Pastor opens up about burnout, stress in ministry
May 2, 2023
Editor’s note: May is Mental Health Awareness Month. May 22, 2022 will forever be etched in the memory of Keith Vaughan, pastor of Valley Grove
Tennessee Baptist and Reflector
2 assumptions to avoid when discipling young adults
April 22, 2023
Churches realize they need to reach young adults in their community, and a vision of winning and sending young adults out as disciple makers is
TN Baptist volunteers serve 1,000 construction workers at Ford plant
April 20, 2023
Wearing green hats and warm smiles, a large group of Tennessee Baptist volunteers recently served lunch to more than 1,000 construction workers at BlueOval City
Students across TN share gospel in Florida during Beach Reach
April 15, 2023
Although Mark Whitt has participated in Beach Reach more than a dozen times, he doesn’t show any signs of burnout. Quite the opposite. Whitt, the
‘Fulfilling a need’: Bivocational pastor obeys call to serve 2 churches
April 13, 2023
Any way you slice it, Brian Parsons is a bivocational pastor. The bivocational pastor of Springville Baptist Church also is the bivocational pastor of McDavid
Pastor pipeline dwindling in TN, Baptist leaders say
April 12, 2023
On any given Sunday there may be as many as 350 churches in Tennessee without a pastor, said Roger “Sing” Oldham, pastor engagement specialist for
More deadly tornadoes prompt swift response from Southern Baptist DR volunteers
April 3, 2023
Another wave of deadly tornadoes over the weekend kept Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams in the South and the Midwest on the move after 11
‘Instruments of Joy’: Pastor, sons use hobby to provide guitars for missions
March 29, 2023
Pastor Greg Gilbreath of Madison Baptist Church in Jackson, Tennessee, has always enjoyed both playing and repairing his own guitars. Two of his sons —
Bivocational ministers, spouses retreat provides ‘recharge’ to record number of attendees
March 5, 2023
In 1996, the first retreat for bivocational ministers and wives was held at Fall Creek Falls State Park in Spencer, Tennessee, drawing about 20 couples.
Union University celebrates 200 years, ‘Christ-centered’ convictions
February 28, 2023
Union University turned 200 on Feb. 3, with celebrations including a special chapel service, bicentennial birthday party, documentary release and more. The event began in
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