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As Tennessee pastors and politicians clash over Trump’s immigration agenda, their congregations are divided

By Marianna Bacallao

May 30, 2025

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As evangelical Christians continue to support President Donald Trump, church leadership is taking issue with his immigration policies.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Brent Taylor, Christian, Christianity, evangelical, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Lifeway, Southern Baptist Convention, tnleg, tnpol

Southern Baptist Convention membership declines while baptisms rise

By Marianna Bacallao

April 30, 2025

Fewer people identify as Southern Baptists, and fewer churches are a part of the Nashville-based denomination, according to an annual report.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Christian, Christianity, Lifeway, religion, Southern Baptist Convention

Southern Baptist Annual Meeting Could Be A Showdown Over The Denomination’s Future

By Nina CardonaandChas Sisk

June 10, 2021

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.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Christian, Christianity, Lifeway, religion, Russell Moore, Southern Baptist Convention

LifeWay Implosion Reminds Spectator Of How Old Nashville Will ‘Never Go Back’

By Chris St. Clair

January 6, 2018

Listen Demolition teams brought down LifeWay’s Draper Tower on Saturday without incident. The building was known for the Christian crosses on its façade, and its implosion makes way for a new billion-dollar development in its place.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Economic Development, Lifeway

A Massive Implosion Is On This Weekend In Downtown Nashville

By Tony Gonzalez

January 4, 2018

Listen After a short delay, an iconic downtown Nashville tower will be imploded on Saturday morning, sending off the former LifeWay office known for its monumental embedded cross.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: development, Lifeway

Lifeway Tower To Be Imploded Along With Iconic 12-Story Crosses

By Blake Farmer

October 23, 2017

Listen LifeWay’s office tower on the west side of downtown will soon be imploded to make way for a new billion-dollar development called Nashville Yards. And the iconic crosses on the sides of the building will come down with it.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: development, Lifeway

LifeWay Pulls Blind Side Movie for ‘Racial Slurs’

By Blake Farmer

July 20, 2012

Nashville-based LifeWay Christian Resources has quietly pulled the Oscar-nominated The Blind Side from the shelves of its stores, saying the PG-13 movie contains racial slurs.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Lifeway, Southern Baptist Convention, The Blind Side

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