by Bob Allen | Sep 8, 2005 | News
Already facing criticism over the response to Hurricane Katrina, President Bush suffered another public-relations setback when his mother on Monday suggested that people living in emergency shelters might be better off than they were before being displaced from New...
by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 8, 2005 | News
More than 20 years ago, “The Exorcist” scared the daylights out of moviegoers and stirred interest in demon possession and exorcism. In 1973, however, demon possession wasn’t playing just on screen. It was playing out in the life of a young German...
by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 8, 2005 | News
Evangelical Christians are getting primetime exposure with a new special from former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw. “Tom Brokaw Reports: In God They Trust,” which airs on NBC Friday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. ET, examines the role of evangelical Christians in American...
by Bob Allen | Sep 7, 2005 | News
Baptists from around the world pledged prayer and financial support for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Baptist World Aid released $75,000 to offer immediate help to displaced persons, to be divided evenly among Baptist state conventions in Alabama, Louisiana and...
by Bob Allen | Sep 7, 2005 | News
Murfreesboro, Tenn., is more than 500 miles from New Orleans, but it’s where about 50 of the city’s residents wound up after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina. “I’m going to miss my home,” Eddie Hawkins, a citizen of New Orleans since...
by Carla Wynn | Sep 5, 2005 | News
Distance from the disaster region isn’t stopping some Cooperative Baptist Fellowship partner churches from providing temporary housing for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. With Houston’s Astrodome filling to capacity according to news reports, evacuees...