News Releases
Welch College Music Chairman Wins Award at Sheet Music Plus
Dr. James M. Stevens, chairman of the Music Department at Welch College, recently received the New Year’s Selling Contest Award at Sheet Music Plus for his bestselling Prelude to a Wedding book in the piano solo category. This collection contains 28 original songs...
North American Ministries and Welch College Enter Church Planting Partnership
Free Will Baptist North American Ministries (NAM) and Welch College have entered a church planting partnership, according to NAM general director David Crowe and Welch College president Matt Pinson. NAM and Welch have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that...
Graduation a New Chapter for Students, College
By Josh Cross, Gallatin News Examiner For Welch College, this year’s graduation not only marked a new beginning for 50 of its students, but also for the 74-year-old institution itself. The college’s annual commencement ceremony, held at its West End Avenue campus in...
Welch College Graduates 49 in Commencement Exercises
Welch College conferred degrees on 49 students from 15 states in commencement exercises at Memorial Auditorium on Friday, May 6, according to President Matt Pinson. Students completed degrees in multiple programs ranging from two-year associate’s degrees to four-year...
Welch President Matt Pinson Announces Capital Campaign Success, Increase in Campaign Goal
Dear Friend of Welch College, God is doing great things in the ministry of Welch College as we move forward with campus construction and plans for relocation. I am writing to give you a brief update on campus relocation and the Building on the Legacy capital campaign....
Dr. Jack Williams, Former Welch College Communications Director, Dies at age 73
Dr. Jack Williams, former communications director at Welch College, died suddenly April 29. He was 73. Reverend Williams suffered a stroke in November 2012, from which he fought hard to recover. Williams graduated from Welch College in 1966. He received his M.A. from...
What Has Nicea Got To Do with Norwich? Thomas Grantham and the Ancient Church
The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies will hold a mini-conference from 10-11:30 a.m., April 20 in room 303 of the Legacy Center. Dr. Matthew Pinson, president of Welch College in Nashville, Tennessee, will present a paper, “What Has Nicaea Got to Do With...
Virgin Islands School Principal Stephen Beck Joins Welch Faculty
By Josh Owens, Director of Media and Marketing Nashville, TN—Stephen Beck, principal of the Free Will Baptist Christian School in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, has been hired as a full-time faculty member in Teacher Education at Welch College, according to Provost Greg...
Welch President Matt Pinson Elected to TICUA Board
By Josh Owens, Director of Media and Marketing Nashville, TN—In February Welch College President Matt Pinson was elected to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association (TICUA). The sixty-year-old organization serves as the...
2016 Welch College Choir Spring Tour
The 20-voice Welch College Choir will give seven performances March 9-15 in a week-long tour through Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. Dr. James Stevens, choir director and chairman of the Welch Music Department, invites area churches to join with host...
New M.A. Degree Changes Organizational Structure
By Josh Owens, Director of Media and Marketing Nashville, TN—With the addition of Welch College’s new Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Theology and Ministry, two employees will be assuming new roles. Dr. Kevin Hester and Dr. Jeff Cockrell have been designated as...
President’s Home to be Built on Gallatin Campus
By Josh Owens, Director of Media and Marketing By resolution of the Board of Trustees, Welch College will construct a president’s home on its new 66-acre campus site in Gallatin, Tennessee, according to David Williford, vice president for institutional advancement....