As the apartment door clicked shut, it locked away Madison’s college years — and a piece of my heart. I can’t reopen that door to relive those moments with my “kiddo,” but God’s faithfulness assures me it’s OK.
It’s a Saturday night at the Veteran’s Motorplex at The Rim in Greenbrier, Tennessee, and racetrack chaplain Brian Baker is making the rounds with the crowd.
Pastor Adam Dooley of Tennessee shares his observations and reasonings in this opinion piece.
“One moment is not going to change the entire trajectory of what we do, but it can remind us of some very important things. The beauty of Baptist life and cooperation is that everybody is autonomous … we work together because we want to.”
Stephanie Edwards navigates rows of tall, unfinished wooden shelves, touching the world with each reach into one of the hundreds of cardboard boxes filled with exotic goods.
Mary Lane Moore added that many in their small church of 50 members cannot go to the missions field due to health or work, but that didn’t stop God from calling them to be a part of it in some capacity.
“It was really cool to have a couple of churches come together for ministry at the jail, and we want to celebrate that part of it as well,” pastor Anthony Kendall said.
“The Lord woke me up in the middle of the night and I sat up in the bed, wide awake, ” said Mike Dawson, who retired from full-time ministry in 2005 after 52 years.
Over a three-week period last month, Tennessee BCM groups joined 47 other campus-based/church-based college ministries from across the U.S. to have a kingdom impact on their generation through BeachReach.
Living less than a mile from the church, Charlie and his wife Teresa decided to attend one Sunday. The couple wasn’t unfamiliar with Wildwood. What they found was a congregation of just 25 people, nearly all over age 70.
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