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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 to learn more about what it means to know God and make him known, said

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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 will be headquartered at Lake Ellen Baptist Church in Crawfordville, said Wes Jones, disaster relief

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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 your church, Tennessee, and the world look like without CP?” Here are a few uncomfortable

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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 your church, Tennessee, and the world look like without CP?” Here are a few uncomfortable

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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 the person on the other end simply says, “I wanted to call and just say

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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 Southern Baptist churches who have again generously demonstrated their faithfulness in undergirding the spread of

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‘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 Carolinians recover from the devastation to their homes caused by Hurricane Florence earlier in September.

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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 trekked to various locations throughout coastal North Carolina. The trip brought tears, sweat and “a

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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 for needy children.  From that humble beginning, the Christmas Backpack Ministry was launched. 

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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, Tennessee Baptists are participating in “Christmas Backpacks for Children and Teens” — a ministry that

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