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News for the week of Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Be effective in ministry, Porch challenges
Tennessee Baptists need to focus less on “success” and concentrate more on “effective,” TBC Executive Director James Porch told state directors of missions last week. [Read More]

Two Rivers votes again — ousts members
One week after an attempt to oust 71 members of Two Rivers Baptist Church here failed by four votes, the church voted again following the May 11 Mother’s Day service. [Read More]

Dockery optimistic that new dormitories will be ready for fall use
Twelve weeks later the campus is a beehive of activity as construction crews are all over campus, rebuilding the 14 dormitories that were destroyed and repairing other buildings damaged in the storm. [Read More]

Guest columnist
God also wants stewardship from His churches
I learned that God is as concerned with the 90 percent of my income that I keep as He is about the 10 percent that I give. As I have reflected on this truism, I have come to understand this same principle is true in the local church. [Read More]

Reflections
More than money
Christians must never lose sight of the fact that marriage enrichment is still a church issue. [Read More]

Church transforms historic home into parsonage
During an era when some churches have gotten out of the “parsonage business,” Mercer Baptist Church here obtained its first home for use by its pastor. [Read More]

Family breakdown costs taxpayers $112 billion
High rates of divorce and unmarried childbearing cost U.S. taxpayers at least $112 billion each year, making marriage enrichment a legitimate policy concern, a first-of-its-kind study sponsored by four public policy and research groups reported. [Read More]

Sunday School Lesson: Bible Studies for Life - May 18
Unlocking your best relationships — be trustworthy
Focal Passage: I Samuel 18:1-4; 19:4-7; 20:10-13, 16-17 [Read More]

Sunday School Lesson: Explore the Bible - May 18
Make major life adjustments
Focal Passage: Genesis 46:1-47:26 [Read More]

 



     
       
     
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