by Bob Allen | Oct 21, 2005 | News
A third Baptist World Aid volunteer team left Wednesday to assist earthquake victims in Pakistan, the relief agency reported Friday. The team took $30,000 to establish a camp in Bagh, one of the hardest hit towns in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, where relief...
by Bob Allen | Oct 20, 2005 | News
A federal judge on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction blocking Georgia’s controversial voter-ID law, saying it amounts to a poll tax and is ineffective in combating voter fraud. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Harold Murphy of Rome, Ga., is a first-round...
by Bob Allen | Oct 20, 2005 | News
The West Virginia Baptist Convention on Wednesday voted against pulling out of American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. over homosexuality, but also declined to reaffirm ties to the national body. A 65-church coalition calling itself West Virginia Baptists for Biblical...
by Bob Allen | Oct 19, 2005 | News
Officials from Georgetown College and the Kentucky Baptist Convention have agreed to a plan to sever ties amicably, allowing the college to govern itself while retaining a Baptist identity. The plan allows the college to elect its own trustees, which currently are...
by Brian Kaylor | Oct 19, 2005 | News
I used to make smart-aleck remarks when I was younger. Sometimes after making a sarcastic comment my mom would tell me, “Watch your mouth,” meaning, “Be careful what you say.” Unfortunately, such advice needs to be given to many people in our...
by Bob Allen | Oct 18, 2005 | News
Relief agencies say donor fatigue is setting in as contributions for disasters in Asia and Latin America are coming in at rates much slower than relief efforts following last year’s tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. After donating about $1.3 billion to help victims...
