SBC name change opposed by Tenn. Baptists
[QUOTE@left@180=For earlier stories in Baptist Press, click here]HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- Messengers to the Tennessee Baptist Convention's annual meeting adopted a resolution opposing a name change for the Southern Baptist Convention.
Dragster tragedy prompts Baptist ministry
SELMER, Tenn. (BP)--When a drag racing car slammed into a crowd of people who had lined the street for a parade in southwest Tennessee, leaving at least six dead, several Baptist ministers quickly were on the scene or at the local hospital.
Netherton resigns as Carson-Newman president
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (BP)--James S. Netherton, president of Carson-Newman College since 2000, announced his resignation Feb. 16, effective June 1, to become executive vice president for administration and finance at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., on Oct. 1.
Subpoena of 100 churches by Belmont called ‘unreasonable’
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP)--Belmont University has subpoenaed 100 Tennessee Baptist Convention churches asking for information on gifts churches “made to the Cooperative Program between 1951 and 2005.”
Baptist named Tenn. poet laureate of Christian country music
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Hugh X. Lewis has been an advocate for Christian country music for most of his 50-plus years in the entertainment business.
