LMCO RECEIVES 3RD HIGHEST TOTAL EVER
Baptist Press RICHMOND — Southern Baptist church members gave $156.6 million to support international missionaries in 2018-2019, the third-highest Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for international missions ever received. Tennessee Baptists gave $10,389,109 to the 2018-19 offering, according to the TBMB accounting office. “Because you and your church gave through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, you […]
SEPTEMBER: PERFECT TIME TO PRAY, PARTICIPATE
By Vickie Anderson Tennessee WMU Executive Director According to www.nationaldaycalendar.com, the month of September has a variety of things to observe or celebrate: baby safety, better breakfast, blueberry popsicles, chicken, classical music, courtesy, fall hats, honey, mushrooms, rice, piano, self-care, self-improvement, square dancing, whole grains, and more. For Tennessee Baptists, September brings the opportunity to […]
GOLDEN MOMENT
Tennessee Baptists establish new record for giving through Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptists gave a record $1,920,733 through the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions in 2018-19. The amount is $77,222 over the old record of $1,843,511 which was set during 2016-17. Tennessee Baptists […]
YOUR GOTM GIVING AND YOUR KINGDOM IMPACT
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director I spend a lot of time crisscrossing the state on Interstate 40, so much so that I jokingly call it “Randy Davis Boulevard.” The landscape constantly passes, but rarely changes. It’s the people, however, who make Tennessee special. And the people change. One way we change […]
TENNESSEE’S ‘LOTTIE MOON’ STEPS DOWN
Missions specialist Kim Margrave served with Tennessee Baptist Mission Board for 22 years By Ashley Perham Baptist & Reflector intern FRANKLIN — In the past 22 years, Tennessee Baptists have been able to partner in missions with ministries in more than 20 states and countries due largely to the work of Kim Margrave, the “Lottie […]
RURAL MEDICAL CLINIC IS ‘A GOD THING’
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] SPEEDWELL — A rural medical clinic, supported in part by local Christians, many of whom are members of Baptist churches, is trying to make a difference in one of the state’s poorest counties in Appalachia. Claiborne County in northeast Tennessee, bordering the Kentucky state line, is impacted […]
SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSIONS AND KINGDOM WORK
By Richard E. Bray Pastor, Rock Hill Baptist Church, Lexington Southern Baptists are a missions people. In fact, the glue that holds the Southern Baptist Convention together has always been cooperative missions. I grew up attending Southern Baptist churches where I was exposed to missions on a regular basis. My seminary studies added to my […]
FRIENDSHIPS EMERGE IN SIMPLEST WAYS
By Laura Hurd Member, Ridgeview Baptist Church, Church Hill I have a friend who has been a constant voice in my life, never being deterred by my unique circumstance as I care for a child with autism. My son and I recently had the honor finally to attend a local women’s Bible study group to […]
TENNESSEE BAPTISTS ON MISSION: DESTINATION GERMANY
By Chris Turner [email protected] DUSSELDORF — Statistics will tell you Germany is a Christian nation. Heinrich Derksen will tell you it is not. “The (spiritual) soil in Germany is very hard,” he says. “It is a post-Christian country and in many ways a pre-Christian country. It has drifted far from being the birthplace of the […]
IMB APPROVES MISSIONARIES
Baptist Press RICHMOND — International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 26 new missionaries to take the gospel to the nations during their May 22-23 meeting near Richmond. Trustees also considered pivotal changes in ministry advancement and prayer strategies; heard recommendations related to IMB’s handling of past allegations of child abuse and sexual harassment; […]