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UNION UNIVERSITY TO OPEN R.G. LEE HOME NOV. 11

Ernest Easley, professor of evangelism at Union University, stands outside the home of R.G. Lee, which has been relocated from Memphis to the Jackson campus. An open house will be held at the home on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m.

By Nathan Handley
Union News Office

JACKSON — A piece of Southern Baptist history has been moved to the campus of Union University.

On Nov. 11, the university will open the newly renovated birthplace of R.G. Lee, which was moved to Union’s Jackson campus from Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis.

“R.G. Lee was a leading statesman among Southern Baptists and other evangelicals during the middle years of the 20th century,” said Nathan Finn, dean of Union’s School of Theology and Missions. [Read more…]

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BUSH ADDRESSES 1,500 AT UNION SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET

By Tim Ellsworth
Union University News Office

President George W. Bush and Union University President Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver participate in a question-and-answer session during Union University’s 20th annual Scholarship Banquet.

JACKSON — President George W. Bush shared stories of his time in the White House, talked about his faith in Jesus Christ, and encouraged college students to be involved in public service at Union University’s 20th annual Scholarship Banquet Oct. 17.

The event, held at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson, drew 1,500 people who heard the former president discuss a variety of topics in a 50-minute question-and-answer session with Union President Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver.

“Do it,” Bush replied to a question about what he would say to college students considering public service. “It’s ugly at times. But first of all, you live in a fabulous country, and therefore you have a duty to serve your country one way or another. You can serve your country by feeding the hungry or by teaching a child to read. [Read more…]

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UNION TRUSTEES HEAR REPORTS

Union University news office

GERMANTOWN — Union University trustees celebrated the 20th anniversary of Union’s Germantown campus during their Sept. 7-8 meeting, with President Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver sharing a number of success stories of Germantown graduates over the past two decades.

Oliver also reported to trustees on the school’s fall enrollment, and the board adopted a new tuition rate for 2017-2018.  [Read more…]

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VEGAS SHOOTING IMPACTS WEST TENNESSEE CHURCH

By Chris Turner
Baptist and Reflector

FRANKLIN –A small West Tennessee Baptist church felt the blow of Sunday night’s mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert when it learned one of the victims was a native son.

Sonny Melton, 29, who grew up in Big Sandy and attended Ramble Creek Baptist Church (Western District Association), was killed when he was struck by gun fire while shielding his wife, Heather Melton. [Read more…]

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OLIVER ADDRESSES PRUDENCE AT UNION’S FALL CONVOCATION

By Nathan Handley
Union University News Office

Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver

JACKSON — Union University President Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver encouraged students, faculty and staff to pursue prudence at Fall Convocation Aug. 25.

“The Christian concept of the virtue of prudence is a far cry from the ordinary idea of it as careful judgment that allows someone to avoid danger or risks,” Oliver said. “Prudence is not simply knowledge of what to do in a given situation. It is doing it.” [Read more…]

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FOUR FROM UNION SIGN NASHVILLE STATEMENT

From Union University News Office

JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University president Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver and three other Union faculty members were initial signers of the Nashville Statement released Aug. 29 that affirms biblical teaching on issues pertaining to gender and sexuality.

The statement, released by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, counts among its initial signatories such evangelical leaders as John Piper, D.A. Carson, R. Albert Mohler Jr., James Dobson, Russell Moore, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, Steve Gaines and dozens of others. [Read more…]

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UNION TRUSTEES OK ACADEMIC REORGANIZATION

Union University News Office

Union University

JACKSON — Union University trustees approved an academic reorganization for the university that will create the School of Social Work and the School of Adult and Professional Studies, in addition to changing the names of three other schools at their April 21 meeting.

The McAfee School of Business Administration will become the McAfee School of Business, the School of Pharmacy will become the College of Pharmacy, and the College of Education and Human Studies will become the College of Education. [Read more…]

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TENNESSEE PASTORS SPOTLIGHTED IN UNION EVENT

By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector

Steve Gaines

Steve Gaines

JACKSON — Four Tennessee Baptist pastors were front and center during the Festival of Preaching held March 8 at Union University.

The festival was held prior to Union’s REF500 Conference on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The Festival of Preaching focused on the five central themes of the reformation. 

“Preaching played such a role in the Protestant Reformation,” said Ray Van Neste, director of the Ryan Center for Biblical Studies at Union University, which hosted both the Festival of Preaching and REF500. [Read more…]

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REF500 FESTIVAL CELEBRATES PROTESTANT REFORMATION’S 500TH ANNIVERSARY

By Nathan Handley
Union University

JACKSON, Tenn. — Union University celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation with the REF500 festival March 9-11. The festival included lectures, music, theater, film, sermons, and a public reading of the entire Bible.

Ray Van Neste, professor and director of the Ryan Center for Biblical Studies at Union and organizer of the event, said the Reformation is something to be remembered, carefully thought about and celebrated. [Read more…]

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DOCKERY RECOVERING FROM HEART ATTACK

Baptist Press

David Dockery

David Dockery

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Trinity International University President David S. Dockery is recuperating from a cardiac procedure performed in Chicago March 8 that followed what doctors call a mild heart attack.

Cardiac specialists at Northwestern Memorial Hospital placed four stents in coronary arteries after Dockery suffered chest pains and dizziness on Monday, March 6. Following the procedure, doctors reported excellent progress and told his family there were no complications.

Dockery is former president of Union University in Jackson.

TIU faculty and staff met March 8 in the A.T. Olson Chapel on the Trinity campus to pray for Dockery, his family and the caregivers. [Read more…]

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