Property owned by Woodland Park Baptist Church in Tyner could be a possible future home of Tennessee Temple University.The Woodland Park Baptist Church and Tennessee Temple University partnership is a go.
Woodland Park leaders finished collecting their congregation’s votes Wednesday night on whether to affirm Temple’s move to their church campus, and tallied votes Thursday.
The results were overwhelming in favor — more than 90 percent support the move of Tennessee Temple to Woodland Park’s sprawling campus.
Steve McCary, associate pastor at the church and head of the Temple partnership committee, issued a statement on the vote.
“Culminating a five-month process of prayer, and having received a clear confirmation with over 90 percent affirmation responses from the membership, the General Council of Elders gratefully and humbly announce their belief that God is moving us forward with the Tennessee Temple University partnership, which includes TTU moving their campus to WPBC campus and the sale of a portion of WPBC property to TTU for their campus development,” he said.