by Mark Woods | May 29, 2006 | News
A hard-hitting report on the effects of climate change from Christian Aid warns that poor people will continue to suffer disproportionately from its effects, and that progress on development could be nullified or even reversed unless action is taken. The Climate of...
by Bob Allen | May 26, 2006 | News
A Houston jury on Thursday convicted Enron Corp.’s founder Ken Lay of conspiracy and fraud, despite testimony by prominent minister and former Southern Baptist Convention president Ed Young, who vouched for him as a character witness. Young, pastor of Second...
by Bob Allen | May 25, 2006 | News
Nearly 1,000 Virginia Baptists gathered last Saturday for a day-long conference aimed a proving the Earth was created by God and is about 6,000 years old. Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia and First Baptist Church of Roanoke co-sponsored the “Thousands...
by Bob Allen | May 24, 2006 | News
The federal Marriage Protection Amendment is “misguided, prejudicial and unwarranted” legislation that “has the smell and feel of Salem,” a Baptist ethicist said in a Washington press conference on Monday. Paul Simmons, an ordained Baptist...
by Bob Allen | May 24, 2006 | News
Formed to fill a void in practical and positive ethics resources for churches, the Baptist Center for Ethics celebrates 15 years of ministry this summer. Announced at a press conference July 30, 1991, in Nashville, Tenn., BCE set out to chart a new way to think about...
by Bob Allen | May 23, 2006 | News
Young people were exposed to 31 percent less alcohol advertising in magazines in 2004 than in 2001, but still are exposed on average to more advertising of beer, hard liquor and flavored malt beverages than adults of legal drinking age, according to a recent study....
