First person: The danger of false positives
December 8, 2024
Adam Dooley shares the dangers of “false positives.” “Unfortunately, American Christianity has its share of false positives,” he writes.
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First person: Celebrating $1.5 billion of giving
December 7, 2024
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.
VBS preview event to immerse leaders in 2025 theme
December 7, 2024
In January, around 4,000 ministry leaders and volunteers will gather in Nashville, Tennessee, Houston and Fort Worth, Texas, and Ridgecrest, North Carolina, for Lifeway’s annual Vacation Bible School Preview events.
Tennessee church reaches out to women in crisis with Safe Haven Baby Box
December 7, 2024
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.
Growing quilting ministry helps women, children in need
December 7, 2024
“Pat’s Saturday Sew Day” is the Grover Park Baptist Church quilt ministry in Warrensburg, Missouri, and in less than two years, it has given away 277 quilts and counting.
Six homes in four days: Helene survivors back in homes
December 6, 2024
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
Texas missions leader Joy Fenner dies at 89
December 6, 2024
Joy Fenner, a Baptist missionary, Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas leader and the first woman elected as president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, died Nov. 29 in Dallas. She was 89.
‘As though they were for their own’: TN Baptists collect record 7,540 backpacks
December 6, 2024
Tennessee Baptist Convention churches provided a record 7,540 Christmas Backpacks this year, surpassing the ministry’s goal of 7,000 backpacks.
First person: Avoiding brain rot in a world full of distractions
December 5, 2024
“When I first heard ‘brain rot,’ I had to laugh. It sounds like the kind of thing my grandma would’ve accused me of catching if I spent too much time watching reruns of Gilligan’s Island,” writes Tony Martin, Baptist Record editor.
IMB’s Paul Chitwood shares why this year’s missions offering is ‘the most important’
December 5, 2024
“Because this year’s Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is the most important offering in the history of the International Mission Board, I am asking every church to give 10% more to the IMB this year than you gave last year.” — Paul Chitwood
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