Aug 1, 2020
In 2017, Union University was at a crossroads. It took part in a convention of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood that ended in controversial declaration, known as the “Nashville Statement.” Union affixed its name—and, unwillingly, our names with it—to that Statement.
The Nashville Statement drew widespread condemnation for its judgmental and prejudiced views of women, the LGBTQ+ community, and their allies. We, the undersigned alumni of Union University, spoke out against it. We issued a public letter to the University expressing our disappointment in Union’s association with the Nashville Statement. We expressed our belief that the Nashville Statement was not in line with what we believed Union did or should stand for. Our goal was to show that, while some members of t