The Cove, which held its first event last November, prohibits smoking or drinking and plays only Christian music including hip-hop, bachata, and reggaeton. The founders of the venue are seven Black Christian men in their twenties who felt that church attendance has been declining since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Grammy-winning Christian artist Chris Tomlin honored the staff and students from The Covenant School during his popular Good Friday concert over the weekend, bringing members of the Covenant community on stage and announcing a fund that will benefit the needs of the Nashville school that was the target of a mass shooting.
Tomlin invited a Covenant teacher along with five students and two Covenant parents on stage at Bridgestone Arena. He also invited Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake on stage. Tomlin said about 200 Covenant families and 200 families from the Nashville Police Force were at the concert.
Proceeds from the concert, he said, would benefit Covenant families. Proceeds also would benefit a foundation for children and families of fallen police officers and first responders, he said.
A U.S. senator has introduced a resolution labeling the shooting at a Nashville Christian school a “hate crime” and urging the FBI to investigate it as such.
When Chris Tomlin picked up his daughters from school in Nashville Monday, his 8-year-old had a message. "Dad, we had a bad guy drill today," she said.
Of course, Tomlin already knew about the drill. His daughter's school is located close to The Covenant School, where a shooter killed three students and three adults. A Grammy-winning artist and popular Christian singer, Tomlin had received texts about the shooting at Covenant. He had received texts that his children's school was on lockdown.
A medical missionary who spoke in the chapel at The Covenant School in Nashville the morning of Monday’s mass shooting is requesting prayer for the school and urging society to take action on violence in schools.
A pastor in Nashville who left the Congo due to war was killed outside his apartment last week and left like "trash in the yard," according to police.
A Nashville police officer shared that God 'literally' told him to walk away from an RV rigged with a bomb, just moments before it exploded.
One or more tornadoes ripped through middle Tennessee and Nashville in the early morning hours Tuesday, claiming the lives of at least 22 people.
