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2 assumptions to avoid when discipling young adults

April 22, 2023

Churches realize they need to reach young adults in their community, and a vision of winning and sending young adults out as disciple makers is

TN Baptist volunteers serve 1,000 construction workers at Ford plant

April 20, 2023

Wearing green hats and warm smiles, a large group of Tennessee Baptist volunteers recently served lunch to more than 1,000 construction workers at BlueOval City

‘No time to waste’: Looking ahead to May 4 National Day of Prayer

April 18, 2023

On May 4, Americans will gather at courthouses, schools, parks and churches to publicly pray for our nation. Such an intentional focus on prayer is

‘Retraumatized’: Syrians seeking hope after earthquake, decades of desperation

April 17, 2023

For Syrians, the world has been crumbling for years, and this February’s earthquake added mounds to the existing literal and figurative rubble of a nation

Students across TN share gospel in Florida during Beach Reach

April 15, 2023

Although Mark Whitt has participated in Beach Reach more than a dozen times, he doesn’t show any signs of burnout. Quite the opposite. Whitt, the

‘Opportunities now’: Mississippi college students embrace ‘a taste’ of missions

April 15, 2023

More than 300 Baptist Student Union members from Mississippi campuses fanned out during spring break to spread the good news that Jesus saves. “Typically, our

‘Fulfilling a need’: Bivocational pastor obeys call to serve 2 churches

April 13, 2023

Any way you slice it, Brian Parsons is a bivocational pastor. The bivocational pastor of Springville Baptist Church also is the bivocational pastor of McDavid

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Pastor pipeline dwindling in TN, Baptist leaders say

April 12, 2023

On any given Sunday there may be as many as 350 churches in Tennessee without a pastor, said Roger “Sing” Oldham, pastor engagement specialist for

3 ways church attendance nurtures spiritual growth in children

April 10, 2023

One Sunday morning, when moving from our Sunday school class to the worship service in the auditorium, I overheard this conversation between a mother and