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Church baptizes 120 people in 1 night

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (BP)--A church in Tennessee baptized 120 people in one night following an evangelism emphasis called "As You Go," which challenged church members to choose a non-Christian and then pray for that person, develop a relationship ...

Pastor surveys rubble where church stood

SAVANNAH, Tenn. (BP)--The facilities of Sharon Baptist Church and its Savannah Christian Academy and KIDS Preschool in Savannah, Tenn., were destroyed by one of several tornados that struck West Tennessee Feb. 5.

Camp for special needs people stirs hearts of volunteers

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Lauren Flanders, center, counselor of Crievewood Baptist Church, Nashville, helps campers decorate a satchel during craft time.
NEWPORT, Tenn. (BP)--Special Friends Camp draws campers and counselors back year after year because it is an “unusual blessing,” according to counselors and leaders who have attended the camp at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport, Tenn.
      This year about 250 campers and 75 staff members attended the Special Friends Camp at Carson Springs and a similar one at Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center in Linden, Tenn.

Tenn. leaders prayerwalk Nashville for SBC meeting, Crossover

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--About 40 members of the Tennessee Baptist Convention’s executive board and TBC staff prayerwalked downtown Nashville, Tenn., in preparation for the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting and the pre-SBC evangelistic Crossover initiatives.

12,000-plus teens attend youth evangelism conference

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (BP)--More than 12,000 teens descended on Middle Tennessee State University’s Murphy Center March 4-5 for the Tennessee Baptist Convention’s Youth Evangelism Conference, with 1,570 of them making spiritual commitments during the Friday night session -- the conference’s largest response to a decision time in the past seven years.