by Bob Allen | Jan 2, 2007 | News
A nationwide Christian talk-radio network targeted listeners in Memphis, Tenn., last week with a discussion of pastoral leadership, amid controversy surrounding Pastor Steve Gaines at the community’s prominent Bellevue Baptist Church. While listeners in 27...
by Bob Allen | Dec 29, 2006 | News
Scandal, war and power shifts in both secular and Baptist politics dominated EthicsDaily.com news coverage in 2006. The Baptist Center for Ethics, meanwhile, celebrated its 15th anniversary with major emphases supporting public education, reducing global poverty and...
by Bob Allen | Dec 27, 2006 | News
Support for Israel from conservative Christians and a powerful pro-Israel lobby prevent America from having the kind of honest debate about Israel and the occupied territories that exists in other countries, former President Jimmy Carter said in a newspaper interview...
by Bob Allen | Dec 26, 2006 | News
An assistant prosecutor said Bellevue Baptist Church Pastor Steve Gaines may have committed a crime if he knew the “moral failure” a church staff member confessed to him six months ago involved child molestation. All 50 states have laws requiring mandatory...
by Bob Allen | Dec 22, 2006 | News
The pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis said Wednesday he has no plans to resign over waiting six months to tell church members one of their long time ministers was a confessed child molester, while a Texas Baptist pastor who recently settled a lawsuit...