by Bob Allen | Jan 31, 2005 | News
Motivated by love for the Bible and a sense of personal calling, Judy Baker earned a master-of-divinity degree from Southern Seminary in 1986, hoping to continue in a pastoral or teaching ministry. But recognizing her Southern Baptist Convention was moving in the...
by Bob Allen | Jan 28, 2005 | News
An estimated 10,000 African-American Baptist leaders gathered this week in Nashville, Tenn., for a historic joint board meeting of four major denominations. “You cannot microwave ox tails,” Suzan Johnson Cook of Bronx Christian Fellowship in Bronx, N.Y.,...
by Ferrell Foster | Jan 28, 2005 | News
Immigration is on the political agenda in Washington, and changes can be expected, says Suzii Paynter, director of citizenship and public policy.for the Christian Life Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. “Our system is very broken, and the...
by Bob Allen | Jan 28, 2005 | News
The presidents of America’s four major black Baptist denominations on Friday issued a joint statement opposing the war in Iraq, the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General and efforts to divert public funds to private schools. The leaders said they...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 27, 2005 | News
A majority of Americans say President Bush has a clear plan for addressing terrorism, education and the economy but are less convinced he has a clear plan for dealing with other issues, like Iraq and Social Security, according to a new Gallup Poll. Seventy percent of...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 26, 2005 | News
Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” scored three Academy Award nominations when the list of nominees was announced Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. The controversial but lucrative film earned nominations for Best Cinematography, Best Original...
