Dockery: Union wants to be more connected to TBC than everDespite a decreasing dependence upon funding from the Tennessee Baptist Convention, Union University is an institution wholeheartedly committed to its TBC roots, Union President David S. Dockery said Nov. 10.
“I think it’s very important that our best friends, who are here in this room tonight, understand that this is not 1975. It’s 2009,” Dockery said at a Union alumni and friends dinner during the TBC’s annual meeting in Jackson, Tenn. “Times are different. The numbers are different. The old paradigms don’t work.
“It’s time for us to look afresh at what it’s going to be like as we move forward together, and do so without changing the foundational commitment that has made Union University what it has been in its relation with the TBC since 1875, what it is today and, by the grace of God, what it can be in days ahead.”
Union University President David S. Dockery and two others from Union are among a group of 125 prominent evangelicals, Roman Catholics, Anglicans and Orthodox Christians who have signed the Manhattan Declaration, a document addressing key issues of human life, marriage and religious liberty.
Gregory A. Thornbury, dean of the School of Christian Studies, and C. Ben Mitchell, Graves Professor ...
Delegates from Union University to the 40th General Assembly of the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature earned the Best Delegation award for their role in the proceedings Nov. 12-15 at the State Capitol in Nashville, Tenn.
TISL is a statewide organization formed in 1966 to give college students a voice in state government. The nonpartisan organization convenes a General Assembly each...
Union graduate and business professor Emily Lean received the 2009 Academy of Management Best Paper Award at the Academy of Management annual meeting in Chicago in August.
The Academy of Management is an international association which publishes the journal Academy of Management Perspectives six times a year, then picks one article from the year to be awarded the Best Paper Award.
L...
Dockery: Union wants to be more connected to TBC than everDespite a decreasing dependence upon funding from the Tennessee Baptist Convention, Union University is an institution wholeheartedly committed to its TBC roots, Union President David S. Dockery said Nov. 10.
“I think it’s very important that our best friends, who are here in this room tonight, understand that this is not 1975. It’s 2009,” Dockery said at a Union alumni and friends dinner du...
Union wraps up Homecoming Week 2009Hundreds of Union University alumni celebrated their annual homecoming with a week of activities that culminated Nov. 7 in a tailgate party, the crowning of a new homecoming queen and wins for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams.
Katy Pope, a senior graphic design major from Sylacauga, Ala., was selected as the 2009 homecoming queen and crowned at halftime of the Lady Bulldogs’ 75-54...
The Union University Players will present James Valcq’s play “Zombies from the Beyond,” beginning Nov. 12, at the university’s W.D. Powell Theatre.
A comedy, “Zombies from the Beyond” is about a group of scientists in the 1950s who witness a spaceship arrive, and chaos ensues when they discover that it houses zombies who have come to kidnap all the men on earth.
Union students with k...
Robert Brabenec, math professor at Wheaton College and executive secretary of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences, will lecture at Union University Nov. 12 on “Thinking Philosophically about Mathematics.”
Brabenec began teaching math at Wheaton in 1964, and became chairman of the math department there in 1967. He began the Association of Christians in Mathematical Scie...
Union University’s School of Pharmacy will host a memory walk Nov. 14 to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.
The walk will begin at 10:45 a.m. near Miller Tower. After the walk, pharmaceutical companies will provide information about Alzheimer’s and other dementia diseases. Lisa Bobel, director of the Alzheimer’s Association in Memphis, will be the emcee for the event.
The walk is fre...
More than 900 serve as part of seventh annual Campus and Community dayLindsay Dawkins wasn’t at Union University in 2008 when a tornado destroyed much of the campus. A senior from Dekalb, Miss., she transferred to Union after that significant event. But she has heard the stories of how the local community rallied to Union’s aid in its time of need.
“It is amazing how God has blessed Union with the response that it has gotten from this community,” Dawkins said....
Union University will show the documentary “Urban Assault: Escape from Poverty” Nov. 10.
Using Nashville as a typical city, the film includes interviews and narratives of people who have overcome the bondage of poverty, and examines some of the solutions for alleviating it. Stories in the documentary include a former kingpin drug hustler named Killer who is now a successful business owner an...
Henry Institute to show documentary on stem cell researchThe Carl F.H. Henry Institute for Intellectual Discipleship at Union University will show the film “Lines That Divide,” a documentary about stem cell research, Nov. 12.
Jennifer Lahl, the film’s associate producer and founder and national director of the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, will be on hand for the screening. Lahl has more than 25 years experience as a pediatric critical...
Union hosts BP journalism conferenceChristian journalists should excel at their work and give non-believers reason to consider the gospel, a Baptist newspaper editor told collegiate journalists Oct. 29.
“Colossians 3:23 says, ‘Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as unto the Lord and not to men,’’” said Jennifer Rash, managing editor of the Alabama Baptist. “That’s what we’re called to do. If you’re a believer, we’...
Platt encourages Union students to forsake earthly comforts in pursuit of Christ’s worldwide gloryStudents should pursue the kingdom of Christ by giving up the American dream and living a radical life proclaiming Christ’s glory to a needy world, David Platt told Union University students Oct. 21- 23.
Platt, pastor of The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Ala., was the keynote speaker for Union’s annual Faith in Practice week. He presented 10 truths to the student body in three servic...
Union to celebrate Homecoming week Nov. 2-7; Vandy game Oct. 30 to kick off festivitiesA family-friendly tailgate party, a new class of Sports Hall of Fame inductees and the class of 1960’s 50-year reunion will be the key features for Union University’s 2009 Homecoming week Nov. 2-7.
A special event kicking off this year’s Homecoming festivities will be the Lady Bulldogs’ exhibition basketball game against Vanderbilt Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. at Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gymnasium. Union...
Union’s seventh annual Campus and Community day set for Nov. 4More than 700 Union University students, faculty and staff members will participate in more than 50 service projects in Jackson and West Tennessee Nov. 4 as part of Union’s seventh annual “Campus and Community: A Day of Remembrance and Service.”
The event, part of Union’s Homecoming week of activities, is an opportunity for Union to show its appreciation to the community for its assistance ...
Christians and the environment will be the topic for the next Town and Gown series at Union University on Monday nights Oct. 26-Nov. 23.
The Town and Gown series is an opportunity for community members interested in various topics to attend lectures and participate in discussions in a classroom setting. The classes are free and open to the public.
The lectures in this Town and Gown i...
Rice: World needs U.S. economic prosperity, commitment to democracyStudents at Union University have the privilege to study where reason and faith are not at war, and “where the intellect and the soul inhabit the same body,” according to Condoleezza Rice.
Because of that privilege, the former U.S. secretary of state told students they have a special responsibility to find their passion and to be optimistic about the future of the country.
Rice, who s...
Baker to lecture on secularism’s failureHunter Baker, author of the new book “The End of Secularism,” will lecture at Union University Oct. 22.
Baker is director of strategic planning, associate provost and assistant professor of government at Houston Baptist University. His book was published by Crossway Books.
“Hunter Baker’s volume is a much-welcomed addition to the debate on the role of religion and faith in the public s...
Family members and loved ones of homicide victims will participate in “Remember Me: The Second Annual Commemorative Walk for Homicide-loss Survivors” at Union University Oct. 26.
The event will feature a banquet at 5 p.m. in the Carl Grant Events Center, with Tennessee Sen. Roy Herron delivering the keynote address. A half-mile walk and white balloon release will begin at 6 p.m. after the ba...
Cowan to perform at McAfee Organ Concert Oct. 27Organist Ken Cowan will be the featured performer for this year’s McAfee Organ Concert Oct. 27 at Union University.
Cowan is assistant professor of organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, N.J. His recent and upcoming feature performances include appearances at Grand Cathedral San Francisco, Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall, Spivey Hall in Atlanta, Walt Disney Concer...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Fischer to give Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecture Oct. 29Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Hackett Fischer will be the featured speaker for the 13th annual Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecture Series Oct. 29 at Union University.
Fischer, the Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University, will address the topic, “Leaders in an Open Society: The Presidencies of Washington, Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and Barack Obama.”
Fischer is the a...
‘Secret Holocaust Diaries’ authors George, Tomlin to speak at Oct. 22 Union Auxiliary luncheonDenise George and Carolyn Tomlin, co-authors of the book “The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister,” will be the keynote speakers at the Union Auxiliary fall luncheon Oct. 22.
The book, released earlier this year, tells the story of a Russian-American woman named Nonna Bannister who saw and survived the evils of the Holocaust. Bannister kept her diary entries – and ...
Patterson, Finn explore past, future of BaptistsUnion University professor James Patterson traced the history of Baptists over the past 400 years, while Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Nathan Finn challenged Southern Baptists and evangelicals to pass their faith on to a new generation of believers.
Patterson, university professor of Christian studies, spoke Oct. 6 and Finn, associate professor of church history and Baptist st...
Van Neste, Tidwell examine pastoral ministry, revivalsUnion University professors Ray Van Neste and Jerry Tidwell addressed concerns within the Southern Baptist Convention by examining the history of where the church has been and how it can best prepare for the future.
Amidst discussion of the decline of denominations and what the evangelical and Baptist communities should be doing in response to this, Van Neste offered insight into the smaller...
Next generation crucial to future of SBC, Mohler saysThe younger generation of Southern Baptists will shape the future of the denomination, a stewardship it must not take lightly, R. Albert Mohler Jr., told students Oct. 9 at Union University in the closing address of the “Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism” conference.
The rise of secularism and the fall of cultural Christianity in the deep South over the p...
Litfin, Lindsay address trends of evangelicalism, denominationsA university president and a leading sociologist offered their insights into religious denominations generally and the Southern Baptist Convention specifically during a conference at Union University Oct. 6-9.
The conference, “Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism,” marked the 400th anniversary of the Baptist movement. On Oct. 7, Duane Litfin, president of Whea...
Smith urges a return to Christ-centered preachingChristians have limited Christ in their preaching today and must return to the proclamation of Christ alone in their lives, said Robert Smith, associate professor of divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Oct. 7 at Union University.
Smith spoke at a special Wednesday evening worship service as part of “Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism,” a conference at Union ...
Akin: SBC’s future hinges on faithfulness to Scripture Southern Baptists can look forward to a hopeful future if the denomination remains faithful to the Bible as well as open to change, seminary president Danny Akin said at Union University Oct. 8.
Akin, president of Southeastern Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., spoke as part of the “Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism” conference Oct. 6-9.
Aki...
From handwringing to hopefulness: Dockery calls on Christians to unite around essentials of the gospelThough church denominations are in decline, Union University President David S. Dockery said he is still convinced of the benefits they provide, such as structure, connections, coherence and accountability, especially for groups like the Southern Baptist Convention.
“I believe (denominations) do matter, and they will continue to matter,” Dockery said. “But if, and only if, they remain connec...
Beeson’s George emphasizes value of creeds in understanding ChristianityBaptist identity stems from three understandings of faith, Timothy George said in a message delivered Oct. 7 at Union University.
George is founding dean at Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. George’s message was part of the “Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism” conference at Union Oct. 6-9.
Pointing to the text of Jude ...
Stetzer: Denominations have future as ‘servants’ of churches on God’s missionAlthough denominations are not clearly mandated by Scripture and today face significant challenges, they nevertheless have a future – but only as servants of local churches on mission with God, Southern Baptist leader Ed Stetzer said Oct. 6 at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.
For Southern Baptists, in particular, Stetzer argued for doctrinal consensus around the Baptist Faith and Message 2...
Union welcomes more than 500 for annual Family WeekendUnion University welcomed more than 500 student family members to Jackson for Family Weekend Oct. 2-3, a time of activities and events that showcase daily campus life.
Although there were a number of events planned for families, free time is also reserved for families and students to spend together.
“I think a lot of the weekend is stuff that we don’t do,” said Joy Moore, director of ...
Panel discussion added to Thursday’s conference scheduleA Thursday evening panel discussion has been added to the schedule of this week’s “Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism” conference at Union University.
The panel discussion on Thursday will begin at 7:45 p.m. following an address by Union University President David S. Dockery, whose message is entitled “So Many Denominations: The Rise and Decline of Denominat...
Two U.S. representatives will speak about bipartisanship in Washington as part of the Jones Lecture at Union University Oct. 12.
John Tanner (D-Union City, Tenn.) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-Cape Girardeau, Mo.) will talk about why bipartisanship doesn’t occur more often, when it does occur and how congressional reform could bring about more bipartisanship, according to Union political science pr...
Future of denominationalism conference begins this weekA major conference marking the 400th anniversary of the Baptist movement begins this week at Union University.
“Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism” runs Oct. 6-9 and features addresses from a group of prominent evangelical leaders including Duane Litfin, Michael Lindsay, Timothy George, Albert Mohler and Union University President David S. Dockery.
“Th...
BBC’s Kay encourages students to use passportsThe United States’ global prestige is rebounding after a major decline in recent years, and college students can contribute to that rebound significantly in the future, according to a BBC correspondent who spoke at Union University Sept. 30.
Katty Kay, co-presenter of BBC World news bulletins and the Washington correspondent for BBC World News America, spoke in the Carl Grant Events Center a...
Union enrollment tops 4,000 for first timeEnrollment at Union University for the fall semester is a record-high 4,050 students – a 7.4 percent jump from a year ago and the 12th straight year for an enrollment increase at the university.
It’s the first time ever for Union’s enrollment to exceed 4,000 students.
The 2009 figure tops last year’s fall enrollment of 3,770 by 280. The latest enrollment figures show a 105 percent inc...
Kay, Prothero headline 2009-10 Union Forum seriesA British Broadcasting Corp. news correspondent and an acclaimed author and professor will visit Union University this academic year to address political and religious topics for the ongoing Union Forum luncheon lecture series.
Katty Kay, co-presenter of BBC World news bulletins and the Washington correspondent for BBC World News America, will speak Sept. 30 on the topic “Washington from a ...
A New Day at Union University
