by Bob Allen | Jan 16, 2006 | News
Wade Burleson, whose fellow members of the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board are seeking his removal as a trustee, is a new member of the board, elected in 2005. But his roots in Southern Baptist life go deep. His ancestor, Rufus Burleson, was...
by Bob Allen | Jan 13, 2006 | News
Israel’s Tourism Ministry is reportedly pulling out of a business deal with evangelical leader Pat Robertson to build a $50 million Christian heritage center beside the Sea of Galilee over the religious broadcaster’s remark that Prime Minister Ariel...
by Bob Allen | Jan 13, 2006 | News
A trustee facing removal from the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board said Thursday he is innocent of gossip and slander, charges leveled against him publicly in a motion requesting his removal from the board. IMB trustees voted Tuesday night to...
by Bob Allen | Jan 12, 2006 | News
Claiming the only Baptist voices being heard are those supporting the war, the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America is collecting signatures to an online declaration opposing U.S. policy in Iraq. “For followers of Jesus, justice, reconciliation and peace...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 12, 2006 | News
A former Southern Baptist pastor and denominational leader caught in a male prostitution police sting has been formally charged, according to an Oklahoma newspaper report. According to the Tulsa World, Lonnie Latham, former pastor of South Tulsa Baptist Church, was...
by Bob Allen | Jan 11, 2006 | News
An ABC “20/20” report by John Stossel scheduled this Friday claims American high schoolers are being cheated out of a quality education by a union-dominated government bureaucracy that performs behind other countries that spend less per student than the...
