by Bob Allen | Feb 14, 2005 | News
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship would provide no more than one-fifth of the Baptist Center for Ethics’ annual funding—a reduction from its current level of support–under a proposal being presented to CBF leaders this week. The CBF Coordinating Council...
by Bob Allen | Feb 11, 2005 | News
A Missouri Baptist journalist fired for reporting details of a proposed sale of the Missouri Baptist Convention headquarters says he feels vindicated by voter rejection of a sales tax to fund construction of a new jail on the site. Cole County voters on Tuesday...
by Bob Allen | Feb 10, 2005 | News
Fans of the 1950s sitcom “I Love Lucy” will remember Ricky Ricardo’s signature song, “Babalu-Aye,” accompanied by a Latin beat from actor Desi Arnaz’s conga drum. What most viewers didn’t realize, says author Miguel De La...
by Bob Allen | Feb 10, 2005 | News
Voters in Cole County, Missouri, voted by a 3-to-1 margin against a sales tax to fund a new jail in Jefferson City, voiding the pending sale of the Missouri Baptist Convention headquarters building. The final unofficial results of Tuesday’s county election were...
by Bob Allen | Feb 9, 2005 | News
Ten years after leading the “Republican revolution” that won control of Congress, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is back as an arbiter of public morality. Gingrich’s new book, Winning The Future: A 21st Century Contract with America,...
