by Bob Allen | Oct 28, 2004 | News
Deaths from Sunday’s tsunami in South Asia numbered 55,000 by Tuesday afternoon, according to international media reports. Baptist relief agencies were among organizations working to provide relief to victims of massive tidal waves that destroyed coastlines...
by Bob Allen | Oct 27, 2004 | News
The Missouri Baptist Convention severed ties with a Kansas City congregation that has performed “holy unions” for gays and lesbians as the three-day convention opened Monday in Raytown, Mo. Convention leaders in April began the process of removing Broadway...
by Bob Allen | Oct 27, 2004 | News
The managing editor of the Missouri Baptist Convention newspaper The Pathway reportedly was fired Oct. 11, after Executive Director David Clippard charged him with insubordination. Sources told EthicsDaily.com that Bob Baysinger received a reprimand Aug. 26 for...
by Bob Allen | Oct 26, 2004 | News
The Macon Telegraph has taken sides in a Georgia State Senate race billed as a battle between two Baptist ministers. The newspaper on Friday endorsed Ben Taylor, a staff member at First Baptist Church in Macon, over Cecil Staton, owner of Smyth & Helwys, the...
by Bob Allen | Oct 26, 2004 | News
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Colleagues, students, family and friends remembered Baptist ethics pioneer Henlee Barnette as an “unashamed Baptist radical” at a funeral service in Louisville, Ky. Barnette, 93, died last week. He taught Christian ethics at Southern...
