by Bob Allen | Sep 13, 2007 | News
A Republican senator scheduled to speak at next year’s New Baptist Covenant Celebration in Atlanta told a community newspaper in Iowa that positioning the party as the “Christian” choice has been detrimental to the GOP. “That does turn some...
by Bob Allen | Sep 12, 2007 | News
A Southern Baptist advocate of Christian schools says God will judge pastors who refuse to speak out on failures of public schools for fear of offending parishioners. Ed Gamble, who leads the Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools in Orlando, Fla., said in...
by Bob Allen | Sep 12, 2007 | News
GOP presidential hopeful Fred Thompson, viewed by some social conservatives as the long-awaited political savior of the Religious Right, advised supporters in the Bible Belt not to expect to hear much God-talk from him on the campaign trail. At a campaign stop in...
by Bob Allen | Sep 11, 2007 | News
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean told the National Baptist Convention last week in Philadelphia the tide is turning for faithful Democrats. “Democrats are strong people of faith and convictions, but for too long we have allowed others to define...
by Bob Allen | Sep 10, 2007 | News
Fred Thompson’s official announcement he is running for president merited headline coverage in Baptist Press, while last spring’s announcement by one of Southern Baptists’ own, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, did not. Last Thursday Baptist Press...
