By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary professor and country-music devotee is challenging eulogies portraying recently deceased singer/songwriter Kitty Wells as a feminist icon. Russell Moore, dean of the school of theology and vice president for academic administration at Southern…
Faith leaders support Tenn. mosque
By Bob Allen More than 100 religious leaders signed an open letter July 18 voicing support for a Tennessee mosque asking a federal judge to permit use of its newly built building to celebrate Ramadan, which begins July 19. Brent…
Chick-fil-A criticized as anti-gay
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By Bob Allen Controversy over Chick-fil-A’s support of groups opposed to gay rights re-emerged when Baptist Press carried a story July 16 quoting the company’s president and chief operating officer pleading “guilty as charged” to criticism that the popular fast-food…
Chick-fil-A criticized as anti-gay
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By Bob Allen Controversy over Chick-fil-A’s support of groups opposed to gay rights re-emerged when Baptist Press carried a story July 16 quoting the company’s president and chief operating officer pleading “guilty as charged” to criticism that the popular fast-food…
Sojo seeks hate-crime probe of mosque fire
By Bob Allen A progressive evangelical group has launched an online petition urging the U.S. Justice Department to investigate a July 4 fire at a Missouri mosque as a potential hate crime. Sojourners, a Washington-based organization dedicated to social justice…
Petition urges hate-crime probe of mosque fire
By Bob Allen A progressive evangelical group has launched an online petition urging the U.S. Justice Department to investigate a July 4 fire at a Missouri mosque as a potential hate crime. Sojourners, a Washington-based organization dedicated to social justice…
Congressmen query end of military Bibles
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist congressman has called on Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to investigate why the Pentagon revoked permission for LifeWay Christian Resources to use military insignias on Bibles it had been publishing. U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R-Miss.)…
Group protests chaplain’s rebuke
By Bob Allen A chaplaincy organization supportive of last year’s repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that banned gays from serving openly in the military accused the Southern Baptist Convention of bullying and intimidation for asking an Air…
Possible Glorieta sale back on the table
By Bob Allen LifeWay Christian Resources may have a potential buyer for its cash-strapped Glorieta Conference Center after the Baptist Convention of New Mexico turned down an offer to purchase the property for $1. The Southern Baptist Convention publisher announced…