by Bob Allen | Nov 17, 2004 | News
Theologian Molly Marshall has been named next president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary. She is the first woman to lead the seminary in Kansas City, Kan., which is affiliated with American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. and “in full support” of the...
by Bob Allen | Nov 16, 2004 | News
President Bush’s re-election is a sign of God’s blessing on the United States, says a Southern Baptist leader quoted on a religious news Web site. Whoever had won the race between Bush and Sen. John Kerry, it would have been God’s will, Richard Land,...
by Cliff Vaughn | Nov 15, 2004 | News
When Mario Ruiz departed Metron Press earlier this year, he wasn’t sure of the road ahead. The 37-year-old had been editor-in-chief of Metron, the American Bible Society’s comics division. When he left over differences about Metron’s direction, he...
by Bob Allen | Nov 15, 2004 | News
Leaders of the Italian Baptist Union have sent an open letter to Baptists in the United States criticizing the war in Iraq. The letter, approved by vote of Italian Baptists in October and delivered Friday to Baptist conventions in the U.S., describes the war as...
by Bob Allen | Nov 12, 2004 | News
Five months after it was discussed but not voted on at the Southern Baptist Convention, a grassroots effort calling on Southern Baptists to remove their kids from public schools remains controversial. The Tennessee Baptist Convention on Wednesday killed a resolution...
by Bob Allen | Nov 11, 2004 | News
President Bush’s pick to succeed Attorney General John Ashcroft may not sit well with religious conservatives, whose turnout at the polls is credited as playing a major role in the Bush’s re-election. Wire services reported Wednesday that Bush had chosen...
