South Harpeth Church of Christ, Davidson County, Tennessee

Gordon H. Turner’s article from the 21 May 1950 Nashville Tennessean, page 9 B:   More extensive research and data collection since 1950 reveal that South Harpeth is not the second oldest congregation among Churches of Christ, although it is among the oldest. Excluding Christian Churches and Disciples (among which there are several equally old congregations) [...]

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Come to North Boulevard Church tonight

I look forward to speaking tonight at North Boulevard Church of Christ. We’ll be surveying the story of the Nashville Churches of Christ in the 19th century…Philip S. Fall…Church Street Christian Church…Tolbert Fanning…David Lipscomb and the mission to the emerging post-Reconstruction-era suburbs.  Ultimately, we’ll talk about how our history can inform our mission.  Join us [...]

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Come visit at Lafayette Church tonight

I look forward to speaking tonight at Lafayette Church of Christ.  We’ll be surveying Barton Stone’s early life…David Caldwell’s Log Academy…James M’Gready…and the Cane Ridge revival.  We’ll be singing Holy Manna.

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Genealogical Workshop

Genealogists in the Nashville area will want to know about this event: Located in the buckle of America’s Bible belt, Nashville, Tennessee is home to several major repositories of religious records.  Denominational archives, publishing boards, and local congregations offer a wide array of research opportunities.  In addition to documenting de­nominational histories, religious archives also preserve [...]

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Christian Scholars’ Conference 2009

With its organizing theme as The Power of Narrative, this year’s conference drew to Lipscomb University about 400 conferees to hear over 230 presenters in 70 sessions. Topics ranged from studies in specific biblical texts to theology to poetry to literature to history to ethics to science to ministry to teaching (and beyond). Presenters represented [...]

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TSLA Workshop Materials Available

Just added to the Spoken Word page are one presentation and three handouts from yesterday’s workshop.  ——- I spent a few in the reading room after the workshop.  I will post sometime this week another installment in the Dorris Research Unanswered Question series. ——- If you have not already heard about it, check out this article at [...]

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TSLA Genealogy Seminar, Saturday May 2, 2009

I will add to the Spoken Word page my three handouts and PowerPoint presentation.   The handouts are 1) A Basic Chronology of the Stone-Campbell Movement, 2) A Basic Bibliography of the Stone-Campbell Movement, and 3) tips for Researchers of the Stone-Campbell Movement.  Look for them shortly.

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Checking in from the hill

Just a moment to check in and give an update from the Stone-Campbell Journal Conference, now underway in sunny Cincinnati at Cincinnati Christian University. CCU is a city on a hill…literally.  I’ll post a picture tomorrow.  It is also a city on a hill figuratively and spiritually.  though portions of the neighborhood have declined (not [...]

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Introduction to Colossians

I have uploaded to the Spoken Word page notes for two classes I did at church to introduce Colossians.  The class is an adult Sunday school class composed of professionals in the fields of business, education, health care, technology and the sciences.  I’d guess the average age to be mid to late 40′s, and most all have kids [...]

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Teaching Colossians

Yesterday I began a nine-week stint teaching Colossians in one of our adult classes at church.  We are moving through the Pauline letters plus Hebrews over the next year or so under the broad heading of ‘Love letters from God.’  Danny Camp, our Education Minister, has put together a notebook for every adult in the congregation.  It [...]

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