Celebrate Recovery transforms jail with ‘backbone of faith’
June 26, 2026
Jail feels like limbo for some. It is a place of saving grace for others. It was for Torie McCord.
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‘Home is not always safe’: The childhood trauma behind addiction
June 18, 2026
For Gloria Vick, the turning point came when she could no longer ignore a pattern she kept seeing among the women in her Celebrate Recovery class at the Putnam County Jail.
‘545 Wellness Community’ begins next session of ‘participation and perspiration’
June 16, 2026
The first session of the “545 Wellness Community” accomplished its mission: It included participation — and perspiration — from church leaders all across the state.
First person: Prayer walking offers perfect preparation for VBS
June 11, 2026
There are many ways to prepare for Vacation Bible School (VBS). Prayer is an obvious one. Prayer walking offers every church member an opportunity to lay an intentional, strategic spiritual foundation for ministering to children.
45 years without missing a Sunday
June 3, 2026
Wiley Couch, 75, has served as facilities director at Red Bank & The Point Church for 45 years and has not missed a single Sunday in more than 1,500 consecutive weeks.
Mother’s faith grows amid ‘deepest grief’ after son’s murder
May 28, 2026
The morning after her son was killed, Katrina Leonard knew only one thing: She had to go to church.
‘Mission-minded’ Venture Teams equip teens to be missional
May 23, 2026
For years, the Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union has made a difference in the lives of students.
Celebrating ‘New Life’ with nearly 200 baptisms in Tennessee
May 5, 2026
From Johnson City to Jackson, 47 Tennessee Baptist churches set aside the Sunday after Easter as a day for baptism. When the day came, 185 people said yes.
Tennessee WMU gathers for missions-focused fellowship
April 30, 2026
The Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union gathered at First Baptist Church, Dickson, April 17-18 for its annual Missions Get-Together.
She aims to minister ‘to the whole woman’
April 25, 2026
On any given week at Northside Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, you might find a room full of women laughing, sweating and fellowshipping their way through a REFIT® workout class.
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