Bellevue Baptist calls Lifeway CEO Ben Mandrell as 8th pastor
July 14, 2025
“I cannot tell you how thankful we are for this moment,” Ben Mandrell said. “This big hurricane of Bellevue love has just swallowed us up.”
Tennessee Baptist and Reflector
Opinion: Christians and June’s ‘tsunami’
June 26, 2025
June is Pride Month, and every year it crashes into our culture like a tsunami, flooding us with an aggressive amount of pro-LGBTQ+ messaging.
Tennessee deems July annual month of prayer with bipartisan support
June 25, 2025
HJR0051, championed by State Representative Monty Fritts, passed with 81 out of the 91 votes in the House and 28 out of 31 votes in the Senate before being signed by Governor Bill Lee on May 2.
‘High-five Fridays’ among efforts to build relationships with inner-city school
June 20, 2025
For the past six years, Belle Aire Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, has built a powerful connection with Hobgood Elementary, an inner-city school facing numerous low-income challenges.
‘Not hurting without hope’: Fire destroys Tennessee church
June 19, 2025
“By the time I got there, it was fully engaged all the way across the foyer, the sanctuary, and the kitchen area,” said Phill Hall, interim Director of Missions for the Dyer Baptist Association and former interim pastor of Zion Hill. scene after receiving word of the fire.
Supreme Court upholds TN law banning transgender hormone therapies for minors
June 18, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 18 in favor of a Tennessee law banning medical treatments and procedures, including puberty blockers, for transgender adolescents seeking gender transition.
Serving one county’s underserved
June 16, 2025
“We firmly believe that the mission that shines the furthest out, must shine brightest at home,” said pastor Gannon Richesin.
First person: How churches can encourage Christian fathers
June 15, 2025
The church has many opportunities to encourage Christian fathers. Unfortunately, some fathers today did not grow up in the church or have parents who provided a Christian home.
First person: My Dad, the know-it-all — and ‘lifelong learner’
June 14, 2025
My dad is a know-it-all — in history, especially naval and American history; in politics; in random facts spanning from space exploration and “Star Wars”
Messengers vote down motion to force financial transparency
June 11, 2025
Southern Baptist messengers to the 2025 Annual Meeting rejected an amendment Wednesday that would have required the Southern Baptist Convention to publish detailed financial information like IRS Form 990 disclosures.
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