Abramoff Ties Could Hurt Ralph Reed in Georgia Race

Reports that a GOP lobbyist being investigated by federal officials for possible fraud sought the help of conservative strategist Ralph Reed could prompt political backlash for the former Christian Coalition head now running for Georgia’s lieutenant governor....

Miers Withdraws as Supreme Court Nominee

The White House on Thursday accepted Harriet Miers’ withdrawal as a nominee for the Supreme Court, after weeks of attempting to shore up support for her confirmation among religious conservatives. Miers, 60, President Bush’s White House counsel and...

Baptist Ministers Split on Moderate Drinking, Study Says

Baptists have long viewed drinking as a sin–publicly if not always in private. But a new study suggests ministers of the denomination are not of one mind when it comes to moderate consumption of alcohol. Fifty-three percent of North Carolina Baptist pastors...

Southern Baptists Slow to Embrace Rosa Parks

Baptist Press on Tuesday devoted a 1,770-word tribute to Rosa Parks, a black Christian woman credited with starting the civil rights movement in 1955. Commenting on her death at age 92, several Southern Baptist leaders praised Parks as a courageous woman who changed a...

Senate Panel May Call Dobson to Testify

The Senate Judiciary Committee is likely to summon James Dobson–and perhaps other evangelical leaders–to ask whether they received private assurances that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers would vote to end legalized abortion, the committee’s...