Wilkey to retire as TN Baptist and Reflector editor
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.
Hurricane Beryl makes landfall; DR volunteers face another busy week
Hurricane Beryl made landfall as a Category 1 storm along the Texas coast on Monday morning (July 8). It’s the first storm of the Atlantic hurricane season to make landfall in the U.S.
SBC Exec Comm to sell downtown building, create new department on abuse response
In an effort to help the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee rebound from ongoing financial struggles and growing legal expenses, the EC announced on Tuesday (Sept. 17) it was planning to sell its downtown Nashville building.
MaxFit gym providing ‘safe space’ through Connie Maxwell Children’s Ministries
When Lauren Boyd and her family moved away from Birmingham, Alabama, in July 2020, she thought she was leaving her dream of starting a gym behind. But those concerns soon turned into an opportunity.
BGCT, NAMB leaders clarify path forward with church starting arrangement
Leaders from the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the North American Mission Board agreed in principle to a clear path forward for providing church-starting resources and support for BGCT churches desiring access to NAMB resources…
Missouri association partners with children’s home in Liberia
Several churches in the Black River Association in Kennett, Missouri, have begun assisting a ministry to children in the western African nation of Liberia.
Matt Queen fined $2,000, no jail time for ‘lying to investigators’
Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, released a statement on Wednesday (Feb. 5) in response to the sentencing.
Rescued: Friends, family of freed missionary ‘filled with praise to God’
American missionary Josh Sullivan is a free man and reportedly back safely with his wife and children, according to media