PASTOR: NINE STEPS TO RECOVERING YOUR JOY

By Randy C. Davis TBMB Executive Director It’s right there in the red letters:  “That my joy may be in you …” This is a statement of fact made by Jesus Himself, and yet I’ve encountered so many pastors who haven’t experienced joy in a long time. The man behind the pulpit carries both pastoral […]

TENNESSEE PASTORS SPOTLIGHTED IN UNION EVENT

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JACKSON — Four Tennessee Baptist pastors were front and center during the Festival of Preaching held March 8 at Union University. The festival was held prior to Union’s REF500 Conference on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The Festival of Preaching focused on the five central themes […]

NASHVILLE NATIVE PENS AUTOBIOGRAPHY

By David Dawson Contributing Writer, B&R NASHVILLE — As those who have spent their lives in the ministry can attest, the phrase “retired pastor” is often a misnomer, perhaps even an oxymoron. That is certainly the case for Nashville native and former Tennessee Baptist pastor (Two Rivers Baptist Church, Nashville) Jim Henry. The former president […]

AMERICAN PASTORS ARE OLDER, AND GETTING OLDER, THAN EVER

By Jeff Brumley Baptist News Global If you’re noticing a lot of gray in the pulpit at your church these days, you’re not alone. Pastors are getting older. “The aging of pastors represents a substantial crisis for Protestant churches,” David Kinnaman, president of the Barna Group, said in remarks included with a report titled “The […]

BAPTISTS TAKE PART IN TRUMP INAUGURATION

Baptist Press WASHINGTON — The participation of at least five Southern Baptist pastors in inaugural activities for President Donald Trump continues a tradition of prayer, Scripture and references to God surrounding presidential inaugurations dating back to George Washington. Evangelist Franklin Graham read from I Timothy 1 and 2 at President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration.

PRIORITIZE EVANGELISM DESPITE DISTRACTIONS

By Ernest L. Easley Evangelism Professor, Union University, Jackson A busy pastor recently asked me how to keep the main focus on evangelism while meeting all the other demands and distractions of church life. Having served as a lead pastor for more than 30 years, I understand that frustration. I sometimes struggled to have any […]

FATHER/SON PASTOR TEAM LEADS TRANSITION

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — For the past 11 years Gene Mims has served as pastor of Judson Baptist Church here. Mims is still pastor but he’s no longer alone in the task. In September, his son Jeff Mims officially became the church’s co-pastor. Jeff Mims is no stranger to the […]

CONFERENCE HONORS ‘UNKNOWN HEROES’

By Tim Ellsworth Contributing Writer, Baptist and Reflector SEVIERVILLE — Pastors must guard against ambition and pride if their ministries are to be characterized by faithfulness and not by failure, Paige Patterson told pastors attending the 2016 Tennessee Baptist Pastors Conference Nov. 14. “The Lord is serious about this business of ministry,” said Patterson, president […]

TENNESSEE BAPTIST MISSION BOARD

Messengers approve new name for Executive Board, elect Freeman By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector SEVIERVILLE — Messengers to the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention approved a new name for the Executive Board and elected Springfield pastor Steve Freeman as their new president. The two actions were among many that took place […]

MCGEHEE NEW PRESIDENT-ELECT OF TENNESSEE PASTORS CONFERENCE

Baptist and Reflector SEVIERVILLE — Tim McGehee, pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Tullahoma, was elected president-elect of the Tennessee Baptist Pastors Conference on Nov. 14. McGehee, who was chosen without opposition, will succeed incoming president Jim Collier, pastor of Kirby Woods Baptist Church, Memphis, next year. McGehee was nominated for the position by David Green, […]