Baptist Congressman Can’t Name Ten Commandments

A Baptist Congressman who wants to require displaying the Ten Commandments in the U.S. Capitol couldn’t name them when put on the spot by Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert. Appearing on “The Colbert Report,” a satire program mimicking...

Leaders Laud Robert Parham on 15 Years Leadership of BCE

Thursday’s celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Baptist Center for Ethics is also a milestone for its founder and executive director, Robert Parham. Parham’s 15th anniversary with BCE coincides with the anniversary of the press conference announcing...

Trial Nears End for Baptist Foundation of Arizona Execs

Arizona’s assistant attorney general said Monday in closing arguments that neither defendant in the 10-month Baptist Foundation of Arizona fraud trial committed their crime for money. William Pierre Crotts, the BFA’s former president and CEO, lied to...

Churches Toll Bells to Remember War Dead

Thousands of American churches will ring their bells next weekend to mark a mournful milestone. The Pentagon announced June 15 that the 2,500th U.S. military volunteer had died in Iraq. “This is a tragedy that shouldn’t have happened,” said Bob...