Baptist broadcaster defined by faith, not career
March 19, 2025
“I got as low as I could possibly go and when I was at the bottom I looked up and there was Jesus standing with His arms open saying, ‘Son, come home.’ ”
Lonnie Wilkey
Stained glass windows still tell the gospel story
February 19, 2025
One of the primary reasons stained glass windows are still popular today is that they tell the gospel story, observed Andrew Young, owner of Pearl River Glass Studio in Jackson, Mississippi.
First person: Methods have changed, but role of state papers is the same
November 18, 2024
Longtime Tennessee Baptist editor Lonnie Wilkey shares how methods in publishing have changed, but the role of state papers remains important.
‘I was blown away’: TN Baptist DR relief trains 400 new volunteers
October 5, 2024
Tennessee Baptists hold largest-ever Disaster Relief training in state. “I was expecting about 200 participants but we doubled that. I was blown away,” said Wes Jones, Disaster Relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.
‘Invested’: Staff continuity works well for Tennessee church
September 29, 2024
In a society where the average stay of a minister at a church is normally less than six or seven years, it would be hard pressed to find a church that matches Central Baptist Church in Crossville, Tennessee.
Longtime TN Baptist editor publishes collection of his columns
September 24, 2024
Lonnie Wilkey, who has been with the Baptist and Reflector since 1988 and has served as editor since 1998, has put together a collection of his columns in “Faith, Family and Life’s Lessons: Reflections of a Christian Journalist.”
Could the CP allocation proposal in TN be the start of a new trend?
September 11, 2024
Tennessee Baptist Mission Board directors recommend same Cooperative Program allocation budget for coming year but propose change in distribution formula — a move away from what has been advocated for at the SBC level for the past 15 years.
Law Amendment fails on second vote by SBC messengers
June 12, 2024
In a highly anticipated vote on the final day of this year’s SBC Annual Meeting, messengers narrowly defeated the proposed Law Amendment which specified that only men can serve “as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by Scripture.”
SBC messengers vote to disaffiliate with Virginia Baptist congregation
June 11, 2024
Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting voted June 11 to disaffiliate with First Baptist Church Alexandria, Virginia, by a ballot vote of 6,759 (91.78 percent) to 563 (7.65 percent).
Associations and leaders are needed in SBC, presidential candidates agree
June 9, 2024
The six presidential candidates were invited to address the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders tonight (June 9) at the Indiana Convention Center.
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