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UNION UNIVERSITY TO OPEN R.G. LEE HOME NOV. 11

November 9, 2017

By Nathan Handley Union News Office JACKSON — A piece of Southern Baptist history has been moved to the campus of Union University. On Nov. 11, the university will open the newly renovated birthplace of R.G. Lee, which was moved to Union’s Jackson campus from Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis. “R.G. Lee was a leading statesman among Southern Baptists and other evangelicals during the middle years of the 20th century,”

BUSH ADDRESSES 1,500 AT UNION SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET

October 19, 2017

By Tim Ellsworth Union University News Office JACKSON — President George W. Bush shared stories of his time in the White House, talked about his faith in Jesus Christ, and encouraged college students to be involved in public service at Union University’s 20th annual Scholarship Banquet Oct. 17. The event, held at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson, drew 1,500 people who heard the former president discuss a variety

UNION TRUSTEES HEAR REPORTS

October 4, 2017

Union University news office GERMANTOWN — Union University trustees celebrated the 20th anniversary of Union’s Germantown campus during their Sept. 7-8 meeting, with President Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver sharing a number of success stories of Germantown graduates over the past two decades. Oliver also reported to trustees on the school’s fall enrollment, and the board adopted a new tuition rate for 2017-2018.

VEGAS SHOOTING IMPACTS WEST TENNESSEE CHURCH

October 3, 2017

By Chris Turner Baptist and Reflector FRANKLIN –A small West Tennessee Baptist church felt the blow of Sunday night’s mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert when it learned one of the victims was a native son. Sonny Melton, 29, who grew up in Big Sandy and attended Ramble Creek Baptist Church (Western District Association), was killed when he was struck by gun fire while shielding his wife, Heather Melton.

OLIVER ADDRESSES PRUDENCE AT UNION’S FALL CONVOCATION

September 5, 2017

By Nathan Handley Union University News Office JACKSON — Union University President Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver encouraged students, faculty and staff to pursue prudence at Fall Convocation Aug. 25. “The Christian concept of the virtue of prudence is a far cry from the ordinary idea of it as careful judgment that allows someone to avoid danger or risks,” Oliver said. “Prudence is not simply knowledge of what to do in

FOUR FROM UNION SIGN NASHVILLE STATEMENT

August 31, 2017

From Union University News Office JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University president Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver and three other Union faculty members were initial signers of the Nashville Statement released Aug. 29 that affirms biblical teaching on issues pertaining to gender and sexuality. The statement, released by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, counts among its initial signatories such evangelical leaders as John Piper, D.A. Carson, R. Albert Mohler Jr.,

UNION TRUSTEES OK ACADEMIC REORGANIZATION

April 26, 2017

Union University News Office JACKSON — Union University trustees approved an academic reorganization for the university that will create the School of Social Work and the School of Adult and Professional Studies, in addition to changing the names of three other schools at their April 21 meeting. The McAfee School of Business Administration will become the McAfee School of Business, the School of Pharmacy will become the College of Pharmacy,

TENNESSEE PASTORS SPOTLIGHTED IN UNION EVENT

March 22, 2017

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JACKSON — Four Tennessee Baptist pastors were front and center during the Festival of Preaching held March 8 at Union University. The festival was held prior to Union’s REF500 Conference on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The Festival of Preaching focused on the five central themes of the reformation. “Preaching played such a role in the Protestant Reformation,” said Ray Van

REF500 FESTIVAL CELEBRATES PROTESTANT REFORMATION’S 500TH ANNIVERSARY

March 20, 2017

By Nathan Handley Union University JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation with the REF500 festival March 9-11. The festival included lectures, music, theater, film, sermons, and a public reading of the entire Bible. Ray Van Neste, professor and director of the Ryan Center for Biblical Studies at Union and organizer of the event, said the Reformation is something to be remembered, carefully thought

DOCKERY RECOVERING FROM HEART ATTACK

March 14, 2017

Baptist Press DEERFIELD, Ill. — Trinity International University President David S. Dockery is recuperating from a cardiac procedure performed in Chicago March 8 that followed what doctors call a mild heart attack. Cardiac specialists at Northwestern Memorial Hospital placed four stents in coronary arteries after Dockery suffered chest pains and dizziness on Monday, March 6. Following the procedure, doctors reported excellent progress and told his family there were no complications.

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UNION UNIVERSITY TO OPEN R.G. LEE HOME NOV. 11