Baptist & Reflector

It’s been 25 years since the World Trade Center towers fell after highjacked planes crashed into them. Memories surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks still flow easily for some — like they happened yesterday. Longtime teacher, storyteller and photojournalist Jim Veneman covered Ground Zero. He has spoken a lot about those memories and the unexpected assignment that still st...

BRENTWOOD — When most Southern Baptists hear the term “unreached people group,” they almost immediately envision underdeveloped nations in far away places.

Jace Tuttle thinks of a much different group: The Deaf community.

Tuttle is the development and communication coordinator for Deaf Pathway Global — an organization based...

FRANKLIN — Brandon Johns, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Soddy Daisy, Tenn., will be nominated for the position of East Regional Vice President when the Tennessee Baptist Convention annual meeting, “The Summit,” convenes at the Sevierville Convention Center on Nov. 16-17.

Matthew Daniel, senior pastor of First Baptist Church...

The phone rings with news that takes your breath away. Stunning news. A tragic car accident leaving several family members dead or injured. The unexpected death of a child. A flash flood that sweeps away the homes of church members. And the list goes on. No seminary class can adequately prepare a pastor for the unforeseen tragedy that strikes such a blow to a church or a comm...

I was blessed to be born into a Tennessee Baptist home. My family tree was not an oak or a pine, but a Tennessee Baptist tree! My maternal grandfather was a bivocational pastor decades before that term was coined.

He led small churches in Grainger and Knox counties. He led the people in every church to know the joy of working alongside other churches in accomplishin...