By Bob Allen The new president of the National Religious Broadcasters said Sept. 26 that Christian media can and should do a better job in countering the mainstream media’s message that same-sex marriage is OK. “We have not got to…
Prof says pulpits mute on sin of domestic abuse
By Bob Allen Domestic violence is a sin, and more preachers should be saying so from the pulpit, says East Texas Baptist University professor Elijah Brown. Brown, assistant professor of missions and a Bible study teacher at First Baptist Church…
Tenn. Baptist convention supports amendment placing more restrictions on abortion
By Bob Allen Southern Baptists and Roman Catholics in Tennessee — along with Free Will Baptists, the Assemblies of God and others — are joining forces to marshal support for a state constitutional amendment allowing lawmakers to restrict abortion in the Bible…
Officials say Baptist-affiliated Brewton-Parker remains accredited
By Bob Allen A decision this summer to revoke a Georgia Baptist college’s accreditation has been reversed, officials at Brewton-Parker College in Mount Vernon, Ga., announced Sept. 30 in a press release. The release said administrators learned the day before…
Mohler says gay diplomat unpopular among Christians in the Dominican Republic
By Bob Allen President Obama’s appointment of the first openly gay ambassador to the Americas isn’t playing well with Christians in the Dominican Republic, says a Southern Baptist leader recently there for a preaching conference. “They understand this appointment for…
African Baptists ask world’s churches to set aside Oct. 11-12 for Ebola prayer
By Bob Allen The All-Africa Baptist Fellowship has set aside Sunday, Oct. 12, to focus prayer on the Ebola outbreak, which to date has claimed more than 3,000 lives across West Africa. The prayer focus, endorsed by leaders of American…
European Baptists lament violence in Mid-East, Ukraine
By Bob Allen The European Baptist Federation council pledged solidarity with persecuted Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East in a resolution approved at a Sept. 24-27 gathering in Bucharest, Romania. The resolution “deplores as evil the aggression…
American Baptist missions group condemns both anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim prejudice
By Bob Allen Meeting on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, the board of directors of American Baptist International Ministries passed resolutions condemning both anti-Semitism and prejudice against Muslims. Citing acts of anti-Semitism including…
Mohler says churches cannot avoid LGBT issue
By Bob Allen A leader in the Southern Baptist Convention says this week’s ouster of a congregation for violating the denomination’s teaching that homosexuality is always a sin established a dividing line that sooner or later every church will have…
Faith leaders protest use of solitary confinement
By Bob Allen The prolonged use of solitary confinement in prisons and jails violates a U.N. treaty the United States both signed and ratified against torture and other “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,” a group of faith leaders…
Baptist church says ‘no’ to medical marijuana farm
By Bob Allen A tiny Southern Baptist church snuffed out plans to open a medical marijuana facility in central Florida by rejecting an offer to lease a vacant parcel of land the company needs to comply with proposed state rules…
Jimmy Carter on gay rights: Jesus didn’t discriminate
By Bob Allen Former President Jimmy Carter, the world’s most famous Sunday school teacher, said Sept. 22 he supports LGBT equality because Jesus didn’t discriminate against people based on their identity. Carter, whose Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church…