by Bob Allen | Apr 24, 2006 | News
Shorter College religion dean Rob Nash has been nominated as next Global Missions coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Announced Monday in a press release, Nash’s nomination by a seven-member search committee will be presented for approval to the...
by Bob Allen | Apr 21, 2006 | News
Controversy broke out on the 87th day of the Baptist Foundation of Arizona fraud trial, when a witness said he had previously lied under oath, an admission that by law should have been disclosed to defense lawyers but wasn’t, prompting them to ask for a...
by Bob Allen | Apr 20, 2006 | News
Southern Baptist Convention President Bobby Welch’s plan to “rev up a rundown romance with reaching people” may be in need of a jumpstart, with statistics released Wednesday showing a decline in baptisms for the fifth time in the last six years....
by Bob Allen | Apr 19, 2006 | News
A young-earth creationist will replace departing intelligent design advocate William Dembski at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Center for Theology and Science. Kurt P. Wise, a professor at Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn., was named to fill the vacancy...
by Bob Allen | Apr 19, 2006 | News
An analysis by the Associated Press says nearly 2 million students–mostly minorities–aren’t being counted in test scores under No Child Left Behind, creating a false picture of academic progress. The law requires that all public school students must...