EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE TENNESSEE BAPTIST CONVENTION CLOSES ON NEW PROPERTY
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBC BRENTWOOD — The Executive Board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention signed the closing documents on property in Franklin Oct. 26, preparing the way for construction to begin on a permanent location for the convention’s Church Support Center. “We are thankful to have this step behind us and can […]
Would You Pay You What You Pay Your Pastor?
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 […]
God & Assisted Suicide: What’s the Answer?
By Randy C. Davis TBC executive director The scenario plays itself out thousands of times a day. A family member or friend is racked with a terminal illness, suffering unbearably, and the question comes up: Should they have the right to physician assisted suicide? That question gained prominence 20-plus years ago with Dr. Jack Kevorkian […]
It’s a Fact — Not a Cliche
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director I’ve noticed a growing verbal trend that makes me uncomfortable to the point that it deeply concerns me. Someone will toss out the Cooperative Program’s unofficial motto, “We can do more together than we can do apart,” but with a mildly sarcastic tone. My concern is with the […]
When We All Get Together
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director There are those people who touch your life and have an impact that shapes who you become. Charlie was one of those for me. I’ll never forget Charlie. Charlie died in his mid-90s. He served as treasurer of Little Escambia Baptist Church for well over 40 years. Every […]
Rising to a ‘Golden’ Opportunity
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director I can imagine W.C. and Mildred Golden sitting at a candlelit table over 114 years ago working tirelessly to write letter after letter to Tennessee Baptists. The flicker of light probably danced across the materials spread out before them waiting to be slid into an envelope and sent […]
Tennesseans Face ‘Monumental’ Vote, Says Davis
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Tennesseans are facing “the most monumental vote” in the state’s 218-year-old history, says Randy C. Davis, executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Referring to Amendment 1 which is on the state ballot, Davis said, “It will be an indictment on Christians if Amendment 1 does not pass.” Davis made […]
I Love to Tell the Stories
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director There’s a homeless man who lives in Chattanooga tucked under a towering overpass. He abused crack cocaine and alcohol. Physically, his life was a wreck and heading for death. Spiritually, he was heading for hell. But about a year ago, someone navigated quarry stones, briar bushes and the […]
Do We Really Need More Churches?
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director There are churches everywhere in Nashville. Let’s take a ride. For instance, nine large churches sit adjacent to Franklin Road in a two-mile stretch if you drive north from Old Hickory in Brentwood. If you drive south another two or three miles through Brentwood you can add another […]
Resurrecting 500 Tennessee Baptist Churches
By Randy C. Davis TBC Executive Director To say Litz Manor Baptist Church was on life support is an understatement. The reality was its slow death was only delaying being moved from the category of once-thriving congregations to just another statistic of churches that closed its doors. You’ve seen those churches. They are now community […]