Over the past 22 years, Corryton Church has given away nearly $1 million dollars of gifts and goods to families in East Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky.
“We’ve been doing dead week activities for nine years and it gets bigger and bigger every year,” said Jonathan Chapman, collegiate ministries specialist at ETSU.
David Dawson, recently named managing editor of Tennessee’s Baptist and Reflector, shares his thoughts on the end of an era.
Zan Taylor, a layman and director of maintenance at West End Baptist Church in Newport, Tennessee, simply obeyed when he felt the Lord calling him to raise funds for flood victims from Hurricane Helene.
Randy Davis, executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, shares thoughts on the significance of celebrating 150 years of the Tennessee Baptist Convention and the 100th anniversary of the SBC’s Cooperative Program.
As of July 2022, Secret Safe Place for Newborns of Tennessee says more than 100 babies have been surrendered to facilities in Tennessee since the law was enacted, the Knoxville News-Sentinel reported.
Six families in Greene County whose homes were heavily damaged and their lives were disrupted by Hurricane Helene were back in their homes on Thanksgiving
Tennessee Baptist Convention churches provided a record 7,540 Christmas Backpacks this year, surpassing the ministry’s goal of 7,000 backpacks.
“I do believe it’s unfortunate for us if we hear familiar (Christmas) carols more in the shopping mall than we do in the local church,” writes Justin Wainscott.
Carson-Newman University presented the 2024 Ken Sparks Award to Steve Gaines. The Nov. 12 presentation came during C-N’s Alumni and Friends Dinner held at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention in Murfreesboro.
