by Cliff Vaughn | May 13, 2005 | News
The U.S. Senator who has threatened to reduce the power of the filibuster is himself the object of a filibuster—of sorts. Students at Princeton University—the alma mater of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.)—began a mock filibuster April 26. It’s still...
by Bob Allen | May 12, 2005 | News
A young North Carolina pastor forced to resign his church over pulpit politics was a victim of “trickle-down theology” from more-polished preachers at mega-churches mingling politics in their preaching, an Alabama newspaper editorial observed. A Tuesday...
by Bob Allen | May 12, 2005 | News
A North Carolina Baptist pastor who reportedly led efforts to remove the names of nine members from the church roll because they didn’t support President Bush’s re-election resigned Tuesday night without apologizing. “For me to remain now would only...
by Cliff Vaughn | May 11, 2005 | News
When Shelby Knox was 15, two New York filmmakers visited her hometown of Lubbock, Texas, to document how the Lubbock Youth Commission was working to implement comprehensive sex education in the schools. Filmmakers Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt intended to make...
by Paul Montacute | May 11, 2005 | News
Baptist leaders from tsunami-affected areas met with representatives of Baptist relief and mission agencies May 6-7 in Bangkok, Thailand, to review the help being given. The roundtable was co-sponsored by Baptist World Aid, the relief-and-development arm of the...
by Britt Towery | May 11, 2005 | News
More and more reports reveal that some ultra-conservative members of religious organizations had an illegal hand in the 2004 election. One of the agendas that has opened some eyes are the sermons from many a Protestant and Catholic pulpit to vote Republican in last...
