John Gordon Skeen, Jr., 79, of Lebanon, Tennessee, died December 12, 2020. He was a member of Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) where he had served as a deacon, elder, and taught Sunday school for many years.

December 16, 2020, Memphis Theological Seminary president, the Reverend Jody Hill, announced the institution’s accreditation had been reaffirmed by SACSCOC for ten years without stipulations. MTS was also accredited by ATS through 2025. Both of these accrediting bodies have also approved Memphis Theological Seminary to offer distance education.

July 23, 2020, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the “Face It, Masks Fight COVID-19” public service announcement campaign designed to encourage Tennesseans to wear protective face masks when in public situations. The campaign launched the next day and is running on “broadcast and cable television, digital, social media, print, and billboards” statewide. November 18, 2020, […]

Focus Turn off your cell phone, TV, or radio. Listen to the silence that is around you. Listen for God to speak to you. Read Hebrews 1:5-14   New Revised Standard Version 5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son;    today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be his […]