by Bob Allen | Mar 28, 2007 | News
A former volunteer track coach and Southern Baptist minister was scheduled to be arraigned Friday in East Tennessee on charges he raped a 14-year-old girl, but the hearing was rescheduled after his lawyer asked for more time. According to news reports, Timothy Neal...
by Bob Allen | Mar 27, 2007 | News
A self-help group for victims of clergy sex abuse on Friday accused leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention of mischaracterizing their apology for saying they had not received a response letter later found to have been misplaced by the recipient to cover up for...
by Bob Allen | Mar 26, 2007 | News
Five North Carolina Baptist colleges and universities are moving toward loosening ties with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. A convention committee earlier this month signed off on a proposal from the schools to elect their own trustees, give up $6.2...
by Bob Allen | Mar 26, 2007 | News
A Southern Baptist ethicist and ardent supporter of the war in Iraq said on public television it would be immoral for the United States to withdraw troops too soon. “Just war has as one its important principles proportionality, and what are the costs of staying...
by Bob Allen | Mar 22, 2007 | News
Former Vice President turned documentary filmmaker Al Gore returned to Washington Wednesday as a star witness in congressional hearings about global warming. “America is the natural leader of the world, and our world faces a true planetary emergency,” Gore...
by Bob Allen | Mar 21, 2007 | News
After being asked by black leaders to apologize for Georgia’s role in slavery, the state Senate instead moved forward with a bill designating April as Confederate Heritage and History Month. The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Bill Mullis, R-Chickamauga, said his...
