Report to the Tennessee Baptist Convention
Tennessee Baptist Adult Homes
August, 2017
The ministries of Tennessee Baptist Adult Homes continue to Show What Love Is to over 320
seniors and adults with intellectual disabilities by providing a loving, Christian home for them.
If you were to visit any of our facilities, you would hear the residents offer their personal words
of thanks and appreciation for your prayers and financial support. On their behalf, please accept
my sincerest gratitude. Your gifts to the Father’s Day Offering make our ministry possible.
At our Baptist Health Care Center in Lenoir City we are providing 24/7 nursing care for about 70
senior adults who need medical and physical care and who are unable to provide care for
themselves. The love and compassion shown by our staff is an extension of God’s love and
represents the call of all Christians to care for the weak and the weary. In a quickly changing
landscape and culture in the health care arena, Baptist Health Care Center has always remained
true to its mission to provide a “home” for those in need. Please continue to pray for BHCC over
the coming months as TBAH strives to discern the direction for this facility.
Adjacent to BHCC is a new development called Williams Ferry Pointe for seniors who are able
to live alone but want to be in Christian community with other seniors. There has been a recent
stall in the building of new homes but we hope to see things crank up again soon so that this
retirement community can continue to grow. This homeowner’s association enjoys a
relationship with the adjacent Baptist Health Care Center should the need arise for more involved
care.
Rounding out our ministry to seniors are two other independent living locations. Baptist Village
in Johnson City has 4 duplex homes providing a home for 8 retired ministers and missionaries.
And, Deer Lake Retirement Community in Nashville is a condominium community of 135 units
for senior living.
Our group home ministry for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities cares for 55
men and women in Nashville, Lebanon, Knoxville, and Jacksboro. The men and women in these
homes need the love and compassion of dedicated staff who care for their physical and spiritual
needs in these homes. These homes are answering the question that all parents of special needs
adult children eventually ask, “Who is going to care for my son or daughter when I am no longer
able?” Thank you, Tennessee Baptists, for answering in such a beautiful and meaningful way!
Finally, thank you for your gifts to the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions that make
Special Friends Camps possible. This year, 250 adults with intellectual and physical disabilities
enjoyed a week of fun, fellowship, Bible study and worship at Carson Springs and Linden
Valley. The families who care for these campers the other 51 weeks of the year enjoyed a week
of respite, knowing that their loved one was with our caring, Christian camp staff.
Mark Anderson
President/Treasurer
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