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The building began to fill with a buzz of excitement at 9:30 a.m. People were showing up early and expectant to experience a joyous and momentous service at 10 a.m. The parking lot reflected what was being experienced inside the building. A 72-space parking lot quickly filled with 80 cars and overflowed into the grass. […]

A Recap of the 126th Nashville Baptist Association Annual Meeting Pastors, ministry leaders, messengers, and friends from across Greater Nashville gathered for the 126th Annual Meeting of the Nashville Baptist Association to celebrate God’s work among our churches and look toward the opportunities ahead. The evening centered on one important question: What could we do […]

Jeremy Rose, Pastor of Axis Church delivered the keynote address at the Nashville Baptist Association Annual Meeting for 2026. He talked about the role of the association in helping bring together Axis and First Baptist Madison. The following is a summary of the keynote speech. Last year, two churches gathered as one in Madison, marking […]

Most churches begin by asking a familiar question: What can our church do? It is a reasonable question. Every congregation has a responsibility to steward its people, resources, facilities, influence, and opportunities for the glory of God. Churches should think seriously about the mission God has given them in their particular community. But what if […]

What might happen if churches and ministries stopped asking only, “What can we accomplish?” and began asking, “What could we accomplish together?” Churches have never been called to carry out the mission of God alone. Throughout Scripture, we see God bringing people together—people with different gifts, experiences, perspectives, and responsibilities—to participate in His mission. Paul […]

The Nashville Baptist Association Annual Meeting is always a meaningful time for pastors, ministry leaders, and churches from across our city to gather. We worship together, celebrate what God has done, strengthen relationships, and look ahead to the opportunities He has placed before us. This year, one of the lighter moments of the meeting was […]

2026 Nashville Baptist Association Book of Reports 126th Annual Meeting

Recent flooding in Nepal has left churches and families facing significant needs. In response, our local Nepali church is organizing a fundraising effort to provide assistance to those affected by the flooding. As believers, we have the opportunity to stand alongside our brothers and sisters in Nepal through prayer, compassion, and generosity. While thousands of […]

For years, Axis Church faithfully served Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood from an unlikely home—a converted warehouse that required a great deal of faith and imagination. When the church first arrived in 2009, the building was unfinished, the floors were filthy, and the walls were covered with mold and mildew. There weren’t even proper places to sit, […]

“They are to teach what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children, to be self-controlled, pure, workers at home, kind, and in submission to their husbands, so that God’s word will not be slandered.”Titus 2:3b-5 (CSB) All believers have a responsibility to build […]