By Bob Allen A Baptist preacher arrested in May will not stand trial for sexual assault of a child after a Texas grand jury found insufficient evidence to prosecute. The Ennis Daily News reported Sept. 26 that an Ellis County…
Ethicist questions Obama’s faith
By Bob Allen A gap between President Obama’s professed Christianity and the policies he supports raises questions about both his faith and his commitment to immigration reform, a Baptist ethicist said in an online commentary Sept. 24. An EthicsDaily.com article…
Missouri Baptists join Akin bus tour
By Bob Allen Missouri Baptist leaders were on board Sept. 25 when embattled U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin embarked on a four-day bus tour launched on the day of his deadline to withdraw from the Nov. 6 election over controversial…
Missouri Baptists join Akin bus tour
By Bob Allen Missouri Baptist leaders were on board Sept. 25 when embattled U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin embarked on a four-day bus tour launched on the day of his deadline to withdraw from the Nov. 6 election over controversial…
Recipient of free campus has Baptist roots
By Bob Allen A for-profit, Christian university once owned by Arizona Southern Baptists edged out the Southern Baptist Convention North American Mission Board in a contest for a 217-acre campus in Massachusetts offered free to a deserving Christian charity by…
CBF leader endorses seminary relocation
By Bob Allen The interim global missions coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has endorsed a proposal before European Baptist leaders this week to relocate the International Baptist Theological Seminary from the Czech Republic to Amsterdam. The last two decades…
Victims shine light on video voyeurism
By Bob Allen Three witnesses at a recent sentencing hearing for a former traveling evangelist sent to prison for secretly videotaping women in a bathroom in his home went on national television Sept. 18 to raise awareness to the growing…
Hearing reveals impact of clergy abuse
News analysis by Bob Allen Women secretly videotaped while showering or in front of a bathroom vanity in the home of a popular Southern Baptist evangelist compared the experience to rape, while young husbands described anger at being betrayed by…
Church van crash kills two
By Bob Allen Two people were killed and 12 others injured Sunday morning when a van carrying youth from Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Maryville, Tenn., collided head-on with an SUV while returning from a weekend retreat in Gatlinburg. The…