2016-2017

Summer Graduation: Graduate and Adult Studies (Jul 29, 2017)
Congratulations 51社区 Graduates (May 24, 2017)
Spring Graduation: BSOL & All Graduate Level (May 20, 2017)
Speaker: Gregory Wills, dean of the School of Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Spring Graduation: All Undergraduates (except BSOL) - Part 1 (May 20, 2017)
Speaker: Gregory Wills, dean of the School of Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary -
Spring Graduation: All Undergraduates (except BSOL) - Part 2 (May 20, 2017)
Chapel: Awards Day (May 5, 2017)
Music: 'May the 4th Be With You' (Star Wars) Band & Orchestra Concert (May 4, 2017)
A concert with the 51社区 Orchestra and Symphonic Band featuring the Music of John Williams including: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Hook, Jurassic Park, and many others.
Chapel: GO Trip Reports (Apr 28, 2017)
Reports from students who participated in Spring Break GO Trips to Boston, Connecticut, Louisville, and Honduras.
Chapel: Amy Simpson (Apr 26, 2017)
Speaker: Amy Simpson, Author and Speaker, Wheaton, Ill. - Address: "Mental Illness and Your Calling"
SAC: Variety Show 2017 (Apr 22, 2017)
Chapel: Psallos Romans Project (Apr 21, 2017)
Cody Curtis, Assistant Residence Director, 51社区 - PSALLOS performed portions of their album Romans.
Chapel: Student-Led Worship (Apr 19, 2017)
Union students lead in a time of worship and scripture reading.
Chapel: Frank Anderson (Apr 7, 2017)
Speaker: Frank Anderson, Chair of Expository Preaching, 51社区 - Address: "Living in Praise of Repentance" from Joshua 7
Chapel: GO Trip Commissioning Service (Apr 5, 2017)
Chapel: Tom Key (Mar 31, 2017)
Speaker: Tom Key, Artistic Director, Theatrical Outfit, Greenville, SC - Address: "That dangerous and wonderful thing we do."
Scholar-in-Residence Lecture: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre (Mar 30, 2017)
Speaker: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre - Address: "Listening"
Scholar-in-Residence Lecture: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre (Mar 28, 2017)
Speaker: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre - Address: "Why Read a Poem at a Time Like This?"
Chapel: Scott Harris (Mar 24, 2017)
Speaker: Scott Harris, Missions Minister, Brentwood Baptist Church, Brentwood, Tenn. - Address: "The Reluctant Missionary and the Pursuing God" from Jonah 1:1-3
Scholar-in-Residence Lecture: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre (Mar 23, 2017)
Speaker: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre - Address: "Language and Our Life Together: How to Maintain Healthy Interpretive Communities"
Chapel: Ally Currie & Melanie Taylor (Mar 22, 2017)
Speakers: Ally Currie, Ministry Assistant; & Melanie Taylor, Director of Discipleship Ministries, University Ministries, 51社区 - Address: "Preparing Well for the Journey"
Scholar-in-Residence Lecture: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre (Mar 21, 2017)
Speaker: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre - Address: "Poetry, Politics, and the Life of the Spirit"
Chapel: Megan Almon (Mar 15, 2017)
Speaker: Megan Almon, Presenter and Writer, Life Training Institute, Colorado Springs, Co. - Address: "How to Make the Case for Life On Hostile Turf"
REF500 Plenary: Peter Leithart (Mar 11, 2017)
Speaker: Peter Leithart, President, Theopolis Institute, Birmingham, Ala.
REF500 Plenary: David Lyle Jeffrey (Mar 11, 2017)
Speaker: David Lyle Jeffrey, Distinguished Professor of Literature and the Humanities, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
REF500 Parallel Session: George Guthrie (Mar 11, 2017)
Speaker: George Guthrie, Benjamin W. Perry Professor of Bible, 51社区 - Address: "The Reformation: Why You Have Your Own Copy of the Bible Today"
REF500 Parallel Session: John Netland (Mar 11, 2017)
Speaker: John Netland, Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences & Professor of English, 51社区 - Address: "The Religious Dissenter in Victorian Fiction: Reformation Themes in 19th Century English Novels"
REF500 Parallel Session: Nathan Finn (Mar 11, 2017)
Speaker: Nathan Finn, Dean and Professor of Christian Thought and Tradition, 51社区 - Address: "Baptist Identity as Reformational Identity"
REF500 Parallel Session: Walton Padelford (Mar 11, 2017)
Speaker: Walt Padelford, Porter Family Professor of Business and Economics, 51社区 - Address: "The Reformation and Modern Economy"
REF500 Parallel Session: Hal Poe (Mar 11, 2017)
Speaker: Hal Poe, Charles Colson University Professor of Faith & Culture, 51社区 - Address: "The Preached Word of God and the English Reformation"
REF500 Parallel Session: Henry Allen (Mar 11, 2017)
Speaker: Henry Allen, Assistant Professor of History, 51社区 - Address: "Martin Luther and the Making of History: His Historiographical Legacy"
REF500 Parallel Session: Ray Van Neste (Mar 11, 2017)
Speaker: Ray Van Neste, Professor of Biblical Studies & Director, R.C. Ryan Center for Biblical Studies, 51社区 - Address: "Evangelism & Missions in the Reformation"
REF500 Parallel Session: Hunter Baker (Mar 11, 2017)
Speaker: Hunter Baker, University Fellow & Associate Professor of Political Science, 51社区 - Address: "'Luther's Error'?: Martin Luther and the Question of Political Quietism"
REF500 Plenary: Carl Trueman (Mar 10, 2017)
Speaker: Carl Trueman, Paul Woolley Chair of Church History, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Penn.
REF500 Parallel Session: Gavin Richardson (Mar 10, 2017)
Speaker: Gavin Richardson, Professor of English, 51社区 - Address: "Antipapal Rhetoric on the Eve of the Reformation"
REF500 Parallel Session: James A. Patterson (Mar 10, 2017)
Speaker: James A. Patterson, Associate Dean and University Professor of Christian Thought & Tradition, 51社区 - Address: "Baptists and Anabaptists: Are We Really Close Kin?"
REF500 Parallel Session: Jimmy H. Davis (Mar 10, 2017)
Speaker: Jimmy H. Davis, Hammons Professor of Chemistry & Vice President for Institutional Research, 51社区 - Address: "Reformation: The Spark that Ignited Modern Science"
REF500 Parallel Session: Chris Mathews (Mar 10, 2017)
Speaker: Chris Mathews, Dean of the Warren M. Angell College of Fine Arts and Professor of Music, Oklahoma Baptist University - Address: "Do you Hear the People Sing?: Songs of the Reformation"
REF500 Parallel Session: Justin Barnard (Mar 10, 2017)
Speaker: Justin Barnard, Professor of Philosophy, 51社区 - Address: "'Comfortable Words': Reforming the Lord's Supper"
REF500 Parallel Session: Ted Kluck (Mar 10, 2017)
Speaker: Ted Kluck, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts, 51社区 - Address: "Blue Collar Man: On Vocation, Entitlement, and Loving a God Who Both Gives and Takes Away"
REF500 Chapel: Nathan Finn (Mar 10, 2017)
Speaker: Nathan Finn, Dean for the School of Theology & Missions, 51社区 - REF500 Address: "Reforming the Reformation: The 'Baptist' Mark of the Church"
REF500 Festival of Preaching: Jim Shaddix (Mar 8, 2017)
Jim Shaddix, Professor of Preaching, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, N.C. - Address: "To God Alone Be Glory"
REF500 Festival of Preaching: Eric Smith (Mar 8, 2017)
Speaker: Eric Smith, Senior Pastor, Sharon Baptist Church, Savannah, Tenn. - Address: "Faith Alone"
REF500 Festival of Preaching: Justin Wainscott (Mar 8, 2017)
Speakers: Justin Wainscott, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jackson, Tenn. - Address: "Grace Alone"
REF500 Festival of Preaching: Fred Shackelford (Mar 8, 2017)
Speaker: Fred Shackelford, IV, Senior Pastor, Ellendale Baptist Church, Bartlett, Tenn. - Address: "Christ Alone"
REF500 Festival of Preaching Chapel: Steve Gaines (Mar 8, 2017)
Speaker: Steve Gaines, President, Southern Baptist Convention; Senior Pastor, Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, Tenn. - REF500 Address: "Scripture Alone"
West Tennessee Evangelism Rally: Session 1 (Mar 5, 2017)
Preacher: Steve Gaines; Host: Ernest Easley; Worship Team: Bellevue Baptist Church. Sponsored by the Tennessee Baptist Convention and 51社区
West Tennessee Evangelism Rally: Session 2 (Mar 5, 2017)
Preacher: Steve Gaines; Host: Ernest Easley; Worship Team: Bellevue Baptist Church. Sponsored by the Tennessee Baptist Convention and 51社区
Chapel: William Watson (Mar 3, 2017)
Speaker: William Watson, Senior Pastor, Historic First Baptist Church, Jackson, Tenn. - Address: "Single, Saved, and Seeking" from Matthew 6:33
Chapel: Justin Wainscott (Mar 1, 2017)
Speaker: Justin Wainscott, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jackson, Tenn. - Address: "Walking in the Way of the Cross" from Luke 9:18-24, 42-44,51
Crabtree Family Life Series Chapel: Ted & Kristin Kluck (Feb 24, 2017)
Speakers: Ted & Kristin Kluck, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts, 51社区 - Address: "Family is a Means to an End"
Crabtree Family Life Series Chapel: Ted & Kristin Kluck (Feb 22, 2017)
Speaker: Ted & Kristin Kluck, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts, 51社区 - Address: "Aesthetics, Friendship and Marriage"
Chapel: Lysa TerKeurst (Feb 17, 2017)
Speaker: Lysa TerKeurst, Author and Speaker, President, Proverbs 31 Ministries, Matthews, NC
Chapel: Joseph Stegall (Feb 15, 2017)
Speaker: Joseph Stegall, Lead Pastor, Providence Baptist Church, Nolensville, Tenn. - Address: "A Prayer for Gospel Growth" from Colossians 1:9-14
Chapel: Roland Porter (Feb 10, 2017)
Speaker: Roland Porter, Pastor, Agape Christian Fellowship Church, Jackson, Tenn. - Address: "Make God Happy" from Proverbs 16:7
Chapel: Why Chapel at Union? (Feb 8, 2017)
Dub Oliver, Todd Brady, and Dan Lancaster talk about the place of chapel in the life of our University experience.
Founders Day Chapel: Clay Hallmark (Feb 3, 2017)
Speaker: Clay Hallmark, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lexington, Tenn.
Merry Christmas 2016 (Dec 21, 2016)
This video features one of our newest additions at Union, a 49-bell carillon at the top of Miller Tower that emphasizes the importance of beauty and art on campus. Enjoy!
Fall Graduation 2016: BSOL & All Graduate Level (Dec 17, 2016)
Union Provost C. Ben Mitchell was the keynote speaker during the second of two fall commencement exercises of the 192nd graduating class at West Jackson Baptist Church, where 302 Union students received their degrees.
Fall Graduation 2016: All Undergraduates (except BSOL) (Dec 17, 2016)
Sen. Bob Corker was the keynote speaker during the first of two fall commencement exercises of the 192nd graduating class at West Jackson Baptist Church, where 302 Union students received their degrees.
Christmas Gift to the Community (Dec 7, 2016)
Music: A Union Christmas (Dec 6, 2016)
Chapel: Advent Service (Dec 2, 2016)
Chapel: Scott Huelin (Nov 30, 2016)
Speaker: Scott Huelin, Director of the Honors Community, 51社区 - Advent Prayer Service
Chapel: Steve Beverly (Nov 18, 2016)
Speaker: Steve Beverly, Associate Professor of Communication Arts, 51社区 - Address: "The Road Back: My Journey with Depression" from Romans 8:38-39; 2 Corinthians 1: 3-4
Chapel: Hayward Armstrong (Nov 16, 2016)
Speaker: Hayward Armstrong, Director, Online Program, Theology and Missions, 51社区 - Address: "Why Must We Go?" from Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 24:46-49; Acts 1:8
Chapel: Cody Finch (Nov 11, 2016)
Speaker: Cody Finch, Minister to College and Young Adults, Englewood Baptist Church, Jackson, Tenn. - Address: "Compared to Who?" from Matthew 20:1-16
Chapel: Brett Perkins (Nov 9, 2016)
Worship Leader: Brett Perkins, Worship Leader, The Journey Church, Lebanon, Tenn.
Chapel: Homecoming (Nov 4, 2016)
Seventeen members of the Class of 1967 were presented with their fifty year reunion medallions. The Class of 1966 presented their class gift to 51社区 - A scholarship fund to benefit future Union students.
Chapel: Jennifer Whitwell Christensen (Nov 2, 2016)
Speaker: Jennifer Whitwell Christensen, Instructor of High School English, Christ Presbyterian Academy, Mt. Juliet, Tenn. - Address: "The Weight of Expectation"
Chapel: Steve & Angela Moses (Oct 28, 2016)
Speaker: Steve and Angela Moses, Office Director, World Relief, Memphis, Tenn. - Address: "Engaging Strangers Well" from 1 Peter 4:7-11
Chapel: Thi Mitsamphanh (Oct 26, 2016)
Speaker: Thi Mitsamphanh, Church Mobilizer, World Relief, Memphis, Tenn. - Address: "Missions in the Age of Migration" from Acts 17:26-27
Faith in Practice Chapel: Noe Garcia (Oct 21, 2016)
Speaker: Noe Garcia, Senior Pastor, North Phoenix Baptist Church, Phoenix, Ariz. - Address: "The Poser and the Doer" from James 1:21-27, James 2:14-26
Faith in Practice Chapel: Noe Garcia (Oct 20, 2016)
Speaker: Noe Garcia, Senior Pastor, North Phoenix Baptist Church, Phoenix, Ariz. - Address: "Dating Sin" from James 1:12-15
Faith in Practice Chapel: Noe Garcia (Oct 19, 2016)
Speaker: Noe Garcia, Senior Pastor, North Phoenix Baptist Church, Phoenix, Ariz. - Address: "The Strength in our Pain" from James 1:1-4
Political Science: Thinking Christianly About the 2016 Election (Oct 17, 2016)
Dr. Sean Evans, Dr. Hunter Baker and Dr. Greg Ryan presented their takes on how Christians should approach the 2016 election.
Chapel: Micah Fries (Oct 12, 2016)
Speaker: Micah Fries, Senior Pastor, Brainerd Baptist Church, Chattanooga, Tenn. - Address: "The Church in Exile" from Jeremiah 29:4-14
Faculty of the Year Chapel: Web Drake (Oct 7, 2016)
Speaker: Web Drake, Chair, Department of Communication Arts, 51社区 - Address: "Christian Engagement" from 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Chapel: Chad Keck (Oct 5, 2016)
Speaker: Chad Keck, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Kettering, Dayton, Ohio - Address: "Made Distinct by His Presence" from Exodus 33:1-6; 12-23
Engage, Inspire, Unite (Oct 4, 2016)
Shown at the 2016 Scholarship Banquet featuring Donald Rumsfeld
Chapel: Don Dent (Sep 30, 2016)
Don Dent, Director, The David and Faith Kim School of Global Missions, Gateway Seminary, Ontario, Cal. - Address: "Money Changers and World Changers" from Mark 11:15-18
Chapel: Jeff Simmons (Sep 23, 2016)
Speaker: Jeff Simmons, Lead Pastor, Rolling Hills Community Church, Franklin, Tenn. - Address: "Open Your Eyes to God's Greater Story" from 2 Kings 6:8-23
Chapel: Danny Akin (Sep 21, 2016)
Speaker: Danny Akin, President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, N.C. - Address: "Why We Trust, Study and Teach the Bible" from 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5
Chapel: Stories from East Asia (Sep 16, 2016)
Summer Stories from East Asia - Students shared how God is working in East Asia.
Chapel: Justin Perry (Sep 14, 2016)
Speaker: Justin Perry, Pastor for Preaching and Vision, Covenant Life Church, Tampa, Fla. - Address: "Remember Who you Are" from Jude 1:1
Chapel: Stories from Salt Lake City (Sep 9, 2016)
Stories from Salt Lake City - GO Trip partners, participants, and sending churches will share how God is at work in Salt Lake City.
Chapel: Vince Bantu (Sep 7, 2016)
Speaker: Vince Bantu, Visiting Professor of Missiology, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. - Address: "No Further Burden: Celebrating the Multiethnic Gospel"
Chapel: Dan Lancaster (Sep 2, 2016)
Speaker: Dan Lancaster, Assistant Vice President for University Ministries, 51社区 - Address: "Praying for the Nations" from Luke 11:9
Chapel: Jesse Eubanks (Aug 31, 2016)
Speaker: Jesse Eubanks, Executive Director, Love Thy Neighbor, Inc., Louisville, KY - Address: "Power in Weakness" from Matthew 28:16-20
Fall Convocation: Dub Oliver (Aug 26, 2016)
Speaker: Samuel W. "Dub" Oliver, President - Address: "Do Justice"
Welcome Week 2016 (Aug 23, 2016)
51社区 welcome more than 350 new residential students during Welcome Week 2016. Highlights include move-in day, rec night, ice cream party and Lest We Forget service. This is one of our favorite times of year.
Welcome Week Chapel: Todd Brady (Aug 19, 2016)