WASHINGTON (ABP) — The U.S. Senate defied President Bush Oct. 5, voting overwhelmingly to amend a Pentagon spending bill to ban “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” of anyone in U.S. military custody. The amendment passed on a 90-9…
Texas Baptist convention spurns seminary’s request for exhibit
DALLAS (ABP) — For the second consecutive year, the Baptist General Convention of Texas has turned down a request from a Southern Baptist seminary to exhibit at the convention's annual meeting in November. In a letter to Gary Redding, alumni…
Proposal to add ‘Jesus’ to constitution working its way through CBF ranks
ATLANTA (ABP) — Leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship may add a preamble to the organization's constitution, restoring explicit references to Jesus Christ and the Great Commission deleted in July. The proposed preamble, approved by the CBF Coordinating Council's legal…
Miers an evangelical, but her record offers conservatives little comfort
WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Bush's conservative base seemed to divide into several camps within hours of his Oct. 3 selection of Harriet Miers to succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court. Initial evaluations of Miers' little-known ideology…
Assisted-suicide case turns focus on new-look Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Epitomizing what is at stake in the battle over a replacement for retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a skeptical Supreme Court heard arguments Oct. 5 in a case involving Oregon's assisted-suicide law. The justices are considering whether…
Assisted-suicide case turns focus on new-look Supreme Court
BJC directors kick off campaign for building
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Emphasizing the need for a prominent “Center for Religious Liberty” on Capitol Hill, directors of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty kicked off a $5 million capital campaign during their annual meeting Oct. 3-4. Gathering in…
Roy Moore announces candidacy in Alabama gubernatorial race
GADSDEN, Ala. (ABP) — The “Ten Commandments Judge” is back and is aiming for a higher Alabama office than the one from which he was fired two years ago. Roy Moore announced Oct. 3 that he was running for governor…
N.C. Baptist convention agrees to study relationships with colleges, institutions
ASHEBORO, N.C. (ABP) — The five colleges and universities that relate to the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina have asked the convention to study its relationships with the schools. The move reflects growing upheaval between moderates and conservatives in…