by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Nov 5, 2008 | News
Two Baptist Democrats faced mixed results yesterday in congressional races for seats that have been long held by Republicans. Democrat Larry Kissell defeated Congressman Robin Hayes for North Carolina’s eighth congressional district seat, a seat that he narrowly...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Nov 2, 2008 | News
Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) ran an advertisement last week accusing her challenger of being in league with “godless Americans.” The 30-second ad provoked a lawsuit, counter-ads and now a new ad from Dole, which appeared during Friday’s lunch hour,...
by BWA Staff | Oct 31, 2008 | News
Washington, D.C. (BWA) — Hamid Shabanov, a Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan who was arrested on June 20, faces trial today. He is charged for the illegal possession of a weapon. Shabanov is the second Baptist pastor in the town of Aliabad to be arrested in recent...
by Brian Kaylor | Oct 31, 2008 | News
Messengers at the 2008 annual meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention adopted a resolution on “environmental stewardship.” However, the resolution barely promoted environmental stewardship but instead mainly attacked those who warn of the dangers of...
by Brian Kaylor | Oct 27, 2008 | News
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has been criticized for spending tens of thousands of dollars of state funds on helicopter flights to attend church services. At least one visit was to a Southern Baptist church where Jindal shared his testimony and spoke about campaigning....
by Charlotte Tubbs | Oct 24, 2008 | News
A British Baptist organization and students around the world are promoting efforts this week to raise awareness of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where more than five million people have died since 1996.The idea for Breaking the Silence Congo...
