As you walk among Union’s campus, you’ll see buildings with different names. These names are connected to many who greatly impacted Union’s growth and history. One such name often associated with Union is Savage which is on the current chapel and named in honor of G.M. Savage. George M. Savage was born in 1849 in Rienzi, Miss. One of 19 children born to a Baptist preacher, Savage began preaching in
MOBILE, Ala. — In the days following the July 13 assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump, an application of Scripture related to the situation (see image below) is making the rounds on social media and drawing growing concern from ministry leaders in the process. Derek Allen, pastor of First Baptist Church Tillman’s Corner in the Mobile area, addressed the concern July 17. “I don’t want to be unnecessarily cruel,
NASHVILLE — A political shift in LGBT policy is evident across the country this week. Legislation passed in California July 15 gives public schools the ability to conceal when students change their names and pronouns. On the same day, the Republican National Convention passed a platform that was stripped of “anti-LBGT” language, policy leaders say. The California legislation, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on July 15, prohibits school districts from
Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, sent an email alert on Wednesday (July 17), asking for more teams and volunteers to look into their availability regarding on-going responses in Texas and Iowa. Jones said in the email that “trained chaw saw” teams are needed in Texas (where Hurricane Beryl produced major damage) and flood recovery teams are needed in Iowa (where certain parts of the
BRENTWOOD — Most churchgoers believe Christians have a good reputation with Americans in general, but they worry those feelings are starting to sour. A Lifeway Research study finds 53 percent of U.S. Protestant churchgoers say most Americans have a positive perception of Christians. Two in five (40 percent) disagree, and eight percent aren’t sure. More consensus exists on the direction public sentiment is headed. Around seven in 10 (69 percent)
FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Mission Board president and executive director Randy C. Davis and Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, were quick to respond in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 13. Trump, who was injured in the attempt, was rushed off the stage quickly by Secret Service agents and
FRANKLIN — Longtime Tennessee Baptist pastor Gene Nelson has been chosen as Harvest Field 6 team leader for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, effective July 15. Nelson succeeds Randy Pressnell who retired from that role in May. A native of Knoxville, Nelson was ordained to the gospel ministry in 1996 at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church in Knoxville. He earned degrees from Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City and Southwestern Baptist Theological
FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,745,864 through the Cooperative Program in June. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $23,264,817. With four months left in the 2023-24 budget year, CP gifts are $164,747 or 0.7 percent below what they were at the same time last year and $68,516 or 0.29 percent below budget needs.
MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams have been asked to respond in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl in Texas and to extreme flooding which occurred in Iowa in late June. Hurricane Beryl made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near Matagorda around 4:30 a.m. July 8, about 95 miles southwest of Houston, according to multiple news reports. The storm pummeled coastal areas like Galveston as well as the
FRANKLIN — Trustees of the Tennessee Baptist Foundation have elected Sam Warner as president-treasurer. He succeeds Bill Gruenewald who announced in February his intention to retire as TBF president on Oct. 31. Gruenewald joined the Foundation in 2011 as executive vice president and served for three years before his election as president in 2014. The Tennessee Baptist Foundation, organized in 1938, assists individual Tennessee Baptists as well as Tennessee Baptist
As you walk among Union’s campus, you’ll see buildings with different names. These names are connected to many who greatly impacted Union’s growth and history.
MOBILE, Ala. — In the days following the July 13 assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump, an application of Scripture related to the situation
NASHVILLE — A political shift in LGBT policy is evident across the country this week. Legislation passed in California July 15 gives public schools the
Wes Jones, disaster relief specialist for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, sent an email alert on Wednesday (July 17), asking for more teams and volunteers
BRENTWOOD — Most churchgoers believe Christians have a good reputation with Americans in general, but they worry those feelings are starting to sour. A Lifeway
FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Mission Board president and executive director Randy C. Davis and Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious
FRANKLIN — Longtime Tennessee Baptist pastor Gene Nelson has been chosen as Harvest Field 6 team leader for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, effective July
FRANKLIN — Tennessee Baptist Convention churches gave $2,745,864 through the Cooperative Program in June. For the year-to-date, Tennessee Baptists have given $23,264,817. With four months
MOUNT JULIET — Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief teams have been asked to respond in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl in Texas and to extreme flooding
FRANKLIN — Trustees of the Tennessee Baptist Foundation have elected Sam Warner as president-treasurer. He succeeds Bill Gruenewald who announced in February his intention to
