by Bob Allen | May 15, 2007 | News
Friends and political foes remembered controversial television preacher Jerry Falwell, pronounced dead Tuesday afternoon after collapsing in his Liberty University office, as a larger-than-life figure who leaves a lasting imprint on American religion and politics....
by Bob Allen | May 14, 2007 | News
A week after GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney gave the commencement address at Pat Robertson’s Regent University in hopes that evangelical voters will overlook the fact he is a Mormon, another Republican candidate traveled to the Bible Belt to repair his...
by Bob Allen | May 14, 2007 | News
“Purpose Driven Life” author Rick Warren is under fire for failing to discipline media giant Rupert Murdoch for owning and expanding pornographic channels for satellite TV. The Australian-born owner of Fox Broadcasting and cable TV networks isn’t a...
by Bob Allen | May 14, 2007 | News
A Southern Baptist Convention official told a Tennessee TV station a relatively low number of documented cases of sexual abuse by clergy shows the way Baptists deal with the problem is working. Will Hall, vice president for news services of the SBC Executive...
by Bob Allen | May 11, 2007 | News
The Southern Baptist Convention’s public-policy head estimated Thursday that just a small minority of Southern Baptists believe humans evolved from lower species. Richard Land, president of the SBC Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, also volunteered to...
by Bob Allen | May 9, 2007 | News
About 2,000 British Baptists were expected for last weekend’s Baptist Assembly in Brighton, England, the biggest Baptist event of the year. This year’s assembly theme, “In Search of Freedom,” marked the 200th anniversary of passage of an act...
