By Bob Allen Richard Land’s formal reprimand and cancellation of his weekly radio program apparently had more to do with damage control than any violation of on-air ethical standards, a religious broadcasting executive said in a World Magazine web article…
Pastor amends comment about killing gays
By Bob Allen A Kansas pastor who made national headlines for saying the government should execute homosexuals says he never expected his words to be taken literally or discussed beyond the walls of his local church. “This has been an…
Former Va. editor Julian Pentecost dies
By Bob Allen Julian H. Pentecost, longtime editor of the Religious Herald and a founding director of Associated Baptist Press, died May 31 at 87. A former pastor, Pentecost served as editor of the Baptist General Association of Virginia’s news…
Richard Land signs off radio show
The head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission signed off without fanfare for the last time on the Richard Land Live! weekly radio show June 2. Land, Southern Baptists’ top spokesman for moral and religious-liberty concerns…
ABPNews adds blog section
Beginning today, Associated Baptist Press will publish one or more blogs daily, Monday through Friday, submitted by a variety of lay and ordained writers on www.baptistnews.com/blog. Topics will be as varied as the contributors themselves, ranging from social issues and spiritual…
The new face of interfaith dialogue
Interfaith dialogue is on the rise, not just in formal conversations led by judicatory leaders but in local communities where friendships forge as ministers of various faiths work together for common goals amid increasing religious diversity in the Bible belt….
The new face of interfaith dialogue
By Jeff Brumley Interfaith dialogue is on the rise, not just in formal conversations led by judicatory leaders but in local communities where friendships forge as ministers of various faiths work together for common goals amid increasing religious diversity in…
North Carolina network has eyes to see region’s poor
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. — The demographics of Halifax County, N.C., are appalling. Unemployment is above 13 percent and one resident in four earns income below the poverty line. The county is part of the fourth poorest congressional district in the…
Former Herald editor Julian Pentecost dies at 88
RICHMOND, Va.—Julian H. Pentecost, editor of the Religious Herald during one of the most tumultuous periods of Baptist history in the American South, died May 31. He was 88. Pentecost was editor of the Herald in 1980s, a decade of…
Young leaders embrace Baptist identity of freedom
RICHMOND, Va. — Freedom. For six younger Baptist leaders that is the most compelling characteristic of Baptist identity. These two women and four men participated in a panel discussion organized by the Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies and held…
Baptist group denounces ‘hate speech’
By Bob Allen The Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists called June 1 for Baptist leaders across all traditions to denounce rhetoric from Baptist pulpits promoting violence and even genocide against gays. Robin Lunn, executive director of the Kensington, Md.-based…
Trustees cancel Richard Land’s radio show
By Bob Allen The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission is pulling the plug on agency head Richard Land’s radio show over recent controversial remarks about the Trayvon Martin killing. The ERLC’s trustee executive committee announced June 1…