by Bob Allen | Sep 6, 2006 | News
The Baptist Center for Ethics has released a pastoral letter calling on Baptist clergy to support an international Christian campaign asking world leaders to keep their promises to reduce global poverty by half. The Micah Challenge, launched officially in October...
by Bob Allen | Sep 5, 2006 | News
A Southern Baptist leader who criticized moderate Baptists for not walking their talk about women’s ordination says a news story about the “stained-glass ceiling” that blocks women from advancing in larger liberal churches proves his point. A recent...
by Bob Allen | Sep 5, 2006 | News
Add another notch to the Bible Belt. Religion can be good for your soul but bad for your waistline, especially if you’re a southern Baptist, a recent study suggests. Studies have found obesity levels are highest in the South, where greater percentages of people...
by Bob Allen | Sep 4, 2006 | News
Workers feel the American Dream is slipping away, according to a Labor Day survey commissioned by unions. A slim majority of workers, 51 percent, still believe the American Dream is attainable, according to the “American Dream Survey: Hope and Fear in Working...
by Bob Allen | Sep 4, 2006 | News
Southern Baptist homeschool advocates are seeking to have resolutions calling for an “exit strategy” from public schools introduced at all 43 state and regional Baptist convention meetings this fall. In 2004 exit-strategy resolutions were introduced in 15...
