By Bob Allen The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and American Baptist Churches USA were among 42 religious and secular organizations that signed an open letter July 26 protesting Rep. Michelle Bachmann and other conservative lawmakers’ recent allegation that…
Peeping preacher suspect waives jury trial
By Bob Allen A former traveling Southern Baptist evangelist charged with felony video voyeurism in Mississippi waived his right to a jury trial July 27, leaving his fate in the hands of a judge. Sammy Nuckolls, once a popular speaker…
VBS teaches kids young-earth creationism
By Bob Allen Dueling dinosaurs competed for attention this summer in downtown Jacksonville, Fla. This summer Jacksonville’s Museum of Science and History – known locally as MOSH – is home for a traveling exhibit called “A T. rex named Sue.”…
Church refuses to marry black couple
By Bob Allen A Mississippi couple claims they were not allowed to get married in the Southern Baptist church they attend because they are black. According to WLBT television in Jackson, Miss., Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson had already printed and…
Jonathan Merritt admits gay relationship
By Bob Allen Southern Baptist author Jonathan Merritt admitted to a homosexual encounter in a blog interview July 26. Merritt, a culture writer for major newspapers and magazines and author of two books, told Ed Stetzer of LifeWay Research that…
Historic DC church severs SBC ties
By Bob Allen A 150-year-old church in downtown Washington, D.C., voted July 25 to disassociate from the Southern Baptist Convention. The vote by Calvary Baptist Church followed a letter last February sent to the SBC president at the time, Bryant…
Black Baptist named chapel dean at Duke
By Bob Allen An ordained Baptist minister and Princeton Theological Seminary professor has been named the first African-American dean of the chapel at Duke University. Luke Powery, 38, the Perry and Georgia Engle assistant professor of homiletics on the Princeton…
Black Baptist named chapel dean at Duke
By Bob Allen An ordained Baptist minister and Princeton Theological Seminary professor has been named the first African-American dean of the chapel at Duke University. Luke Powery, 38, the Perry and Georgia Engle assistant professor of homiletics on the Princeton…
Seminary supports Chick-fil-A
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary is responding to controversy over Chick-fil-A’s support of organizations that oppose gay marriage by heeding the fast-food chain’s familiar advertising slogan: “Eat Mor Chikin.” Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary announced July 25 the school…