by Bob Allen | May 22, 2008 | News
Myanmar’s resistance to working with outsiders is not only delaying the delivery of much-need aid to survivors of a May 2 cyclone, but may be hampering fund raising by charitable organizations awaiting specific information about how prospective donors can help....
by Bob Allen | May 21, 2008 | News
A delegation representing British Baptists travels Thursday to Jamaica to personally apologize for their nation’s role two centuries ago in transatlantic trading of slaves. The Baptist Union of Great Britain adopted a statement last November not only apologizing...
by Bob Allen | May 20, 2008 | News
The United Methodist Church passed a resolution at its recent General Conference opposing the teaching of Creation Science and Intelligent Design in public schools. The statement, passed during a 10-day conference in Fort Worth, Texas, that ended May 2, put the...
by Bob Allen | May 19, 2008 | News
The church remains the last bastion of segregation in America not primarily due to prejudice but because of power, says civil-rights advocate and author Will Campbell. “Integration in religion is going to be the last thing, I think, to go,” Campbell said...
by Bob Allen | May 16, 2008 | News
group of conservative religious leaders and politicians on Thursday unveiled a new campaign aimed at getting 1 million supporters behind a so-called “biblical” view of the environment that downplays concerns about human-induced global warming.The “We...
by Bob Allen | May 15, 2008 | News
A British Baptist leader joined a reported 15,000 people last Saturday in a march in central London showing solidarity with Palestinians. “I took part in this march because Palestinians today are suffering unjust treatment, and as a Christian, with a special...
