by BWA Staff | Dec 5, 2008 | News
Washington, D.C. (BWA) — Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Neville Callam has sent a letter of comfort to Baptists in India in the wake of the attacks in Mumbai, the country’s financial capital and largest city, in late November. “I was in...
by Brian Kaylor | Dec 4, 2008 | News
Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, recently made inaccurate claims that the earth is cooling instead of warming. As he made his claims during the Nov. 22 broadcast of his radio program...
by Baptist Times Staff | Dec 3, 2008 | News
Churches across the UK have been encouraged to step up their commitment to tackling the global AIDS pandemic. The call came from a variety of Christian HIV and AIDS charities and agencies ahead of World AIDS day on Monday. More than 2.1 million people died from AIDS...
by Judy Valente/Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | Dec 2, 2008 | News
TRAPPIST, Ky. — Around the country for the next few weeks, many Roman Catholics will remember and honor the life of Trappist monk Thomas Merton, who died 40 years ago on Dec. 10, 1968, in a freak electrocution accident. Merton, who influenced generations of...
by Cliff Vaughn | Nov 28, 2008 | News
Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan is the inaugural recipient of YouTube’s Visionary Award for her work combating stereotypes and bridging gaps of understanding. Queen Rania launched her own YouTube channel in March of this year, saying it was “dedicated to...
by Cliff Vaughn | Nov 26, 2008 | News
“Beneath the Skin: Baptists and Racism” will screen Tuesday, Dec. 2, at Second Baptist Church in downtown Little Rock from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The free event also features the participation of several well-known figures. “Beneath the Skin,” released...
