector his resignation was in response to the IMB’s May 2016

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HELP CAN HURT

January 12, 2017

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector I recently came across an article on the International Mission Board website (www.imb.org) by former president Jerry Rankin. The title immediately caught my attention: “Help that Hurts: Considering the Long-Term Cost of Missions Subsidy.” Rankin observed: “We have made many mistakes over the years of missions work around the world. One of the errors has been trying to accelerate growth by an infusion of financial

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NAME CHANGE, FIRES TOP STORIES IN 2016

January 10, 2017

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — There was no shortage of news in the Tennessee Baptist Convention in 2016. The story that garnered the most national attention occurred Nov. 28 when fires swept across Sevier County, primarily in Gatlinburg, leaving 14 people dead, injuring at least 160 others, and damaging or destroying 2,400 structures including three Tennessee Baptist churches in Gatlinburg — Roaring Fork Baptist Church, Banner

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LOTTIE MOON — THE REBEL I WANT TO BE

December 19, 2016

By Lori McDaniel Church Initiative Leader, International Mission Board, Richmond, Va. Lottie Moon. I want to be like her, but I didn’t realize how much until I dove into her life story. You could draw a line in the sand, mention the name Lottie Moon, and people who revere her will move to one side of the line while people whispering, “Who’s that?” will migrate to the other. I had

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EVANGELISM NOT A GIFT: IT’S OBEDIENCE

December 7, 2016

 Editor’s Note: In September, the International Mission Board hosted Baptist state paper editors in London to introduce its new media network and to explore its Global Cities Initiative, a part of IMB President David Platt’s desire to introduce a “limitless” missionary force of Southern Baptists. In December, Southern Baptists are observing a Week of Prayer for International Missions and are collecting the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering which supports missionaries around

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OFFERING IS ALL ABOUT THE MISSIONARIES

December 7, 2016

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector Tennessee Baptist Convention churches are observing the Week for Prayer for International Missions this week and are in the process of collecting the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. If past years are any indicator, Tennessee Baptists will be generous when it comes to supporting our international missionaries who serve all over the world. I hope this response continues this year as well. In September

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MEMPHIS TEAM AIDS STUDENT WORK IN LONDON

November 16, 2016

Editor’s Note: In September, the International Mission Board hosted Baptist state paper editors in London to introduce  its new media network and to explore its Global Cities Initiative, a part of IMB President David Platt’s desire to introduce a “limitless” missionary force of Southern Baptists. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LONDON — The Southern Baptist International Mission Board’s plan to have an impact in London will require more

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TENNESSEE BAPTIST STEPS OUT IN FAITH

November 15, 2016

Editor’s Note: In September, the International Mission Board hosted Baptist state paper editors in London to introduce its new media network and to explore its Global Cities Initiative, a part of IMB President David Platt’s desire to introduce a “limitless” missionary force of Southern Baptists. By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LONDON — As soon as Amanda McCoy speaks, her new coworkers in London know that “she’s not from

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HELP CAN HURT

January 12, 2017

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector I recently came across an article on the International Mission Board website (www.imb.org) by former president Jerry Rankin. The

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