by Bob Allen | Jan 18, 2006 | News
This year’s Southern Baptist Convention might be the most important in a quarter century, say bloggers supportive of an International Mission Board trustee recommended for removal at the annual meeting scheduled June 13-14 in Greensboro, N.C. “Under no...
by Bob Allen | Jan 16, 2006 | News
Wade Burleson, whose fellow members of the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board are seeking his removal as a trustee, is a new member of the board, elected in 2005. But his roots in Southern Baptist life go deep. His ancestor, Rufus Burleson, was...
by Bob Allen | Jan 13, 2006 | News
Israel’s Tourism Ministry is reportedly pulling out of a business deal with evangelical leader Pat Robertson to build a $50 million Christian heritage center beside the Sea of Galilee over the religious broadcaster’s remark that Prime Minister Ariel...
by Bob Allen | Jan 13, 2006 | News
A trustee facing removal from the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board said Thursday he is innocent of gossip and slander, charges leveled against him publicly in a motion requesting his removal from the board. IMB trustees voted Tuesday night to...
by Bob Allen | Jan 12, 2006 | News
Claiming the only Baptist voices being heard are those supporting the war, the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America is collecting signatures to an online declaration opposing U.S. policy in Iraq. “For followers of Jesus, justice, reconciliation and peace...
