MURFREESBORO — Tennessee Baptist Convention messengers adopted a $35 million for 2024-25, not a surprise since this will be the sixth consecutive year that the budget has remained the same. What’s new is a change in how CP gifts will be distributed between the Tennessee Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention. Daniel Jerkins, pastor of Hickory Withe First Baptist Church, Eads, and chair of TBMB’s Budget and Ministry Committee,

MURFREESBORO — With a near-unanimous showing, messengers at the 2024 Summit approved the Acts 2:17 Initiative Report as the “foundational blueprint for Convention ministry for the foreseeable future.”  The report — which included the complete report of the Steering Team and Workgroups, the executive Summary of Steering Team and Workgroups, and the plan of implementation — was overwhelmingly approved, with just two dissenting votes, during the Tuesday afternoon session of

JACKSON — Gaining valuable preaching experience, Union University students participated in a special preaching opportunity hosted by the Dyer Baptist Association on Oct. 6 when six churches volunteered to open their pulpits to students from the School of Theology and Missions. Adren Pearce, Union’s coordinator for chapel and church relations, said this opportunity is fruitful for both students and local churches.  “It benefits the students because they learn the practice

JACKSON — As a native of Jackson, Tennessee, Union University junior Mackenzie Cooper loves her community. She took advantage of the university’s annual Campus and Community: A Day of Remembrance and Service on Oct. 23 to help pick up trash at the city’s Cypress Grove Nature Park as a way of showing her appreciation. “Jackson gives a lot to Union University, and it’s very important to give back,” Cooper said.

JACKSON — As a native of Jackson, Tennessee, Union University junior Mackenzie Cooper loves her community. She took advantage of the university’s annual Campus and Community: A Day of Remembrance and Service on Oct. 23 to help pick up trash at the city’s Cypress Grove Nature Park as a way of showing her appreciation. “Jackson gives a lot to Union University, and it’s very important to give back,” Cooper said.

NEWPORT — Riverview Baptist Church, located on the bank of the Pigeon River in Newport, sustained major damage due to flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in late September.  The church appears to actually be sitting in the river in an ariel photograph. The church had extensive damage in the basement as well as in the sanctuary which also sustained water damage but not to the extent of the basement, said

As with any institution that has been around for over 200 years, there have bound to be changes and transformations that shape the landscape of that institution. Union University is no different.  One of its most formative changes occurred in the mid-1970s when it moved to its current campus in north Jackson from its landlocked campus in downtown Jackson. Robert Craig, president at the time, knew the decision was risky