by Bob Allen | Jun 16, 2008 | News
Despite the Southern Baptist Convention’s declaration eight years ago that the Bible forbids women from serving as pastors, the ranks of ordained Baptist clergywomen in the South are growing faster than ever, according to a new report.A study commissioned by...
by Bob Allen | Jun 13, 2008 | News
Advocates of Christian schooling criticized the Southern Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee for declining to bring a resolution condemning a California law that critics say requires public schools to indoctrinate children into accepting homosexuality. Darrell...
by Bob Allen | Jun 12, 2008 | News
The Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday passed a resolution urging political involvement by churches. “Christians should seek to apply their spiritual and moral values to the political process,” said a resolution on “political engagement”...
by Bob Allen | Jun 11, 2008 | News
Georgia mega-church pastor Johnny Hunt won a surprise first-ballot election as next president of the Southern Baptist Convention in the most wide-open race in many years. This year’s presidential race featured six candidates announced prior to the convention...
by Bob Allen | Jun 11, 2008 | News
Local churches, and not the Southern Baptist Convention, must take responsibility for ridding the denomination of sexual predators, the head of the SBC Executive Committee said Tuesday. “Sexual predators must be stopped,” Executive Committee President...
