by Bob Allen | Jun 22, 2004 | News
The American Jewish Committee is asking the Texas Republican Party to remove a plank from its platform that declares America a Christian nation and the separation of church and state a “myth.” “Political conventions, whether they be Democratic or...
by Doug Weaver | Jun 21, 2004 | News
Soon after his election as president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1993, Albert Mohler declared his intent to pursue only faculty members who would restrict the pastorate to males. Molly Marshall–at the time a theology professor at the...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jun 21, 2004 | News
As Michael Moore’s controversial film “Fahrenheit 9/11” nears its June 25 nationwide release, opposing political groups are treating it as a litmus test of patriotism. The 110-minute film, which examines the alleged agenda of the Bush administration...
by Bob Allen | Jun 18, 2004 | News
While Southern Baptist leaders celebrated the 25th anniversary of the “conservative resurgence” that they claim rescued the nation’s largest Protestant denomination from the slippery slope of liberalism, some speakers at this week’s Southern...
by Bob Allen | Jun 17, 2004 | News
The Southern Baptist Convention rejected on Wednesday a resolution calling for a mass exodus from public schools, adopting instead a more generic warning against “secularization” of culture. Two Southern Baptist laymen earlier asked the convention’s...
by Bob Allen | Jun 17, 2004 | News
The Southern Baptist Convention Tuesday night voted against a study on the possibility of a new name, an idea backed by leaders. Claude Thomas, a Texas pastor and former leader of the SBC Executive Committee, made a motion to establish a committee to evaluate the...
