SBC groups pitch in for Union

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP) — Joining with other SBC entities, more than $50,000 has been raised for Union University’s tornado recovery through fundraising efforts initiated by Criswell College in Dallas.

More than 600 donors have given about $1.5 million to Union’s rebuilding efforts in the two weeks since the Feb. 5 tornado. Belmont University in Nashville provided $100,000 Feb. 14 and the six Southern Baptist seminaries together pledged nearly $50,000.

Students and faculty at Criswell took an offering during a Feb. 7 chapel service that raised about $500. The college’s KCBI radio station continued the fundraising campaign Feb. 8 via a live broadcast.

Among the other sizeable donations received by Union: LifeWay Christian Resources, $350,000; First Bank, $110,000; Tennessee Baptist Convention executive board, $50,000; Tennessee Baptist Convention Children’s Home, $50,000; and Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, $20,000.