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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Todd Gray |Scott Barkley |Lonnie Wilkey |Tom Strode
Metadata:Series: First PersonTopic(s): Churches and Ministry, ImmigrationFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: Editor’s note: Todd Gray is executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention (KBC). I had an interesting experience a few days ago while eating at a Mexican restaurant with a KBC pastor in one of our Kentucky counties. As is my custom, I learned the name of our server and offered to pray for her.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Scott Barkley |Lonnie Wilkey |Tom Strode |Tobin Perry
NASHVILLE (BP) – Throughout 2020 and into 2021, predictions emerged about the COVID-19 pandemic’s long-term effects on churches. Those included that a hybrid experience would become the norm, an abundance of church closures was on the horizon and in-person numbers may never fully recover. Online service options have become accepted as part of a church’s overall ministry.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Lonnie Wilkey |Trevin Wax |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Share this post: It’s time to take back your joy. Pay attention for a moment — this might just save your sanity. We’re in an intense political season, and I know the emotional toll it’s taking on many people. I’d never want to be a source of contention or discouragement. My goal is always to encourage and uplift. But sometimes, we have to be honest about what’s happening while still holding onto hope.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Lonnie Wilkey |Trevin Wax |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): Churches and Ministry, Mental Health, SBC NewsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: NEWPORT, Tenn. – Pat Brown thought her ministry was over when Horace Brown, her husband of 37 years, died on Jan. 1, 2021. Horace Brown served as pastor of 18 churches in South Carolina and Tennessee during his ministry and was director of missions for the East Tennessee Baptist Association when he died.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Timothy Cockes |Diana Chandler |Lonnie Wilkey |Scott Barkley
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Psalm 139 Project, a pro-life ministry of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), placed three ultrasound machines in two different states during the month of January. One of those placements has already saved two unborn lives. Two of the ultrasound machines were placed in Tennessee, while another was placed in Alabama. The ERLC partnered with both the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board (TBMB) and the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions for the placements.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Lonnie Wilkey |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): SBC NewsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: PRINCETON, Ind. (BP) – One of the first emails Louis Wester received after his pastorate The Princeton Church burned down Jan. 20 was from a 15-year-old boy an hour away in Santa Claus. “He said, ‘I felt so bad when I saw it on the news and I wanted to do something to help,’” Wester told Baptist Press.
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2 months ago | 
baptistpress.com | Lonnie Wilkey |Timothy Cockes |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): Disaster ReliefFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: POGA, Tenn. – In an age driven by communication and technology, a small northeast Tennessee community near Beech Mountain, N.C., faces neglect and isolation. Poga (pronounced Po-Gie) endured devastation when Hurricane Helene struck Carter County on Sept. 27 of last year, said Pastor Travis Tyler of Grace Baptist Church in Elizabethton, Tenn. Located in one of the county’s poorest areas, Poga is struggling to recover, he said.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
kentuckytoday.com | Lonnie Wilkey
MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. (BP) — Looking for a walker or hospital bed or some other medical equipment and don’t know where to go? Roan Creek Baptist Church would be a good place to start. While a medical equipment ministry may not be typical for most Baptist churches, it definitely fulfills a need in northeast Tennessee, said Roan Creek pastor David Hankal. There is a lot of poverty in the area, Hankal said. “This ministry is God-sent,” he affirmed.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
brnow.org | Lonnie Wilkey
MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. (BP) — Looking for a walker or hospital bed or some other medical equipment and don’t know where to go? Roan Creek Baptist Church would be a good place to start. While a medical equipment ministry may not be typical for most Baptist churches, it definitely fulfills a need in northeast Tennessee, said Roan Creek pastor David Hankal. There is a lot of poverty in the area, Hankal said. “This ministry is God-sent,” he affirmed.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
baptistpress.com | Timothy Cockes |Karen L. Willoughby |Lonnie Wilkey |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Series: SBC DigestsEvent(s): 2024 Baptist State Convention MeetingsTopic(s): SBC NewsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: SBCV celebrates 25 years of church planting at Annual HomecomingBy Timothy CockesVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (BP) – The SBC of Virginia (SBCV) celebrated 25 years of church planting during its Annual Homecoming at London Bridge Baptist Church Nov. 10-12.
