Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,852,274 through the Cooperative Program in November. After one month of the 2017-18 fiscal year, Cooperative Program gifts are $71,989 or 2.5 percent below what was given after one month in the last fiscal year. Gifts also are $22,726 or 0.79 percent below budget needs.
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director On Feb. 18, 1952, the S.S. Pendleton was caught in a brutal winter storm generating 60-foot waves that slammed into the 500-foot tanker. The seas became so intense that it split the ship in two. The captain and six others were in the forward part of the ship; the other 32 in the aft as the two sections began drifting apart.
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director I loved family reunions when I was growing up. Those reunions always landed on or near my Grandpa Davis’ birthday. My Grandpa Davis was my hero. He and Granny Davis were faithful saints and I loved them dearly. Granny Davis was the greatest prayer warrior I’ve ever known, and Grandpa Davis served as treasurer at Little Escambia (Ala.) Baptist Church for
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director Within a 24-hour period I was resoundingly reminded over the weekend of Sept. 23 and 24 of the spiritual battle raging around us. I was reminded Saturday of the beauty of Christ lived out in the life of those who put their hope in Him. Carolyn Boyd, wife of Forest Hills Baptist Church (Nashville) Pastor Sam Boyd, succumbed to amyotrophic lateral
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director Any way you slice it, it was a record-setting year for the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions. The first record broken came in June when the generous giving of Tennessee Baptists blew past the previous all-time high given to GOTM, which had been more than $1.7 million dollars. The second record broken was a final 2016-2017 total of nearly $1.85 million,
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director A great story never gets old, even if it’s an old story. I was recently talking with Mike Henegar, one of our Tennessee pastors, and he shared with me what God was saying to him through Psalms 71. Naturally, my curiosity was piqued so I reread Psalm 71 as soon as I got home. In the psalm, the Sweet Singer of
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director A strange phenomenon happened in the Pacific Northwest. Large patches of trees were dying in an Oregon forest. Scientists determined the problem was a single breed of mushroom that covered 2,384 acres, about the size of 1,600 soccer fields. Apparently the white tentacles of the mushroom wrapped around root systems and tree trunks and robbed the trees of nutrients, carbohydrates, and
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director There are moments in life that are so obviously important that they need not scream to be recognized. The magnitude of their presence halts the daily hustle and quietly demands that we notice, and reflect, and determine that the nostalgic moment becomes a prelude to something greater. I believe God has granted to Tennessee Baptists such a poignant moment and we
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board will host a fellowship reception for Tennessee Baptists attending the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Phoenix. The reception will be held on Monday, June 12, at 8:30 p.m. in the Ahwatukee Room A/B in the Sheraton Grand Hotel.
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President/Executive Director Wilkerson V. Jones would’ve turned 100 this coming July 4th. He was well known all over Mobile, Ala. It seemed as if he knew everybody and everybody knew him. He is a member of the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame, was active in his church, and was tall, handsome and distinguished. A southern gentleman in every way, married to the same woman for well
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,852,274 through the Cooperative Program in November. After one month of the 2017-18 fiscal year,
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director On Feb. 18, 1952, the S.S. Pendleton was caught in a brutal winter storm generating 60-foot
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director I loved family reunions when I was growing up. Those reunions always landed on or near
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director Within a 24-hour period I was resoundingly reminded over the weekend of Sept. 23 and 24
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director Any way you slice it, it was a record-setting year for the Golden Offering for Tennessee
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director A great story never gets old, even if it’s an old story. I was recently talking
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director A strange phenomenon happened in the Pacific Northwest. Large patches of trees were dying in an
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director There are moments in life that are so obviously important that they need not scream to
Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN — The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board will host a fellowship reception for Tennessee Baptists attending the annual meeting of the Southern
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President/Executive Director Wilkerson V. Jones would’ve turned 100 this coming July 4th. He was well known all over Mobile, Ala. It
