By Bob Allen The Alliance of Baptists appealed April 6 to President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism in a State Department annual terror report due out April…
SBC leader calls HHS mandate ‘persecution’
By Bob Allen The Southern Baptist Convention’s top spokesman for moral concerns charged the Obama administration with “religious persecution” for requiring religious employers to cover preventive health-care services including FDA-approved contraceptives. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known…
AU calls for access to birth control
By Bob Allen A Washington-based religious-liberty watchdog group says the Obama administration should reject demands of conservative religious groups seeking to curb access to contraceptive coverage in the name of religious liberty. “Americans want and deserve access to safe and…
AU calls for access to birth control
By Bob Allen A Washington-based religious-liberty watchdog group says the Obama administration should reject demands of conservative religious groups seeking to curb access to contraceptive coverage in the name of religious liberty. “Americans want and deserve access to safe and…
Ethicist says drop ‘i-word’
By Bob Allen A Baptist ethicist says it’s time for churches to stop using the word “illegal” when talking about immigration. “Let’s drop the ‘i-word’ in church and community conversations,” Robert Parham, executive director of the Baptist Center for Ethics,…
Rick Warren’s son dies
By Bob Allen Southern Baptist megachurch pastor and Purpose Driven Life author Rick Warren sent a letter April 6 informing church members his youngest son had committed suicide. The pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., said 27-year-old Matthew…
Former ‘cowboy’ pastor sentenced
By Bob Allen A former Southern Baptist “cowboy church” pastor was sentenced to 50 years in prison without the possibility of parole after a Texas jury found him guilty April 5 of continuous sexual abuse of a child. According to…
Radio host blasts SBC president
By Bob Allen A Bible-prophecy broadcaster criticized Southern Baptist Convention President Fred Luter for retracting comments made in an interview on his radio show linking North Korea’s nuclear threat to America’s slide into immorality. “Poor pastor Luter, he wilted under the…
CBF council recommends new leaders
By Bob Allen The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinating Council approved a list of names nominated for a new organizational structure adopted last year now being implemented in stages. Nominees approved at a called virtual meeting April 4 include 13 names…