by Bob Allen | Sep 8, 2004 | News
The newly elected leader of North Carolina Cooperative Baptist Fellowship hopes to make the chapter a more viable alternative for moderates torn between denominational politics and cooperation. North Carolina moderates met in January to discuss options after a failed...
by Bob Allen | Sep 8, 2004 | News
Baptist families are among the thousands grieving in Beslan, Russia, site of last week’s school massacre. According to news reports, many people in Russia had never heard of the peaceful industrial city in south Russia before armed militants seized Middle School...
by Bob Allen | Sep 7, 2004 | News
A man who this summer called for a mass exodus of Southern Baptists from public schools now says sending children to a Christian school might not be enough. Parents must also distinguish between schools that are “truly” Christian and those that are...
by Bob Allen | Sep 7, 2004 | News
A 42-year-old pastor and immediate past moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina has been named to lead the second-largest state or regional chapter of the national organization of moderate Baptists. Larry Hovis, pastor of The Memorial Baptist...
by Bob Allen | Sep 3, 2004 | News
A group monitoring abuses of religious freedom criticized the Baptist World Alliance for an article celebrating the growth of Christian churches in China. “The church in China has gone through persecution, suffering and imprisonment since 1949,” BWA...
by Bob Allen | Sep 2, 2004 | News
A Baptist congressman and co-sponsor of a proposed constitutional amendment banning homosexual marriage has withdrawn from his re-election campaign after allegations that he used a telephone dating service to arrange liaisons with gay men. U.S. Rep. Ed Schrock, a...
