David Plazas is the director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee. In 2017, Bishop Joseph W. Walker III wrote a guest column for The Tennessean reflecting on the lessons of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — For a man who often provides words of comfort, Bishop Joseph Walker III is still struggling to find his own. "For me as a leader, it just threw me off. It just ripped my ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — At a special service on Sunday, the Mount Zion Baptist Church congregation recognized Nashville students for working hard and pledged $55,000. At the largest of its four ...

Nashville's Mount Zion Baptist Church is awarding 50 college students a scholarship of $2,000 each. The church more than doubled the total funding it allocates to the scholarship program to help ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Nashville lost a civil rights icon with the passing of Reverend Jesse Jackson, but his influence lives on, especially here in Music City, according to Bishop Joseph Walker, ...