by Bob Allen | Jun 2, 2004 | News
A Baptist state newspaper editorial says the Southern Baptist Convention should be allowed to debate a resolution calling for parents to remove their children from government-run schools to send a message that Southern Baptists are fed up with secularism in public...
by Bob Allen | May 31, 2004 | News
Most people associate Memorial Day with parades, cookouts, opening of community pools, laying wreaths and weekend travel. For some, however, it is a day for protest. Memorial Day weekend in Palo Alto, Calif., began early on Thursday, when 150 marchers carried caskets...
by Bob Allen | May 28, 2004 | News
The pastor of the largest Southern Baptist church is breaking ranks with his denomination by accepting an invitation to speak at next year’s Baptist World Congress. Rick Warren, pastor of the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., and author of the...
by Bob Allen | May 27, 2004 | News
Amending the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage apparently isn’t enough for one group of conservative Christians. They want to secede from the union and form a sovereign state governed by religious principles. “Our Christian republic has declined into a...
by Bob Allen | May 25, 2004 | News
Former officials charged with crimes related to the collapse of the Baptist Foundation of Arizona could have their day in court—more than five years after a bankruptcy cost investors nearly $600 million. A criminal trial is scheduled for next February for five men...