Wilkey to retire as TN Baptist and Reflector editor
April 30, 2024
Lonnie Wilkey, who has served as editor of the B&R for 26 years, has announced his plans to retire from his position, effective Dec. 31, 2024.
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Union University trustees celebrate Dub Oliver’s 10th anniversary
April 23, 2024
Union University trustees during their April 5 meeting celebrated the 10-year anniversary of Union president Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver.
Intentional church planting: TN church launches effort to start 5 ethnic churches
April 21, 2024
Beginning this year, First Baptist Church Shelbyville, Tennessee, is launching an effort to start five ethnic churches in Bedford County over the next 15 years.
‘First responder’: Ministry assistants offer key contributions for churches
April 19, 2024
Church secretaries/ministry assistants make invaluable contributions “behind the scenes,” affirmed Julia Binford, president of the Tennessee Baptist Secretaries Association.
Volunteer Baptists International to plan more than 100 missions trips this year
April 12, 2024
After retiring from full-time missions and ministry in 2007, Garry Eudy envisioned helping churches plan a few missions trips a year. The first year he planned six trips. The next year it doubled to 12. This year ….
Beach Reach ‘not just another missions trip’ for college students
April 4, 2024
“People aren’t being changed by a shuttle ride,” one college student said. “They are being changed by people who are consistently pouring into them and showing them what Christ died for.”
BlueOval harvest field producing fruit for TN Baptists
March 25, 2024
Young, senior pastor of Zion Baptist Church in Brownsville, has already seen some incredible evangelistic stories emerge during his involvement with BlueOval City — the massive Ford auto plant in Stanton, Tennessee.
‘God’s design for sexuality’ best learned in church, not TikTok, couple teach
March 25, 2024
The Moores led a Wednesday evening session on “God’s design for sexuality” — and Satan’s “war on sex” in his hatred of God — at First Baptist Church Gatlinburg, Tennessee, where Nick is the lead pastor.
Spring Breakers: TN students called to the help the hurting
March 16, 2024
Carson-Newman University student Lexi Ray had one request upon returning from her Spring Break trip in early March. “Pray for this world and everyone in it.”
TN, KY Baptists provide hay to TX livestock owners impacted by wildfire
March 15, 2024
Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams are helping transport hay to Texas to aid livestock owners after recent wildfires in North Texas. Kentucky DR teams had collected hay from donations, but didn’t have any trucks or trailers to haul it.
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