by Bob Allen | Feb 4, 2005 | News
Baptist churches across America will observe this Sunday as Baptist World Alliance Day, the first annual observance to occur since the Southern Baptist Convention voted to sever ties with the group last June. BWA spokesperson Wendy Ryan said the organization...
by Bob Allen | Feb 4, 2005 | News
Amid controversy over outside groups using relief efforts to proselytize, the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board set Thursday aside as a day of prayer and fasting for the tsunami-stricken Aceh people of Indonesia. Out of 4.1 million...
by Bob Allen | Feb 3, 2005 | News
The United Nations functions “independent of God” and has failed in its main purpose of preventing war, “Left Behind” author Tim LaHaye said Tuesday on CNN. LaHaye, named this week by Time Magazine as one of the 25 most influential evangelicals...
by Bob Allen | Feb 3, 2005 | News
Between dominant themes of plans to reform Social Security and continue to fight terrorism, President George W. Bush touched on themes dear to social conservatives in his 2005 State of the Union address Wednesday night. Following recent criticism after saying he would...
by Bob Allen | Feb 2, 2005 | News
Officials of the now defunct Baptist Foundation of Arizona, accused of bilking investors out of $570 million, won’t stand trial in February. A judge in late December postponed until Aug. 3 the trial for four ex-officials charged with fraud, racketeering and...
by Bob Allen | Feb 1, 2005 | News
Long known for promoting its image as a family friendly business, Wal-Mart has broadened its own definition of “immediate family” to include some same-sex couples. According to news reports, Wal-Mart disclosed its statement of ethics last week in a...
