by Bob Allen | May 2, 2008 | News
A Religious Right spokesman with ties to the Southern Baptist Convention says he plans to counsel pastors to “cross the line” in telling church members how they should vote in the upcoming presidential election. Kenyn Cureton, vice president for church...
by Bob Allen | May 1, 2008 | News
A multi-year effort to turn the United Methodist Church to the right on controversial issues like homosexuality suffered a setback at General Conference meetings being held this week in Fort Worth, Texas. Early in the 10-day meeting of the top legislative body for...
by Bob Allen | Apr 30, 2008 | News
A movement launched in 1979 to purge the Southern Baptist Convention of so-called “liberalism” failed in its promise to deliver a more evangelistic denomination, according to an SBC statistician. “The Conservative Resurgence failed to produce a Great...
by Bob Allen | Apr 30, 2008 | News
Iran’s mix of political instability and harsh enforcement of Sharia law are combining to produce an unexpected result–increased interest in the gospel message–reports a broadcasting ministry operated by and for Christian in the Middle East....
by Bob Allen | Apr 29, 2008 | News
The Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship, a ministry formed in 1990 to preach the gospel to Jews, will for the first time have a booth this year in the exhibit hall at the Southern Baptist Convention. Baptist Press reports the messianic fellowship is “now...