by Bob Allen | Aug 18, 2004 | News
The Wall Street Journal stands by quotes attributed to a Southern Baptist leader and challenged Monday in Baptist Press. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, claimed an Aug. 13 story quoting him conveyed an...
by Bob Allen | Aug 17, 2004 | News
Churches should promote good citizenship but avoid partisan politics, say three Baptist commentators responding to recent events. Southern Baptist pastors Jerry Falwell and Ronnie Floyd both were both accused of violating rules for tax-exempt organizations by...
by Bob Allen | Aug 16, 2004 | News
A Southern Baptist pastor criticized for mingling politics and the pulpit says he is being singled out for speaking out against homosexuality. Americans United for the Separation of Church and State last month complained to the Internal Revenue Service about a July 4...
by Bob Allen | Aug 12, 2004 | News
A professor and pastor identified with a view that Baptist churches date in unbroken succession to Jesus’ time is running for president of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. The Western Recorder reports this week that Hershael York, a preaching professor and...
by Bob Allen | Aug 11, 2004 | News
The reported “religion gap,” linking voting patterns to how often people attend church, apparently applies to Catholics, according to a poll out this week. Tuesday’s Gallup Poll found American Catholics divided over support for Sen. John Kerry, the...
