by Bob Allen | Jun 19, 2008 | News
A member of the Southern Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee says they did not recommend a resolution this year calling for a boycott of California’s public schools, because the committee believed Christians need instead to “retake” the school...
by Bob Allen | Jun 19, 2008 | News
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinating Council on Wednesday endorsed a global Christian campaign to deepen engagement with impoverished and marginalized communities and challenge international leaders to achieve the Millennium Development Goals to cut poverty...
by Bob Allen | Jun 18, 2008 | News
Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt’s Web site has been updated to include two honorary degrees in his biographical sketch from schools identified by EthicsDaily.com as diploma mills. EthicsDaily.com first noted in an editorial June 12 that even...
by Bob Allen | Jun 17, 2008 | News
An “academic freedom” bill that opponents say could open the door to teaching creationism in public schools sailed through Louisiana’s House of Representatives last week, buoyed by testimony in favor of the legislation by biologists from...
by Bob Allen | Jun 16, 2008 | News
Despite the Southern Baptist Convention’s declaration eight years ago that the Bible forbids women from serving as pastors, the ranks of ordained Baptist clergywomen in the South are growing faster than ever, according to a new report.A study commissioned by...
by Bob Allen | Jun 13, 2008 | News
Advocates of Christian schooling criticized the Southern Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee for declining to bring a resolution condemning a California law that critics say requires public schools to indoctrinate children into accepting homosexuality. Darrell...