by Bob Allen | Mar 13, 2007 | News
Baptist Center for Ethics directors gathered prior to a recent meeting to discuss their support for a “New Baptist Covenant” celebration scheduled early next year in Atlanta. Announced in January at a press conference featuring former U.S. presidents Jimmy...
by Bob Allen | Mar 12, 2007 | News
A former professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has sued the Southern Baptist Convention-affiliated school, claiming she was dismissed from a position for which she was fully qualified simply because she is a woman. Sheri Klouda, who taught Hebrew at...
by Bob Allen | Mar 9, 2007 | News
An Oklahoma judge on Wednesday acquitted a former Southern Baptist Convention leader accused of propositioning an undercover male police officer, but did not address whether the lewdness statute under which he was charged is unconstitutional, according to news...
by Bob Allen | Mar 8, 2007 | News
A January editorial in EthicsDaily.com challenged moderate Baptists to take steps toward creating “green” churches and to share stories of what they are doing to help others follow their example. One Atlanta congregation recently took up the challenge....
by Bob Allen | Mar 8, 2007 | News
A West Indies pastor and broadcaster has been nominated as the next leader of the Baptist World Alliance. Neville Callam, 55, is pastor of Tarrant Baptist Church in Kingston, Jamaica, and past president of the Jamaica Baptist Union. If elected at the BWA General...