by Bob Allen | Mar 9, 2004 | News
The executive council of a Baptist association in Jefferson City, Mo., has voted to take no action against a church for ordaining a woman minister. Doyle Sager, pastor of First Baptist Church of Jefferson City, hailed a Feb. 29 vote by Concord Baptist Association...
by Bob Allen | Mar 8, 2004 | News
The executive council of a Baptist association in Jefferson City, Mo., has voted to take no action against a church for ordaining a woman minister. Doyle Sager, pastor of First Baptist Church of Jefferson City, hailed a Feb. 29 vote by Concord Baptist Association...
by Bob Allen | Mar 5, 2004 | News
Having survived the Southern Baptist Convention’s moderate/fundamentalist wars as one of the few state conventions under moderate control, the Baptist General Convention of Texas is now fighting another battle: remaining relevant to 5,600 churches. Meetings this...
by Cliff Vaughn | Mar 4, 2004 | News
President George Bush and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge are giving the government’s seal of approval to a new TV show about terrorism, according to an entertainment news story. “D.H.S.—The Series,” which refers to the year-old Department of...
by Bob Allen | Mar 3, 2004 | News
The Baptist General Convention of Texas is ending its formal relationship with the Southern Baptist Convention’s LifeWay Christian Resources, according to an announcement Tuesday at a meeting of the BGCT Executive Board. Lynn Eckeberger, head of the BGCT’s...
by Bob Allen | Mar 2, 2004 | News
Mainstream Baptists need a new “pan-Baptist network” built on technology and common ideals in order to stop “enabling” fundamentalism in the Southern Baptist Convention, says Robert Parham of the Baptist Center for Ethics. Parham, executive...