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North Carolina Baptists Vote to Exclude Gays
The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina adopted one of the strongest anti-gay policies of an American church body, authorizing leaders to investigate credible reports that individual churches act to endorse or...
To the Father’s House
At the association pastors' prayer breakfast this morning, Deputy Sheriff/Pastor Eddie reported on the recent theft of the SUV owned by a fellow pastor. The account went like this. Pastor Melvin stopped at a gas...
Support for Israel, Concern Over Iran, Galvanize Evangelical Vote
Support for Israel and reports that Iran is pushing for nuclear weapons have galvanized conservative Christians into a political force that will be hard to ignore. That's according to a Tuesday New York Times story...
Dakota Southern Baptists Target Education in Resolution
Southern Baptists in North and South Dakota passed a resolution decrying teaching contrary to "traditional Judeo-Christian values" in public schools and encouraged churches to aid parents in choosing educational...
Book Breaks Down Evangelical Right for ‘Sinners’
Though he is an avowed agnostic, author Robert Lanham was having second thoughts in an e-mail interview following last week's mid-term elections. "Maybe God is in control after all!" Lanham author of The Sinner's Guide...
BWA Head Says Churches Need ‘Prophetic Pioneers’
Jesus' command to his followers to be salt and light requires presence, perseverance and paying heed to "prophetic pioneers," the president of the Baptist World Alliance said at a September Micah Challenge Conference...
The Great ‘Yawn’ of Oct. 17
When President Bush signed the Military Commission Act on the 17th of last month there went out across this land a "great yawn." That is according to Professor Jonathan Turley, nationally recognized legal scholar who...
Biblical Family Values
Many religious folk of our day have reduced Jesus to a family values preacher who sells eternal fire insurance on the side. We live in a world that gives lip service to Jesus, the eternal Savior but rejects His...
A Bible Verse for Victors
God expects a lot from Democrats. Democrats need a word from the Lord. Now that Democrats control both houses of Congress, the majority of governorships and more state legislatures than Republicans, they need a...
Dark-Horse Democrat Touts ‘Family Values’ in N.C. House Race
Following a commitment service challenging members at First Baptist Church in Biscoe, N.C., to make a difference in the world, Larry Kissell came to his pastor and said, "I think I'm going to run for Congress." "I knew...
SNAP Urges Texas Baptists to Disclose List of Sexual Predators
A group known for challenging the Roman Catholic hierarchy over sexual abuse by priests called this week on the Baptist General Convention of Texas to disclose names held in a confidential file of ministers suspected...
Scientists Come Out Swinging and Praying
One of the bad things about war is that it is almost impossible to wage one without demonizing the opposition. This is true in actual wars where people get killed, and it's true in wars of words where people just get...
Ending Poverty a Matter of Will
Like anyone else moving from one job to another, I have been telling my friends about the new work I am undertaking as the executive director of The Alabama Poverty Project. "Oh, yeah?" they ask, "What does The Alabama...
Tennessee Baptist Leader Denies Recommending Belmont Charter Change
Tennessee Baptist Convention leaders categorically denied allegations reported by EthicsDaily.com that Executive Director James Porch was behind Belmont University's decision to file an amended charter authorizing...
Ann Hasseltine Judson: Missionary Icon
LEARNING FROM BAPTIST HISTORY Editor's note: As part of an emphasis leading up to Baptists' 400th anniversary in 2009, EthicsDaily.com is running a series of columns by staff of the Baptist History and Heritage Society...
Stem Cell Research Emerges as Wedge Issue–for Democrats
Exit polls suggested scandals, the war in Iraq and dissatisfaction with President Bush drove voters toward Democrats in mid-term elections, but stem cell research cropped up as a sleeper issue in several key races....
Ford Gives Spiritual Insight, Corker Wins with Race Baiting
Tennessee Democratic senatorial candidate Harold Ford gave perhaps the most spiritually insightful remarks of any political candidate on the night of the mid-term elections. In contrast, surrounded by wealthy,...
Preachers’ Wives ‘Let Themselves Go,’ Pastor Comments on Haggard Fall
Former National Evangelicals Association leader Ted Haggard's admission of sexual immorality has many people wondering, "Why?" But one of the most surprising suggestions came from a leader in the "emergent" church. "It...
Democrats Close ‘God Gap’ with Republicans
Democrats closed some of the so-called "God gap" with Republicans in Tuesday's mid-term elections. They did so with candidates who claimed Jesus, quoted the Bible and talked about lessons learned in church, sounding...
State Ballot Initiatives Take on Social Issues
Voters in South Dakota turned down a ban on abortion that was intended to force the U.S. Supreme Court to reopen a landmark 1973 ruling that established a woman's right to choose, Missourians narrowly passed a...
Huckabee Wins Endorsements of Past SBC President, Seminary Head
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has picked up endorsements of two influential leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention. On Sunday former SBC president Jack Graham introduced the former Arkansas...