by Bob Allen | Nov 20, 2007 | News
The pastor of a Southern Baptist church in suburban Atlanta is on administrative leave after being arrested on charges of simple assault and obstruction of a 911 call after an altercation last week with his wife. Jeff Witcher, pastor of First Baptist Church in...
by Bob Allen | Nov 20, 2007 | News
A Southern Baptist seminary professor criticized Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee for joining forces with a prosperity-gospel preacher under Senate investigation for his ministry’s finances. A full-page ad in Charisma magazine reports Huckabee, an...
by Bob Allen | Nov 19, 2007 | News
British Baptists have adopted a statement apologizing for transatlantic slave trade and expressing “true repentance” for failure to listen to the pain of black brothers and sisters resulting from that legacy. The Baptist Union Council of Great Britain...
by Bob Allen | Nov 16, 2007 | News
Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network reported Wednesday’s half-inch rain across parts of Georgia was “certainly an answer to prayer.” The showers came less than 24 hours after Gov. Sonny Perdue held an hour-long prayer vigil at the...
by Bob Allen | Nov 16, 2007 | News
Baptists Today, founded in 1983 as a national newspaper for moderate Baptists, will launch its first state edition January in North Carolina, the paper’s editor announced this week. Editing the North Carolina edition will be Tony Cartledge, former editor of the...
by Bob Allen | Nov 15, 2007 | News
A victims’ support group urged the Alabama Baptist State Convention to follow the example of the smaller Alabama Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in adopting a strong policy aimed at breaking the cycle of molestation by clergy. Meeting in annual session, the...
