| Make plans now to attend Missions Get-Together on April 17-18, 2026, at Dickson First Baptist Church.
Missions Get-Together is a weekend for women 18 years and older to come together with women from across the state to worship, learn what God is doing in Tennessee and around the world, meet new friends, hear powerful testimonies from missionaries and ministry partners, participate in relevant breakouts, open God's Word, have fun...and so much more!!!
The event features four General Sessions, four Breakout Sessions - with an additional TWO BONUS Breakouts on Friday Morning, a Missions & Ministry Fair with a WorldCrafts store and the annual Silent Auction!
Stay up-to-date on the latest information by visiting the event website, social media sites, and in future editions of the Link.
Click Here for lodging recommendations.
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| 2025-2026 Tennessee Missions Emphasis & the Golden Offering for Tennessee MissionsSeptember 1st is the beginning of the new Golden Offering for TN Missions (GOTM) giving year, and our month-long emphasis on state missions. The suggested dates for the Week of Prayer for State Missions are September 7-14.
The 2025-26 GOTM information and promotion materials are available to view and download at GoldenOffering.org.
Standing orders for 2025-26 GOTM printed posters, prayer guides, and envelopes are being shipped.
We have a new website, TNWMUOrder.org, for churches to place a standing order for all printed promotional materials for the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, and the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering. This website can be viewed and updated at any time, and churches can choose the shipping address for the material.
All previous standing orders for printed promotional materials were deleted in May 2025, so every church needs to place a new standing order.
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TBMB Prayer Calendar
Download the September 2025 monthly calendar to pray for TBMB ministries supported by gifts from Tennessee Baptists through the Golden Offering and Cooperative Program.
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| Great Commission Conversations: Tennessee Missions
September 18, 2025
6:00 PM CST
Join us the third Thursday night of each month for a Great Commission Conversation via Zoom at 6:00 pm CST as we hear from international, North American, and state missionaries. The conversations via video conference will last 30-45 minutes. After the live video conference meeting, a recorded version of the meeting will be placed online for others to view.
On September 18th, we will hear from Beth Moore, TBMB Compassion Ministries Specialist regarding Tennessee Missions.
Register here to participate.
Upcoming 2025 Great Commission Conversations via Zoom at 6:00 pm CST
October 16 – Send Denver/Front Range – NAMB Church Planter
To view previous Great Commission Conversation video recordings, click here.
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| Mental Health First Aid Training
Tennessee WMU is collaborating with churches, associations, and other ministries in 2025 to host adult and youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training events across the state as part of our emphasis on the critical issue of mental health.
- MHFA is a skills-based training that teaches participants to identify, understand, and respond to mental health and substance use challenges.
- Each MHFA training requires a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 30 participants.
- The registration cost for participants is $10 per person, which covers lunch.
- The Tennessee Department of Health provides instructors through community partners who are trained to lead youth and adult MHFA.
- If your church, association, or ministry is interested in hosting a MHFA training event, contact Vickie Anderson at vanderson@tnbaptist.org or 615-371-7918.
For more information or to register for a youth or adult MHFA training event, click here.
More training opportunities will be added throughout the year.
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GO! Children's Missions Day
WMU launched Children’s Missions Day in 2008 to move children in grades 1–6 out of their churches and into their communities to do missions. The goal is for children’s groups to create projects that meet needs in their own communities.
Children’s Missions Day (CMD) has been going strong ever since, with people in communities across the United States hearing about and experiencing the love of Jesus because children’s groups are going beyond simply learning about missions to actively participating in missions.
Date: September 20, 2025
Theme: Go!
Scripture: “Now you will tell everyone about what you have seen and heard.” Acts 22:15
Click here for more information and to order the leader guide.
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Women's Getaway Weekend
Experience a two-day get-away at Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center, situated on the banks of the beautiful Buffalo River. You will spend one night at the Conference Center. The registration fee covers your overnight stay plus dinner on Friday evening, breakfast and lunch on Saturday.
There will be a hiking option and a “stay and play/gardening” option. On Friday evening, the two groups will gather together for a bonfire with S’mores, storytelling and laughter.
Aside from morning devotions, there are no “sessions”. Just free time to relax and enjoy being together or alone with the Lord, or some of both.
During this trip you will experience two days of beautiful scenery and good fellowship with mission- and ministry-minded women.
We will meet at Linden Valley Conference Center at 1pm on Friday and finish before supper on Saturday. Cost $85 You may stay a second night if you choose for an additional $45, payable upon arrival.
For more information and to register, click here.
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| 2025 RA Camp-O-Ree
Make plans now for your boys to attend the 2025 RA Camp-O-Ree on October 17-19 at Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center in beautiful Linden, Tennessee.
RA Camp-O-Ree (RAC) is an exciting weekend camping event for any/all organized boy’s groups affiliated with a Southern Baptist church.
Groups attending RAC participate in a multitude of activities, challenges, games, and crafts while enjoying the great outdoors. They meet missionaries from around the world and enjoy two action-packed worship services all in one weekend! This year’s special guest speaker will be comedian, magician and illusionist Clayton Poland.
For more details and downloadable promotional material about the event click here.
Questions? Call 901-849-0867 or email rastaff@midsouthras.org.
RA Camp-O-Ree is planned and hosted by Mid-South Royal Ambassadors organization in partnership with Tennessee WMU and Tennessee Baptist Mission Board.
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Summit
The Summit is the annual gathering of Tennessee Baptists. You probably know it as the Tennessee Baptist Convention. The Summit includes the Pastors Conference, the annual meeting, and everything in between. The 2025 Summit will be held November 9-11, at West Jackson Baptist Church, Jackson, TN
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| Resources and Opportunities
Resources
Ministry Opportunities
- Tennessee Baptists are challenged to provide 7,000 Christmas Backpacks for children living in poverty regions in Tennessee. Churches and associations will partner with ministries in these regions to impact the lives of children and their families with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Click here for more information and resources.
- Tennessee WMU is partnering with Baptist Collegiate Ministries to collect snack foods to help reach students. Click here for more information on locating and contacting your local BCM.
- WMU’s Compassion Ministry of Pure Water, Pure Love provides vital water resources around the world. Your gift to Pure Water, Pure Love supports its three-fold mission: to supply missionaries with water filters, to provide the people they serve with clean water resources, and to supply missions teams with water filters for use on short-term mission trips.
Click here for a printable flyer.
Donate now or send checks made payable to WMU, clearly marked for Pure Water, Pure Love to:
PWPL, c/o WMU, PO Box 830010, Birmingham, AL 35283-0010
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