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‘UNDECIDED’ MOST PREFERRED BY PASTORS

February 10, 2016

By Bob Smietana Lifeway News Office NASHVILLE — Ted Cruz is the favorite presidential candidate of Protestant pastors who lean Republican. Hillary Clinton leads among Democratic pastors. And Donald Trump is near the back of the pack. But “Undecided” is by far the most popular choice of America’s pastors according to a new telephone survey of 1,000 Protestant senior pastors from Nashville-based LifeWay Research. The survey found nearly half of

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HELP SOUGHT TO COMPLETE COMPENSATION STUDY

February 1, 2016

GuideStone News Office DALLAS — GuideStone Financial Resources, along with LifeWay Research and Baptist state conventions, including the Tennessee Baptist Convention, has opened the biennial SBC Church Compensation Survey in 2016. Ministers and church employees are invited to participate in the survey, a resource used by churches of all sizes to determine fair wages and benefits. Survey participants will have the opportunity to enter for a chance to win an

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FORMER PASTORS REPORT LACK OF SUPPORT LED TO ABANDONING PASTORATE

February 1, 2016

By Lisa Cannon Green LifeWay News Office NASHVILLE, Tenn. – No sabbatical. No help with counseling. No clear picture of what’s expected. Hundreds of former senior pastors say these were the crucial elements missing from the final churches they led before quitting the pastorate. A recent study by LifeWay Research points to ways churches can encourage pastors to stay in the ministry, said Ed Stetzer, Executive Director of the Nashville-based research

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BIVOCATIONAL PASTORS PLAY KEY ROLE: PARROTT

January 5, 2016

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector ROGERSVILLE — With a half year under his belt as interim bivocational ministries specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Convention, John Parrott has confirmed what he already knew from his role as a director of missions — bivocational ministers are critical in helping to reach Tennessee Baptists with the gospel. Statistics show that approximately 65 percent of churches in Tennessee are served by bivocational

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MINISTERS’ WIVES: SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS

December 19, 2015

By Barney Self Pastoral Counseling Minister, Forest Hills Baptist Church, Nashville A minister’s wife lives in a fishbowl. She is viewed from every angle and in every way. Pressures are brought to bear on her that others can barely imagine. The daily life struggle is to maintain an appearance that is acceptable including make-up, clothing, and hair style. Next, the children have to be presentable and dressed “appropriately” as well

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WHERE IS JESUS? MINISTERS’ WIVES AND CHRISTMAS

December 17, 2015

By Donna Gaines Member, Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And yet for those of us in ministry, it can be stressful, overly busy, and can leave us exhausted as we roll into a new year. How do we prepare for the season in such a way that it doesn’t leave us depleted? How do we prevent our schedules from crowding out the very

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PRODIGALS CHALLENGE FAITH OF EVEN MINISTERS

December 7, 2015

Parents who are ministers, ministers’ wives and children relate their prodigal “journey” By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector Parable of the Lost Son, Luke 15: 11-32. MILLINGTON — A prodigal or child who rebels against the Christian teachings of their parents can bring the strongest Christian to their knees. It is especially difficult for Christians who are ministers or ministers’ wives. Shame, embarrassment, criticism, and resignations from

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ARABIC BAPTIST LEADER RAOUF GHATTAS DIES AT AGE 69

November 27, 2015

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector MURFREESBORO — Raouf W. Ghattas, a Tennessee Baptist pastor known for his work in reaching Muslims with the gospel, died Nov. 25 of an apparent heart attack at his home in Murfreesboro. Ghattas, 69, was pastor of Arabic Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, a congregation he helped establish in 2011 along with his wife, Carol. Ghattas was born in Cairo, Egypt to an Evangelical

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CONFERENCE SPEAKERS CHALLENGE TENNESSEANS

November 18, 2015

MILLINGTON — Focusing on the theme from Isaiah 64:1 of “Rend the Heavens and Come Down,” speakers at the 2015 Tennessee Baptist Pastors Conference at First Baptist Church in Millington addressed a number of topics related to revival. Grant Gaines, senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Jackson, emphasized the need for sound doctrine in churches as the basis for revival and for the well-being of believers. Preaching from I Timothy

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Would You Pay You What You Pay Your Pastor?

August 25, 2015

By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director New Hope Baptist Church in Leakesville, Miss., knew they were overpaying their 20-year-old preacher. He knew it too. At $125 a week, neither was real sure of what they were getting into. However, those sweet people were patient, kind, nurturing, and at every turn looked for ways to take care of their preacher boy and his new bride. For instance, there was the

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