Lloyd Elder died Nov. 3 after a lengthy illness. Southern Baptists lost a statesman — and bivocational and small church pastors across the denomination lost a friend.
Giving their members and guests a safer alternative to traditional trick-or-treating on Halloween, many Baptist churches host fall festivals in October.
More than 250 youth, parents and church youth leaders recently attended the EQUIP Youth Apologetics Conference at Union University’s Carl Grant Events Center.
With Halloween almost here, horror movies and costumes are available through various entertainment outlets and in our community. Though people ask in different ways, a common question this time of year is, “Are ghosts real?”
You may read the headline and automatically assume I am opposed to churches paying tribute to their ministers. Nothing could be further from the truth.
“I have seen lots of smiles and looks of relief on everyone’s faces [following their return from Israel],” one church member of Sunnyside Baptist Church in Kingsport noted.
For approximately 30 years, churches in East Tennessee Baptist Association have been ministering to migrant workers in Cocke County — in one form or another.