by Bob Allen | Nov 29, 2005 | News
Baptists in Great Britain next year will observe a national day of prayer for children, prompted by news that the number of those 12 and under in Baptist churches had declined by 30,000 during the last two years. “We need to get on our knees about these issues...
by Bob Allen | Nov 29, 2005 | News
The man convicted of plotting the 2002 murders of three Southern Baptist missionaries was executed Sunday by firing squad in Yemen. Ali Al-Jarallah, convicted of planning the attack on a Baptist mission hospital in Jibla, Yemen, on Dec. 30, 2002, was blindfolded and...
by Bob Allen | Nov 29, 2005 | News
Australia’s Baptist leaders have issued a statement of concern over possible negative impact of federal workplace reforms now before Australia’s parliament. Billed as “a simpler, fairer national workplace relations system for Australia,” the...
by Bob Allen | Nov 28, 2005 | News
The battle over Wal-Mart’s image is turning to pulpits. According to the Los Angeles Times, the company is recruiting sympathetic clergy to speak out against a documentary film being shown in churches that is critical of the nation’s largest retailer. A...
by Bob Allen | Nov 23, 2005 | News
Officials at Baptist-affiliated William Carey College aren’t commenting about allegations by four former students expelled for using a college-owned generator after Hurricane Katrina claiming they were singled out for punishment because they are black. According...
