by Bob Allen | Sep 12, 2007 | News
GOP presidential hopeful Fred Thompson, viewed by some social conservatives as the long-awaited political savior of the Religious Right, advised supporters in the Bible Belt not to expect to hear much God-talk from him on the campaign trail. At a campaign stop in...
by Bob Allen | Sep 11, 2007 | News
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean told the National Baptist Convention last week in Philadelphia the tide is turning for faithful Democrats. “Democrats are strong people of faith and convictions, but for too long we have allowed others to define...
by Bob Allen | Sep 10, 2007 | News
Fred Thompson’s official announcement he is running for president merited headline coverage in Baptist Press, while last spring’s announcement by one of Southern Baptists’ own, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, did not. Last Thursday Baptist Press...
by Bob Allen | Sep 7, 2007 | News
An eight-month mediation effort between the Tennessee Baptist Convention and Belmont University failed to resolve a dispute over governance of the Nashville school, Belmont’s trustee chairman said Thursday, meaning the convention’s 2006 lawsuit against the...
by BWA Staff | Sep 7, 2007 | News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BWA)–Baptist World Aid, the relief-and-development arm of the Baptist World Alliance, has made donations to victims of Hurricane Dean on the Caribbean island of Jamaica.The hurricane, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in recent decades,...
by Bob Allen | Sep 6, 2007 | News
The Tennessee Baptist Convention’s lawsuit against Belmont University is headed for court. EthicsDaily.com learned Wednesday that attempts to mediate a dispute over the makeup of the university’s board of trustees have failed and a trial is being scheduled...
