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  • After '08 tornado, Union was 'united as never before'
    by Nathan Handley & Tim Ellsworth, posted Monday, February 05, 2018 (6 years ago)

    Photo by Kristi Woody/Union University
    JACKSON, Tenn. (BP) -- At the 10-year point since a tornado devastated the campus, Union University marked the anniversary with a day of activities Feb. 2 featuring former administrators, students and others closely involved with the event.

    Former Union President David S. Dockery, in a Founders' Day chapel address, spoke on providence, hope and unity the university experienced from the Feb. 5, 2008, tornado. Read More

  • Union settles lawsuit over HHS abortion mandate
    by Tim Ellsworth, posted Wednesday, November 22, 2017 (6 years ago)

    Union University photo
    JACKSON, Tenn. (BP) -- Union University has settled its lawsuit against the U.S. government concerning the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' mandate that Union provide abortion-causing drugs as part of its employee health plans.

    Under the terms of the settlement, the U.S. government agreed that the mandate was a violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and that under the Supreme Court's decision in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby case, it imposed a "substantial burden" on Union's free exercise of religion. Read More

  • Adrian Rogers' sermon tapes given to grandson
    by Amanda Vernon, posted Tuesday, December 15, 2015 (8 years ago)

    Photo by Kristi Woody
    JACKSON, Tenn. (BP) -- Baptist preacher Adrian Rogers' legacy lives on in a collection of audio tapes given to his grandson, a current Union University student, during a presentation in Union's Ryan Center for Biblical Studies.

    A giant in Southern Baptist life, Rogers was the longtime pastor of the Memphis-area Bellevue Baptist Church who played an instrumental role in turning the Southern Baptist Convention away from liberalism and back to the authority of Scripture. Read More

  • Second school leaves CCCU
    by J.C. Derrick/WORLD News Service, posted Tuesday, September 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

    ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- Oklahoma Wesleyan University has become the second institution to withdraw from the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities after two member schools changed their hiring policies to include same-sex couples.

    "We believe in missional clarity and view the defense of the biblical definition of marriage as an issue of critical importance," said Everett Piper, president of the Bartlesville, Okla., school. "The CCCU's reluctance to make a swift decision sends a message of confusion rather than conviction." Read More

  • More schools poised to leave CCCU
    by J.C. Derrick/WORLD News Service, posted Monday, August 24, 2015 (9 years ago)

    ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- Several institutions plan to leave the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities at the end of August if at that time Eastern Mennonite University and Goshen College are still members.

    Last month EMU and Goshen announced they would begin hiring faculty and staff in same-sex marriages. The CCCU, a coalition of 183 Christian colleges and universities around the world, initially said it would address the issue at the annual members meeting in January. But on July 28 the CCCU board said it would begin contacting each member president to discuss the matter sooner. Read More

  • Union University withdraws from CCCU
    by David Roach, posted Thursday, August 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

    JACKSON, Tenn. (BP) -- Union University has announced its withdrawal from the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities because of what a Union news release called the council's "failure to respond appropriately to two member institutions that have endorsed same-sex marriage." Read More

  • SBC DIGEST: Ernest Easley to teach evangelism at Union; SWBTS, SBTS librarians honored
    by Staff, posted Wednesday, July 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

    Jackson, Tenn (BP) -- Union University has named Ernest Easley as its first professor of evangelism. Easley, pastor of the Atlanta-area Roswell Street Baptist Church, joins the Tennessee university's faculty with more than 30 years of pastoral ministry experience and denominational service at both the state and national levels. Read More

  • Nathan Finn joins Union University

    by Tim Ellsworth, posted Tuesday, May 19, 2015 (9 years ago)

    JACKSON, Tenn. (BP) -- Union University has named Nathan Finn of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary as dean of the university's School of Theology and Missions.

    Finn, director of the Center for Spiritual Formation and Evangelical Spirituality and associate professor of historical theology and spiritual formation at Southeastern, has taught at the seminary and held a variety of positions there since 2006. Read More