by Bob Allen | Jul 4, 2005 | News
Fifteen years after forming around principles including the right of local churches to select their own leaders—whether male or female—the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship next year will for the first time be led by a woman pastor. Officially elected last year as...
by Bob Allen | Jul 1, 2005 | News
The Coordinating Council of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship on Wednesday approved a one-time contribution of $30,000 to the Baptist Center for Ethics to make up a funding shortfall. Emmanuel McCall, head of the council’s Building Community and Networking...
by Bob Allen | Jul 1, 2005 | News
As many as 2,000 American Baptists are expected to meet this weekend in Denver under a cloud of controversy At least three regions have threatened to leave or stop donations to the American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. unless the denomination moves toward ousting...
by Bob Allen | Jun 30, 2005 | News
The Southern Baptist Convention could ask Woman’s Missionary Union to surrender its auxiliary status and submit to convention control under a motion introduced last week at the SBC annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Another motion at this year’s SBC called...
by Bob Allen | Jun 29, 2005 | News
A leader in the effort to get a resolution critical of public schools before the Southern Baptist Convention criticized the denomination’s official news service for suppressing the story. Last Wednesday the SBC passed a resolution urging parents and churches to...
