As this article is written on the seventh day of a brand new year, my heart is filled with both burden and optimism for the Kingdom work of a network…
It seems as if every Christmas program has the Magi showing up at the manger at the big moment of the production. And so they should. These great spiritual and…
Continuing an annual Thanksgiving tradition, here is a list from the top of my head and the bottom of my heart of specific reasons to “enter into His gates with…
Is there a relevant reason to cooperate, network, and associate as Baptist churches in Tennessee? That is a question I have been asked by others and have myself prayed over,…
It is amazing how most people desire to remain in their personal comfort zones. These kind of people never seem to want to leave the warm safety of the known…
On Thursday, October 13, Tennessee Baptist Convention Hispanic Church Specialist, Jess Fairbanks, went home to be with the Lord. While involved in a meeting at the seminary extension office at…
October is pastor appreciation month. Great idea! More importantly, it is a biblical, God-honoring, encouraging, and unity-building idea!! Paul wrote in I Timothy 5:17, “The elders who direct the affairs…
Anyone can look back over three and a half decades of experiences and find a hundred things for which the commentary could be, “That sure did not work.” There is,…
In the high priestly prayer of Christ, He prayed “that they may be one” (John 17:11). In the upper room, 120 fully devoted followers of Christ prayed. The Holy Spirit…
Over the last ten months, I have often been asked what the greatest need of the TBC might be. Here is the answer: personal and corporate revival that is birthed…