Mexican-born missionary finds farm workers ready for gospel
PARIS, Tenn. (BP)–Numerous Hispanics at work on local farms prompted director of missions Bill Smith to make plans for a different kind of World Missions Conference.Beyond asking missionaries to share about their work with churches in Tennessee’s Western District Baptist Association, Smith also contacted the North American Mission Board in Alpharetta, Ga., about the possibility […]
PERSON Stirring memories remain of receiving first Bible
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Do you remember the first Bible you ever received? I do.It was on Dec. 25, 1960, when I was only 5 years old, so my remembrance of receiving it is fuzzy. My parents gave me a white Bible with a cross hanging from the zipper on the side. As I look back some […]
