BCE Executive Director Being Treated at Home

Baptist Center for Ethics Executive Director Robert Parham is recuperating at his home in Nashville, Tenn., one month after being diagnosed with acute leukemia. Parham, 51, was hospitalized March 7 with a very low white-blood-cell count. He had gone to his doctor with...

Campolo Predicts Backlash to Religious Right

The Southern Baptist Convention’s “triumphalist” attitude after the victory of President George W. Bush is confusing the public about what it means to be a Baptist, evangelist Tony Campolo told a British newspaper. Campolo, a featured speaker at this...

‘Joan of Arcadia’ Faces Possible Cancellation

A religion-themed network drama faces cancellation if its ratings don’t improve. “Joan of Arcadia,” which airs Fridays at 8 p.m. ET on CBS, likely won’t be renewed for a third season if its viewership doesn’t spike as this TV season nears...

Paper Says Schiavo Case About Defense of Marriage

The Terri Schiavo case proves that conservative Christians pushing for Federal Marriage Amendment are actually anti-marriage, according to an investigative report on a pro-polygamy Web site. Mark Henkel, founder of TruthBearer.org, a non-Mormon organization that...

Murder Victim May Have Tried to Witness to Assailant

A 29-year-old Oklahoma woman was murdered March 21, allegedly by a hitchhiker that family and friends said she probably picked up so she could share a Christian witness with him. Amanda Bateman left her home in Chandler, Okla., on Palm Sunday after attending evening...