by Bob Allen | Feb 7, 2008 | News
Evolution Sunday, an annual event held in churches the last two years to promote the idea that science and faith are compatible, this year is being expanded and renamed Evolution Weekend to make it more inclusive for members of all religions. Nearly 800 congregations...
by Bob Allen | Feb 6, 2008 | News
Former Baptist mega-church pastor Darrell Gilyard pleaded not guilty to lewd and lascivious conduct at his arraignment Tuesday in Jacksonville, Fla. Gilyard, who resigned Jan. 4 as pastor of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church after two weeks of media reports that...
by Bob Allen | Feb 4, 2008 | News
If President Bill Clinton ever had a prayer with the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention, it was right after a meeting on Sept. 16, 1993, with then-SBC president Ed Young. Though he was a member of a Southern Baptist church, Immanuel Baptist Church in Little...
by Bob Allen | Feb 4, 2008 | News
The church’s struggle against racism is no longer primarily about skin color, but institutions that bestow privilege on some and penalties on others, an activist, denominational leader and scholar said in a special-interest session Friday at the New Baptist...
by Bob Allen | Feb 4, 2008 | News
If President Bill Clinton ever had a prayer with the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention, it was right after a meeting on Sept. 16, 1993, with then-SBC president Ed Young. Though he was a member of a Southern Baptist church, Immanuel Baptist Church in Little...