The upcoming execution of Christa Pike is getting more than the usual attention: she’s the first woman in more than 180 years to face the death penalty in Tennessee and she’s a practicing Buddhist, a focal point in her legal battles and how she will be put to death.
Civil rights groups want records from school districts with plans to post the Ten Commandments
Five school districts in Tennessee are being asked to turn over public records regarding their decisions to post the Ten Commandments in schools. The request was made in letters sent by several civil rights groups to the schools districts.
Wilson County school board votes to display Ten Commandments
Schools in Wilson County will soon display the Ten Commandments. The school board approved the policy change after state lawmakers passed a measure earlier this year allowing Tennessee schools to post the religious text along with other historical documents.
Southern Baptists elect new president who decried ‘drift’ in conservative denomination
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.
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