by Bob Allen | Aug 21, 2008 | News
People who listen to religious radio shows like “Focus on the Family” are less knowledgeable about current events than the average American, according to a recent survey on media consumption by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Just...
by Bob Allen | Aug 20, 2008 | News
Former presidential candidate and possible vice presidential nominee Mike Huckabee visited Israel as a guest of a right-wing Zionist group that is buying up property to move Jews into Jerusalem’s Muslim Quarter in hopes of replacing the Dome of the Rock and...
by Bob Allen | Aug 19, 2008 | News
Saturday’s Saddleback Civil Forum helped Republican presidential candidate John McCain shore up support among the Religious Right, according to several conservative commentators. “Any chance that Barack Obama had to win a significant percentage of the...
by Bob Allen | Aug 15, 2008 | News
The Baptist World Alliance on Wednesday gave an initial grant of $10,000 to help people affected by violence between Russia and Georgia. “We condemn this wanton taking of human life and mourn the death and suffering of all the peoples of this region,” said...
by Bob Allen | Aug 14, 2008 | News
In a rare interfaith effort, Australian Baptists joined other faith leaders in a letter calling for action by the federal government on climate change. The National Council of the Baptist Union of Australia overwhelmingly endorsed an open letter calling on Australia...
by Bob Allen | Aug 14, 2008 | News
A pastor named in a 2006 church-starting scandal has sued the Baptist General Convention of Texas for libel, slander and defamation over allegations that he misappropriated church funds. Otto Arango, one of three pastors at the center of an in-house BGCT investigation...
