by Bob Allen | Oct 27, 2004 | News
The managing editor of the Missouri Baptist Convention newspaper The Pathway reportedly was fired Oct. 11, after Executive Director David Clippard charged him with insubordination. Sources told EthicsDaily.com that Bob Baysinger received a reprimand Aug. 26 for...
by Bob Allen | Oct 26, 2004 | News
The Macon Telegraph has taken sides in a Georgia State Senate race billed as a battle between two Baptist ministers. The newspaper on Friday endorsed Ben Taylor, a staff member at First Baptist Church in Macon, over Cecil Staton, owner of Smyth & Helwys, the...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 26, 2004 | News
In 1975, Stephen Sawyer graduated from the University of Kentucky with an advertising degree. His future, however, didn’t lie in creating ad slogans or slick copy. Rather, it lay in painting images of Jesus—images like no one had ever before seen. It lay in Art...
by Bob Allen | Oct 26, 2004 | News
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Colleagues, students, family and friends remembered Baptist ethics pioneer Henlee Barnette as an “unashamed Baptist radical” at a funeral service in Louisville, Ky. Barnette, 93, died last week. He taught Christian ethics at Southern...
by Bob Allen | Oct 25, 2004 | News
Rick Warren’s 40 Days of Purpose phenomenon transcends denominations, appealing to Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians and Pentecostals; blacks, whites and Hispanics. It is even used in prisons. One exception to the movement’s broad appeal is moderate...
by Bob Allen | Oct 25, 2004 | News
When Purpose Driven Life author Rick Warren, 25 years old and fresh out of seminary, started Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., with his wife, Kay, they made a 40-year commitment to the community. His long-range ministry plan focused the first 10 years on...
