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TBC CP gifts ahead of last year’s totals

FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches contributed $2,695,571 through the Cooperative Program in June. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $23,113,881. …

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I do not like going to prison. I’ve been there, multiple times. They are depressing, oppressive, gray places filled with hardened people…

Planned Parenthood set to regain federal funds as one-year ban lapses

NASHVILLE (BP) – The expiration of a one-year provision in the Big Beautiful Bill that defunded Planned Parenthood has pro-life groups and…

An urgent audacity

One thing I’ve learned through the years is that I never know what questions I might get asked. For instance, a pastor…

Pulaski ministry provides for the hungry, needy

PULASKI — Those leading and volunteering at CB Outreach in Pulaski want their unity to show the world the truth of Christ.…

Baptist churches again responding to tragic flooding in Texas Hill Country

KERRVILLE, Texas –One year after the tragic flooding in the Texas Hill Country that left residents experiencing tremendous physical and personal loss…

TenneScene: July 22

Scott elected DOM for Union Baptist Association Ricky L. Scott was elected Director of Missions for the Union Baptist Association on June…

Steps toward cultural sanity

We are seeing interesting developments in the culture. In the midst of a society that is seemingly losing its sanity and careening…

Why do I feel disconnected from the people I’m serving?

Editor’s note: Below is the latest installment of “The Leader Board” — a featured series in the B&R aimed at helping pastors…

Tennessee WMU women serve ‘among the nations’ during visit to Toronto

TORONTO — Toronto may be only a short flight from Tennessee, but for one Tennessee WMU mission team, it became a place…

Judge dismisses defamation suit against Patterson, Southwestern Seminary

FORT WORTH (BP) – A U.S. District Court has dismissed “with prejudice” a lawsuit originally filed in 2019 that alleged defamation on…

World Cup serves as a major mission field

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup roars to a close and Spain is left holding the trophy, Southern Baptist churches and missionaries…

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