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Info on New Baptist Covenant Regional Meetings
Ethics Daily has posted a story about the plans for New Baptist Covenant Regional meetings. In January 2008 more than 15,000 Baptists from across the United States, Canada and Mexico met for the... ...
Sex and the Pulpit
When I was a teenager at a Baptist church, preachers were constantly telling boys and girls not to hold hands during church services. Naturally, we perceived that as a challenge to do so and couples....
Palin Wanted to Ban Baptist Minister's Book
Howard Bess, an American Baptist minister, wrote one of the books that Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin wanted to ban from the library in Wasilla, Alaska. Bess authored the book entitled "Pasto...
Parham and Mohler Debate Online at Washington Post
The "On Belief" section of the Washington Post has posted opposing essays about the effect that Sarah Palin's VP nomination is having on Southern Baptist theology. Al Mohler, President of Southern Ba...
On Women Heading Countries but not Churches
Christianity Today is reporting that Richard Land is ecstatic about the nomination of Sarah Palin for Vice President. He's also eager to label as "asinine" any question about the logical consistency o...
On Baptist-Muslim Dialogue
Kudos to Robert Parham for his recent speech at the Islamic Society of North America Convention.Too many Baptists are fanning the flames of conflict between Christianity and Islam. Parham is prominent...
Evangelicals Conflicted About Palin
Desmoinesdem at Daily Kos has scoured the "mommy blogs" written by Christian conservatives and has found considerable uneasiness about casting a vote for Sarah Palin as Vice President. The main conce...
Southern Baptists Selling Off Assets
The Fort Worth Star Telegram is reporting that Southern Baptists have sold the broadcast facilities of its former Radio and Television Commission. After the fundamentalist takeover of the Southern Ba...
On Sarah Palin's Qualifications
Richard Land has endorsed Sarah Palin for Vice President:Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission: "Governor Palin is a vice-presidential ...
Vernon Nominated for BGCT Associate Executive Director
The Baptist Standard is reporting the Steve Vernon, pastor of First Baptist Church of Levelland and past president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, is being nominated to be an Associate Exe...
