Southern Baptists elected a new leader who has decried a “decline and drift” within the denomination. Supporters of Willy Rice include an outspoken faction seeking to move the solidly conservative body even further to the right.
Why an apolitical worship song has become popular with conservative activists
A Christian worship song has turned up everywhere from prayer services at the Pentagon to the Charlie Kirk memorial service. The song is apolitical, so what accounts for its use at political events?
NashVillager Podcast: Tolbert Fanning and the Church of Christ
Who was Senator Anna Belle Clement O’Brien? Plus, the local news for May 6, and this week’s edition of What Where Whens-day.
Southern Baptist Convention continues membership slide but grows in attendance, baptisms
Southern Baptist membership sank last year to its lowest level since 1973. But the nation’s largest Protestant denomination saw increases in worship attendance and baptisms.
NashVillager Podcast: Jewish Nashville
When did religious diversity come to Nashville? The South is sometimes assumed to be a monoculture. But that’s not certainly not true … and it never has been.
NashVillager Podcast: Thoughts and prayers
How does a community respond as a group when a divisive person dies? Plus, the local news for Sept. 16, 2025.
Southern Baptist policy head resigns after 4 years of navigating internal conflicts
Brent Leatherwood has resigned as head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s policy arm after nearly four years. The agency has been a strong advocate against abortion and transgender rights while promoting religious liberty and a pro-Israel stance.
Nashville Masses are emptier as the threat of deportations looms
ICE arrested nearly 200 people as part of the early May operation. The raids — and the possibility of future crack downs — has had a chilling effect on Nashville’s Spanish-speaking parishes.
‘Where’s the meaning in everything?’ Lessons learned from a week as a Buddhist monk
For Don Srisuriyo, a Thai American from Murfreesboro, becoming a Buddhist monk was unexpectedly challenging, and changed his relationship to his heritage.
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