by Bob Allen | Oct 20, 2005 | News
The West Virginia Baptist Convention on Wednesday voted against pulling out of American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. over homosexuality, but also declined to reaffirm ties to the national body. A 65-church coalition calling itself West Virginia Baptists for Biblical...
by Bob Allen | Oct 19, 2005 | News
Officials from Georgetown College and the Kentucky Baptist Convention have agreed to a plan to sever ties amicably, allowing the college to govern itself while retaining a Baptist identity. The plan allows the college to elect its own trustees, which currently are...
by Bob Allen | Oct 18, 2005 | News
Relief agencies say donor fatigue is setting in as contributions for disasters in Asia and Latin America are coming in at rates much slower than relief efforts following last year’s tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. After donating about $1.3 billion to help victims...
by Bob Allen | Oct 17, 2005 | News
If America is to have a competitive two-party system, Democrats must confront “dominant myths” that keep them from seizing the political center and building a stable majority, two political scientists and former Clinton advisers contend in a new paper....
by Bob Allen | Oct 14, 2005 | News
Both sides in an upcoming vote on a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Texas are recruiting clergy to promote their cause. “Texas Baptists have taken a clear stand recognizing that homosexual behavior is a sin and that we absolutely...
