JAM CHALLENGES KIDS TO MAKE CHRIST KNOWN
Baptist and Reflector MOUNT JULIET — Middle Tennessee JAM (Journey Adventures in Missions) 2018, a missions event for boys and girls in grades 1-6, including Girls in Action, Royal Ambassadors and Children in Action, took place Sept. 29 at Victory Baptist Church in Mount Juliet. JAM allows children from across the state to come together […]
TENNESSEE DR VOLUNTEERS HEADED TO FLORIDA
By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] FRANKLIN — With teams deployed, and still needed, in North Carolina, Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers will be doing “double duty” in the days ahead. DR teams will head to Crawfordville, Fla., on Saturday, Oct. 12, to set up incident command, chain saw teams and feeding, shower and laundry units. Volunteers […]
TEN THINGS WE DON’T WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE CP
By Matt Tullos Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB In the Go Fund Me era, it’s easy to minimize the Cooperative Program. We get so caught up in the daily grind of ministry and we forget all the things that make the Cooperative Program shine so brightly in a dark world. It begs the question, “What would […]
TEN THINGS WE DON’T WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE CP
By Matt Tullos Stewardship Development Specialist, TBMB In the Go Fund Me era, it’s easy to minimize the Cooperative Program. We get so caught up in the daily grind of ministry and we forget all the things that make the Cooperative Program shine so brightly in a dark world. It begs the question, “What would […]
TWO SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL WORDS: THANK YOU
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director It’s just two words but they are incredibly powerful when flowing from a heart genuinely filled with gratitude. They can be delivered a number of ways; a text, an e-mail, or better yet, a handwritten note. Think what it means if you receive a call and […]
LOTTIE MOON OFFERING TOTALS NEARLY $159 MILLION
By Julie McGowan IMB RICHMOND, Va. — On the 100th anniversary since Southern Baptists named their global mission offering in honor of esteemed missionary Lottie Moon, church members gave $158.9 million to sustain their international missionaries worldwide — the second-highest Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® for International Missions ever received. “We praise the Lord and thank […]
‘YELLOW CAPS’ STILL MAKING A DIFFERENCE
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] I spent part of last week in and around the coast of North Carolina with William Maxwell, administrative director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, meeting some of the most dedicated servants of Christ anywhere — disaster relief volunteers. Volunteers from all across Tennessee were helping North […]
SWEAT, TEARS AND ‘A LOT OF JESUS’
Tennessee volunteers show love of Christ through disaster relief By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. — The calendar may have rolled into October, but the temperatures on the coast of North Carolina screamed July and August. The heat didn’t matter, however, to the numerous Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers who […]
BACKPACKS BRING HAPPINESS — AND HOPE
By Joe Sorah Compassion Ministries Specialist, TBMB If there was a way to share the gospel with Tennessee’s impoverished children, would you be interested in joining the effort? If so, keep reading! In 2001, a Georgia GA group wanted to do something for children in Appalachia for Christmas. They filled 300 shoe boxes with gifts […]
BLESSINGS IN BACKPACKS
Christmas backpack ministry brings gospel, toys to children By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — This Christmas, hundreds of underprivileged children in Tennessee will be receiving Barbie dolls and board games, matchbox cars and model planes. More importantly, they will be receiving hope through the good news of Jesus. All across the state, […]