Wade Burleson is calling for the Southern Baptist Convention to investigate “manipulation” and “coercion” by his fellow trustees of the International Mission Board. But the Oklahoma pastor backed down from his threat to publish details of those alleged abuses on…
Executive Committee amends target
The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has amended a recommendation that the convention encourage the election of SBC officers “whose churches give at least 10 percent of their undesignated receipts to the Cooperative Program.” According to a May 26 Baptist…
CBF general assembly to answer Vestal’s challenge for social justice
This year's general assembly of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship promises to answer the challenge Coordinator Daniel Vestal gave at last year's meeting—a challenge to face head-on the issues of poverty, social justice, diversity and mercy. According to Bo Prosser, the…
New N.C. policy would oust churches that tolerate gays
Leaders of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention have beefed up a policy designed to oust local churches that affirm homosexuality or even tolerate gay church members. Meeting in Asheboro, N.C., the convention's executive committee and board of directors both…
EDITORIAL: A great partnership
Partnership: (pärtnr-shp) — A relationship between individuals or groups that is characterized by mutual cooperation and responsibility, as for the achievement of a specified goal. Throughout our 178-year history, the Religious Herald has been in partnership with Virginia Baptists. The…
A vision fulfilled
Last week this column told the background of assemblies in Virginia Baptist history. The column managed to get as far as the critical meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia in November 1950 when “Eagle's Eyrie”—a large expanse of…
Da Vinci hype?
I agree that Dan Brown's page-turner of a book is a work of fiction, but he makes a very disturbing declaration on the very first page, that there are certain facts of history (like Opus Dei and the Priory of…
Wisconsin man uses mouse, morals in attempt to revive 2D animation
POLK, Wis. (ABP) — Tom Hignite has a mission: To save two-dimensional movie animation from possible demise. And with help from some ex-Disney and Warner Brothers animators, he thinks he can do it. Hignite, a homebuilder by trade, has created…
Roy Moore goes down to defeat as rival wins GOP nomination
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ABP) — In what may be the final act of the drama that has been Roy Moore's political life, the so-called “Ten Commandments Judge” went down to resounding defeat June 6 in his race for Alabama's Republican gubernatorial…
Senate again votes down marriage amendment
WASHINGTON (ABP) — For the second time in as many election years, the Senate has killed a proposal to amend the Constitution to deny marriage to same-sex couples. That won't stop the House from taking up the same proposal, though,…
Court says prison program violates First Amendment
DES MOINES, Iowa (ABP) — In what could be a major setback for government's ability to fund religious charities, a federal judge has ruled against an Iowa program designed to rehabilitate prisoners through Christianity. U.S. District Judge Robert Pratt of…
As Senate again takes up marriage, religious leaders differ over ban
WASHINGTON (ABP) — As the Senate again geared up for an election-year vote on a gay-marriage ban June 5, religious leaders both praised and condemned President Bush for his renewed support. Bush, responding to pressure from conservative leaders who questioned…