By Bob Allen A mother who says her son was molested more than 20 years ago by a then-staff member at one of the Southern Baptist Convention’s largest churches says the congregation’s leaders need to come clean about what a…
Vivian Nielsen, former DC Baptist leader, dies
By Bob Allen Vivian Nielsen, 86, a past president of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention and leader in Washington’s Calvary Baptist Church, died Jan. 4 at Greenspring Village retirement community in Springfield, Va., after a battle with cancer. In…
Former DC Baptist woman leader dies
By Bob Allen Vivian Nielsen, 86, a past president of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention and leader in Washington’s Calvary Baptist Church, died Jan. 4 at Greenspring Village retirement community in Springfield, Va., after a battle with cancer. In…
British Baptists debate gay marriage
By Bob Allen The recent call by a prominent evangelical to re-examine the church’s traditional rejection of homosexuality prompted debate in the Baptist Union of Great Britain. The Baptist Times, the union’s online news journal, reported Jan. 25 that its…
No prison for molester termed unfair
By Bob Allen A former Southern Baptist music minister who will serve no time in prison after admitting to molesting children nearly 30 years ago demonstrates that America’s justice system isn’t always fair, a newspaper in Jackson, Miss., editorialized Jan….
SBC leader supports gun control
By Bob Allen Southern Baptists’ top spokesman for moral issues wrote President Obama recently supporting gun-control measures that don’t infringe on the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the…
Gay minister arrested in sit-in
By Bob Allen An openly gay ordained Baptist minister and his partner were arrested Jan. 22 in Louisville, Ky., for refusing to leave the county clerk’s office after they were denied a marriage license. Maurice “Bojangles” Blanchard, 34, and his…
Wild Goose 2013 dates announced
By Bob Allen Dates and venue have been announced for Wild Goose 2013, an annual festival of music, spirituality, social justice and art for progressive evangelicals under a theological and missional tent commonly known as “emergent Christianity.” First held in…
South Carolina CBF names coordinator
By Bob Allen Alabama Baptist pastor Jay Kieve has been elected coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of South Carolina effective March 25, according to a press release made public Jan. 21. He succeeds Marion Aldridge, who is retiring after…