by Bob Allen | Apr 22, 2004 | News
A Southern Baptist seminary professor is criticizing the Baptist Center for Ethics and a church in Alabama for efforts to improve relations between Baptists and Jews, saying Christians should be more concerned with converting Jews than meeting them for dialogue....
by Bob Allen | Apr 21, 2004 | News
The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina could stop forwarding church funds to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and other moderate organizations, if one conservative pastor has his way. Bruce Martin, pastor of Village Baptist Church in Fayetteville, N.C., is...
by Bob Allen | Apr 21, 2004 | News
The Alliance of Baptists has issued a statement decrying “the politicization of gay marriage” in the current presidential campaign and supporting all Americans’ rights to “full marriage equality.” The 115-church Alliance also elected a...
by Bob Allen | Apr 20, 2004 | News
President Bush said he tried to be “a messenger” of God’s will in deciding to go to war with Iraq but did not use God to justify the war, according to a new book by journalist Bob Woodward. In an interview Sunday on “60 Minutes,”...
by Bob Allen | Apr 20, 2004 | News
Baptist leaders in Texas are speaking out against a proposal by Gov. Rick Perry to allow Video Lottery Terminals at the state’s horse-racing tracks and Native American tribal lands as a way to raise funds for education. The plan would open the door to...
by Bob Allen | Apr 19, 2004 | News
The average American owes $2,900 in credit-card debt, and that includes one in five Americans who don’t own a credit card, according to a new survey. Among credit-card holders, the unpaid balance averages $3,815. Just over half of all Americans have at least one...
