by Bob Allen | Apr 14, 2008 | News
A Southern Baptist spokesman who once asked the Republican Party for a “wedding ring” for the Religious Right accused a recent North American gathering of Baptists of being too partisan. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics...
by Bob Allen | Apr 11, 2008 | News
Add one to the list of moral values at stake in the next federal election: where does your candidate stand on reauthorization of No Child Left Behind? “As we seek to participate in expanding the reach of God’s love and justice, we can ill afford to ignore...
by Bob Allen | Apr 9, 2008 | News
Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond will eliminate four of its 13 full-time faculty positions in a downsizing plan to be presented to trustees April 28. President Ron Crawford said the school is not yet ready to announce which professors are losing their jobs....
by Bob Allen | Apr 9, 2008 | News
A rabbi and Baptist pastor are collaborating on a book-in-progress exploring the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount being written in front of God and everybody. Mike Smith, pastor of First Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Rabbi Rami Shapiro,...
by Bob Allen | Apr 8, 2008 | News
Leaders of the American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. said a recent Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life survey plotting America’s religious landscape used flawed methodology in reporting the denomination as 81 percent white. EthicsDaily.com reported in...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Apr 3, 2008 | News
An Alabama law professor who argues that fair taxation is a moral issue will present her case June 19 at a luncheon meeting sponsored by the Baptist Center for Ethics. The gathering is in conjunction with the 18th General Assembly of the Cooperative Baptist...