Committee Member Supports ‘Exit Strategy’ Resolution

A member of the Southern Baptist Convention resolutions committee says he believes the convention ought to consider a resolution calling for an exit strategy from public schools. According to Agape Press, Darrell Orman, pastor of First Baptist Church in Stuart, Fla.,...

Baptists Respond to Indonesian Quake

Baptist World Aid sent an initial $20,000 grant for immediate relief of people suffering from Saturday’s earthquake in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, as aid started to trickle into the island of Java, where more than 5,000 were killed and tens of thousands are left...

Bush Says He Regrets Tough Talk on Iraq

On the eve of Memorial Day weekend, President Bush on Thursday said he regrets using tough talk in the early stages of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Appearing before reporters with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bush was asked which mistakes and missteps in the war...

Baptist Leader Vouches for Convicted Enron Head

A Houston jury on Thursday convicted Enron Corp.’s founder Ken Lay of conspiracy and fraud, despite testimony by prominent minister and former Southern Baptist Convention president Ed Young, who vouched for him as a character witness. Young, pastor of Second...

Scientists Tell Baptists Earth is 6,000 Years Old

Nearly 1,000 Virginia Baptists gathered last Saturday for a day-long conference aimed a proving the Earth was created by God and is about 6,000 years old. Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia and First Baptist Church of Roanoke co-sponsored the “Thousands...