How much money should a denominational body have to give to a university in return for the ability to control that university’s governance? Turns out, not much in many cases. As state, regional and national denominational bodies have faced declining…
Religion Notes: Prof awarded $5 million grant to feed hungry kids — through the mail
-Academy of Preachers finds new home at Belmont
-Duke Divinity program seeks to strengthen black church leadership
Belmont University student dies in Waffle House shooting
Historically Baptist Belmont University devoted its Monday morning chapel service to prayers for a student whose life was cut short by a mass shooting. DeEbony Groves, 21, was one of four victims killed by a gunman in a Sunday morning…
Westboro Baptist Church reportedly coming to Belmont University
A Christian university in Nashville, Tenn., is bracing for a Halloween visit by the notoriously anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan. The independent Baptist church which has been protesting the acceptance of homosexuality since 1991 announced on its website…
Voice teacher’s duet turns out ‘for good’
By Bob Allen A Belmont University graduate and adjunct voice teacher at California Baptist University became an Internet sensation when a YouTube video of her singing onstage with Kristin Chenoweth at the Hollywood Bowl went viral. More than 2.6 million…