Tusculum University officials said on Thursday that local churches play an integral part in the educational and social experience of their students, and an invitation was extended to encourage more
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Published: 01 May 2021 11:22 AM BdST
Updated: 01 May 2021 11:22 AM BdST Rev Guy Richardson leads a Sunday service at the Old Fashion Gospel House in Bulls Gap, Tenn, April 11, 2021. Vaccination scepticism is most deeply entrenched in communities like Greene County in Eastern Tennessee rural, overwhelmingly white, Christian and Republican. But it’s more complicated than just a partisan divide. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times).
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The question, a friendly greeting to Betty Smith, the pastor’s wife, lingered in the air as the four church women sat down for their regular Tuesday coffee and conversation at Ingle’s Market.
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Faith, Freedom, Fear: Rural Americaâs Covid Vaccine Skeptics
Resistance is widespread in white, Republican communities like this one in Appalachia. But itâs far more complicated than just a partisan divide.
Rev. Guy Richardson leads Sunday worship at Old Fashion Gospel House in Bulls Gap, Tenn. In communities like these â mostly white, evangelical Christian and Republican â resistance to the Covid vaccine is difficult to combat.Credit.
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The question, a friendly greeting to Betty Smith, the pastorâs wife, lingered in the air as the four church women sat down for their regular Tuesday coffee and conversation at Ingles Market.