by Robert Parham | Jul 18, 2008 | Opinion
When the Southern Baptist Convention voted in June 2004 to withdraw from and defund the Baptist World Alliance, a tiny body stepped up a month later at the BWA’s annual meeting in Seoul, South Korea, with a commitment to help rebuild the world’s largest...
by Robert Parham | Jul 16, 2008 | Opinion
Denial of human rights anywhere is a threat to human rights everywhere. Silence to injustice any time furthers injustice every time. Indifference to the suffering of any group increases indifference to the suffering of all groups. Conversely, speaking up for justice...
by Robert Parham | Jul 9, 2008 | Opinion
Two statements about global hunger appeared a month apart. The latter statement will test the depth of commitment of the former. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship declared last month its commitment to the Micah Challenge, a global campaign to pressure governments to...
by Robert Parham | Jun 30, 2008 | Opinion
Maintaining muteness this week about the Southern Baptist Convention president’s honorary degrees from two diploma mills will become much more difficult for denominational officials, given the federal sentencing on Wednesday of the owners of a diploma mill....
by Robert Parham | Jun 25, 2008 | Opinion
Baptist Press falsely labeled a Baptist Center for Ethics’ DVD screening at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s annual meeting last week in Memphis with an inaccurate subheading and lead in a news story, leading one to wonder if the editor actually read...
