by Bob Allen | May 7, 2004 | News
Southern Baptist Convention president Jack Graham says he supports Christian education but doubts Southern Baptists will adopt a resolution urging parents to pull their children out of public schools. Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, said...
by Bob Allen | May 6, 2004 | News
The debate over homosexuality and the church is really over whether homosexual persons are made in the image of God, says a pro-gay Baptist responding to criticism by a leader in the Southern Baptist Convention. In a column last week in Baptist Press, Southern Baptist...
by Bob Allen | May 4, 2004 | News
The Southern Baptist Convention will consider a resolution next month urging parents to pull their children out of public schools and educate them either by home schooling or sending them to Christian private schools. T.C. Pinckney, a long-time conservative leader...
by Bob Allen | May 3, 2004 | News
Thursday’s National Day of Prayer in Oklahoma will feature competing public prayer services at the state Capitol: one backed by conservative evangelicals and another that is inclusive. National Day of Prayer services in Oklahoma City for more than a decade have...
by Bob Allen | Apr 29, 2004 | News
Baptist publisher Cecil Staton’s recently announced bid for the Georgia State Senate could be shaping up as a Baptist battle, with a minister from Macon entering the race. Ben Taylor, an ordained minister and staff member at First Baptist Church of Macon,...