by Bob Allen | Feb 20, 2004 | News
The head of the Baptist World Alliance says last week’s vote urging Southern Baptists to cut ties with the BWA was based on misrepresentation of the global Baptist fellowship. “We are saddened because the statements made in the recommendations presented to...
by Bob Allen | Feb 18, 2004 | News
Southern Baptist Convention president Jack Graham announced Monday that he is appointing a committee to study changing the name of the nation’s largest Protestant body. Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, told the SBC Executive...
by Bob Allen | Feb 18, 2004 | News
The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voted 62-10 to pull out of the Baptist World Alliance Tuesday afternoon. The leadership group approved recommendations of an SBC/BWA Study Committee revised in light of reaction to an earlier report released to the...
by Bob Allen | Feb 17, 2004 | News
Is the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to blame for the Southern Baptist Convention’s proposal to withdraw from the Baptist World Alliance? A recommendation due to come before the SBC Executive Committee today calls on the denomination to leave membership of the...
by Bob Allen | Feb 17, 2004 | News
Mel Gibson confirmed reports that he is removing the controversial “blood curse” from his movie “The Passion of the Christ” but said he wouldn’t add a postscript saying that Jews are not responsible for Jesus’ death in an interview...
