by Bob Allen | Sep 19, 2006 | News
A pastor whose Aug. 29 chapel sermon was partially censored by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is calling on the Southern Baptist Convention to add a statement concerning speaking in tongues to its articles of faith. William Dwight McKissic, senior pastor of...
by Mark Woods | Sep 18, 2006 | News
The head of Britain’s evangelicals said if Christians allow themselves to become divided over “truth,” there is something wrong with the truth they are telling. “Evangelicalism has become a synonym, in popular understanding, for moralizing...
by Bob Allen | Sep 18, 2006 | News
Having won the “battle for the Bible” in the last two decades, the Southern Baptist Convention now risks losing a battle for cultural relevancy, the president of America’s largest Protestant denomination said last week. “There has been a battle...
by Bob Allen | Sep 15, 2006 | News
Georgia State Senator Cecil Staton, president and CEO of Smyth & Helwys–the curriculum provider and book publisher of choice for theologically moderate southern Baptists–was host for a show of unity by Republican candidates running for office this fall...
by Bob Allen | Sep 13, 2006 | News
An American Muslim leader said evangelical preachers would do well to learn about Islam before denouncing it from their pulpits. Ibrahim Hooper, national communications director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim...
by Bob Allen | Sep 12, 2006 | News
A week after refusing post a sermon on its Web site containing remarks about speaking in tongues the administration viewed as theologically suspect, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary gave its blessing to a Sept. 6 speaker who described Islam as a religion of...