by Bob Allen | Nov 17, 2006 | News
Southern Baptist mega-church pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren disputed reports in Arab media that he praised Syria and took sides against U.S. policy in the Middle East. Syria’s official news agency gave glowing reports about the author of The Purpose...
by Bob Allen | Nov 17, 2006 | News
Arab and American Christians have a role in improving relations between the Muslim world and the United States, say Baptist leaders on both sides. “As Christians we are called to make a difference,” Nabil Costa, executive director of the Lebanese Society...
by Bob Allen | Nov 17, 2006 | News
More than one third of Americans say the situation in Iraq is the most important problem facing the country, according to a new Gallup Poll. Asked to name in their own words the “most important problem facing this country today,” 36 percent mentioned Iraq,...
by Bob Allen | Nov 16, 2006 | News
The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina adopted one of the strongest anti-gay policies of an American church body, authorizing leaders to investigate credible reports that individual churches act to endorse or affirm homosexuals. The 1.2 million-member,...
by Bob Allen | Nov 15, 2006 | News
Support for Israel and reports that Iran is pushing for nuclear weapons have galvanized conservative Christians into a political force that will be hard to ignore. That’s according to a Tuesday New York Times story about white evangelicals, making up about a...
by Bob Allen | Nov 15, 2006 | News
Southern Baptists in North and South Dakota passed a resolution decrying teaching contrary to “traditional Judeo-Christian values” in public schools and encouraged churches to aid parents in choosing educational alternatives that ensure their...
