CHURCH REVITALIZATION MORE THAN NUMBERS
80-year-old pastor proves age is not a factor in reaching younger families By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector SPRINGFIELD – The numbers may not reflect it, but Eastland Heights Baptist Church in Springfield is truly being revitalized, says Pastor Jerry Heflin. And, what’s more, the church is being revitalized by an 80-year-old pastor who […]
SIX SPEAKERS HEADLINE PASTORS CONFERENCE
Baptist and Reflector SEVIERVILLE — The 2016 Tennessee Baptist Pastors Conference will feature six speakers including Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson. The speakers will help “Honor the Unknown Heroes of the Tennessee Baptist Convention.” The afternoon session on Nov. 14 from 1-4:15 p.m. features Jim Collier, pastor, Kirby Woods Baptist Church, Memphis, and […]
TBC MINISTERS’ SALARIES ABOVE AVERAGE
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — The average compensation (salary and housing) and pay packages for senior pastors and staff ministers in Tennessee Baptist Convention churches exceeds the national average in most categories. The 2016 SBC Church Compensation Study, a joint project of state Baptist conventions, GuideStone Financial Resources, and LifeWay Christian Resources, was released in […]
SPEAKERS SOUGHT FOR CONFERENCE
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — The 2017 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors Conference in Phoenix is expected to highlight the contributions of the convention’s smaller churches and celebrate the diverse landscape that makes up the SBC. To that end, Pastors Conference officers are seeking nominations for event speakers who represent these churches. To help fill the slate […]
A ‘TENNESSEE REUNION’ PLANNED
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — The Tennessee Baptist Convention’s annual Summit: The Gathering of Tennessee Baptists is expanding this year. As always, the Summit (scheduled for Nov. 13-17) will include the Tennessee Baptist Pastors Conference and the annual business meeting, but this year will include the “Tennessee Reunion” on Sunday night, […]
NEARLY 90 YEARS OLD, CORLEY KEEPS SERVING
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector LIVINGSTON — Damon Corley will be 90 years old in November, but you would never know it by looking at him. Still spry and active, Corley is not only the pastor of West Fentress Baptist Church in Jamestown, he also just recently accepted the role of associate moderator […]
THOM TAPP, RETIRED MINISTER, CARTOONIST, DIES
By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector KINGSTON — Thomas “Thom” Tapp, 65, retired pastor and cartoonist, died June 11 in Kingston. His cartoons were published for many years in the Baptist and Reflector and are still featured on Baptist Press. He was retired pastor, Oral Baptist Church, Lenoir City. He also was […]
PASTORS ON POLITICS: BIBLICAL, NOT CONTROVERSIAL
By by Tom Strode Baptist Press ST. LOUIS (BP) — Proclaiming Scripture instead of promoting controversy is their approach when addressing political issues, pastors said during a June 15 panel discussion at the 2016 Southern Baptist Convention. Five Southern Baptist pastors explained to Ronnie Floyd, now former SBC president, during the afternoon session how they […]
EFFECTIVE EVANGELISM DRAWS FOCUS AT PASTORS’ CONFERENCE
Baptist Press ST. LOUIS, Missouri (BP) — The 2016 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference continued with exposition of 2 Timothy 4:5-6 during afternoon and evening sessions June 13. Five speakers further explained the words of the apostle Paul, urging pastors to “do the work of an evangelist and fulfill your ministry.” The conference preceded the […]
FROM MINISTER OF MUSIC TO PREACHER
Guyer sees God redirect him and bless him and his church in building project By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector SAVANNAH — Just three years ago Allen Guyer was serving as minister of music of Riverview Baptist Church here, a growing church plant he helped start in 2009. Everything was going well […]