Episode 31: Harding University closing its Memphis campus; loving neighbors in the hardest neighborhood; faith nights at MLB ballparks

For 65 years, Harding University's School of Theology in Memphis, Tennessee, has been a global hub of Bible and ministry education in the Church of Christ tradition, but the school announced that it is closing the campus and moving its programs to Searcy, Arkansas. Why ...and why now? Meanwhile, a congregation is growing and the Gospel is bearing fruit in one of America's toughest neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland. Hear from the man who heard and heeded the call to go there. "Faith nights" are a growing trend in Major League ballparks. What are they and what good do they do? Also: Announcing a new endowment for international reporting at The Christian Chronicle.  Segment One: Harding University is walkin’ out of Memphis (Cheryl Mann Bacon, contributing editor, The Christian Chronicle)Link to Cheryl Mann Bacon’s Christian Chronicle report on Harding University’s decision to close its School of Theology campus in Memphis, Tennessee\Link to Cheryl Mann Bacon’s Christian Chronicle report on declining enrollment in ministry programs at colleges and universities with roots and ties in the Church of Christ traditionSegment Two: Loving neighbors in one of America’s toughest neighborhoods (Davis Worley, Church of Christ in Sandtown, Baltimore, Maryland)Link to Hamil Harris’s Christian Chronicle story on the Church of Christ in SandtownLink to Hamil Harris’s first Christian Chronicle report (2019) on Davis Worley’s work in SandtownLink to the Church of Christ in SandtownLink to GoFundMe page for the Church of Christ in SandtownSegment Three: Major League ballparks go to church (Bobby Ross, Jr., editor-in-chief, The Christian Chronicle, contributing writer, Religion Unplugged)Link to Bobby Ross, Jr.’s, story in Religion UnpluggedBONUS SEGMENT: Announcing the Bailey McBride Endowment for international reporting (Erik Tryggestad, CEO, The Christian Chronicle)Link to announcement of the Bailey McBride EndowmentLink to donation page for the Bailey McBride EndowmentLink to Erik Tryggestad’s Christian Chronicle report from TrinidadView the full archive of stories at christianchronicle.orgDonate to The Christian Chronicle at christianchronicle.org/donateSend comments, ideas, and questions to [email protected] University, Harding University School of Theology, Harding University Graduate School of Religion, Memphis, Tennessee, ministry, ministry education, Bible, Bible education, graduate school, seminary, Christian higher education, Christian college, Christian university, enrollment, enrollment trends, ministry decl