A Tennessee law that criminalizes housing immigrants without legal status could apply even if the person being housed has citizenship.
As Tennessee pastors and politicians clash over Trump’s immigration agenda, their congregations are divided
As evangelical Christians continue to support President Donald Trump, church leadership is taking issue with his immigration policies.
Southern Baptist Convention membership declines while baptisms rise
Fewer people identify as Southern Baptists, and fewer churches are a part of the Nashville-based denomination, according to an annual report.
Respectfully disagreeing: The Conversation Coalition
How do people find meaning? The Conversation Coalition began as a group of Christian and atheist friends seeking to have convivial discussions about their differences.
No drinking and only Christian music during Sunday Gospel Hour at Nashville’s most iconic honky tonk
Robert’s Western World is Nashville’s most iconic honky tonk and practically synonymous with country music. But for an hour on Sunday mornings no one can drink alcohol and they can only listen to Christian music.
30 years later, the evangelical purity movement still impacts sex education
It was a breakout moment in the evangelical purity movement — a movement that impacts sex education in the United States to this day. Jill Dender was one of the first teens to sign the pledge while traveling with her youth group from Tulip Grove Baptist in Nashville
Nashville’s exvangelical movement
Today, we delve deep inside the growing movement of people who identify as “exvangelicals.”
The Christian music industry has found a home in Nashville
Nashville is known for music production, namely in country music, but it is also the hub for the Contemporary Christian Music industry.
Southern Baptist Annual Meeting Could Be A Showdown Over The Denomination’s Future
Tensions are running high in the Nashville-based Southern Baptist Convention as the denomination gathers here for its first annual meeting since the pandemic began.
This Holy Week, Middle Tennessee Churches Face New Socially Distanced Reality
This week is Holy Week, the religious observance of the days leading up to Easter, and Christians in Middle Tennessee are struggling with the new reality of social distancing. Many churches are feeling a loss.
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