by Cliff Vaughn | Feb 18, 2004 | News
One of the nation’s leading ecumenical organizations is now offering a reflection guide for Mel Gibson’s upcoming movie, “The Passion of the Christ.” The National Council of Churches, based in New York, announced Friday that its Interfaith...
by Bob Allen | Feb 18, 2004 | News
Southern Baptist Convention president Jack Graham announced Monday that he is appointing a committee to study changing the name of the nation’s largest Protestant body. Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, told the SBC Executive...
by Bob Allen | Feb 18, 2004 | News
The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voted 62-10 to pull out of the Baptist World Alliance Tuesday afternoon. The leadership group approved recommendations of an SBC/BWA Study Committee revised in light of reaction to an earlier report released to the...
by Bob Allen | Feb 17, 2004 | News
Is the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to blame for the Southern Baptist Convention’s proposal to withdraw from the Baptist World Alliance? A recommendation due to come before the SBC Executive Committee today calls on the denomination to leave membership of the...
by Bob Allen | Feb 17, 2004 | News
Mel Gibson confirmed reports that he is removing the controversial “blood curse” from his movie “The Passion of the Christ” but said he wouldn’t add a postscript saying that Jews are not responsible for Jesus’ death in an interview...
by Cliff Vaughn | Feb 16, 2004 | News
An evangelical group has now joined the call for Mel Gibson to attach a statement regarding anti-Semitism to his upcoming film, “The Passion of the Christ.” Mike Evans, a Texas minister and writer who heads up the Jerusalem Prayer Team, registered the...
