By Bob Allen Florida Baptist Witness editor Jim Smith is stepping down July 31 to become chief spokesman for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., the Florida Baptist Convention newspaper reported May 15. Smith, 48, worked previously at Southern…
Sex crimes, cover-up, alleged in lawsuit
By Bob Allen A Calvinist church-planting network with ties to Southern Baptist leaders faces new allegations of covering up sexual abuse of children in a 46-page amended lawsuit filed May 14 in Maryland. The new court document includes graphic descriptions…
Sex crimes, cover-up, alleged in lawsuit
By Bob Allen A Calvinist church-planting network with ties to Southern Baptist leaders faces new allegations of covering up sexual abuse of children in a 46-page amended lawsuit filed May 14 in Maryland. The new court document includes graphic descriptions…
SBC leader compared to Martin Luther
By Bob Allen A Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professor hailed the school’s president as a “modern-day Martin Luther” during a recent ceremony in the seminary chapel. “We owe much to this man,” New Testament professor Terry Wilder said of Paige…
SBC leader compared to Martin Luther
By Bob Allen A Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professor hailed the school’s president as a “modern-day Martin Luther” during a recent ceremony in the seminary chapel. “We owe much to this man,” New Testament professor Terry Wilder said of Paige…
SBC leader compared to Martin Luther
By Bob Allen A Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professor hailed the school’s president as a “modern-day Martin Luther” during a recent ceremony in the seminary chapel. “We owe much to this man,” New Testament professor Terry Wilder said of Paige…
Longtime editor R.G. Puckett dies
By Bob Allen Career journalist and champion for a free Baptist press R.G. “Gene” Puckett died May 12, months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Puckett, 80, worked as a Baptist journalist longer than any person in the 20th century….
Minister charged with enticing minor
By Bob Allen A Texas Baptist youth minister faces a federal charge of attempted enticement of a minor after he exchanged sexual e-mail and text messages with an undercover police officer posing as a 15-year-old girl. Trevor Jacob Fortner, 25,…
Youth minister charged with enticing minor
By Bob Allen A Texas Baptist youth minister faces a federal charge of attempted enticement of a minor after he exchanged sexual e-mail and text messages with an undercover police officer posing as a 15-year-old girl. Trevor Jacob Fortner, 25,…