by Bob Allen | May 17, 2004 | News
Problems persist for embattled Baylor University President Robert Sloan. The Waco Tribune-Herald reported on Saturday that Sloan survived a secret-ballot vote by the university’s board of regents by one vote. The paper cited unnamed sources reporting the vote,...
by Bob Allen | May 13, 2004 | News
A resolution calling for Southern Baptists to exit public schools could face an uphill battle, if supporters of church- and home-based education attending a meeting in one state are any indication. Church leaders at a Tuesday “summit” for Christian...
by Bob Allen | May 12, 2004 | News
The Southern Baptist Convention has a long record of support for public education but has in recent years grown increasingly antagonistic toward state-run schools, according to an analysis of SBC resolutions. A resolution proposed to this year’s convention calls...
by Bob Allen | May 12, 2004 | News
An Army general criticized last fall for making anti-Muslim remarks in evangelical churches is now being linked to the prison-abuse scandal in Iraq. A Senate hearing into alleged abuse at Abu Ghraib prison heard Tuesday that Lt. Gen. William “Jerry” Boykin...
by Bob Allen | May 10, 2004 | News
An anti-public school resolution proposed to the Southern Baptist Convention is receiving early media attention thanks to a pre-convention publicity campaign. One of the resolution’s two authors, Houston attorney Bruce Shortt, encouraged readers of the Exodus...
