Food Banks Facing Holiday Shortfalls

Long lines and short supplies await many of the nation’s food banks this holiday season. Depleted shelves and donor fatigue from a severe hurricane season, along with rising fuel costs, threaten to put even more pressure on organizations that are increasingly...

Iraqi ‘Home Makeover’ Show Popular

Americans make over homes to update styles and add conveniences. Iraqis make them over not so much for aesthetics, but literally to get a roof back over their heads. “Labor and Materials,” which rebuilds houses damaged in the Iraq War, airs each Friday on...

Southern Baptist Women-in-Ministry Champion Dies

Roy Honeycutt, who championed women in ministry as president of Southern Baptists’ oldest seminary, died Tuesday at age 78. Honeycutt’s inauguration as president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1982 came at a time when the number of ordained...

‘Roe Effect’ Cited as Factor in Election Outcome

While many liberal Democrats fear future Supreme Court appointments could bring an end to legalized abortion, over the long haul it might be in their own best interest, if a Southern Baptist leader is correct. Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious...

Kentucky Baptists Elect Conservative, Decline BWA Study

Kentucky Baptists elected an identified fundamentalist as president, ending a trend in recent years of sidestepping Southern Baptist Convention controversy by choosing politically neutral leaders. Hershael York, a professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary who...

New Animated Film Depicts Muhammad’s Life

A few years ago, the Al-Azhar Islamic Research Academy of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, gave its stamp of approval to an animated film on the life of Muhammad, Islam’s founder. The academy’s council approved it Aug. 20, 2001. A few weeks later, the Al Qaeda...