by Bob Allen | Nov 8, 2007 | News
The Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board has censured a trustee for writing about trustee business in a Web log that board leaders said reflected poorly on fellow board members and violated a policy requiring trustees to speak only in... by Michael Ruffin | Jun 13, 2007 | Opinion
The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention continues today in San Antonio, Texas. I am writing in Augusta, Ga., and I’m OK with that. Oh, I’d like to visit San Antonio again. It’s a beautiful city, and the Riverwalk is everything... by Bob Allen | Jun 13, 2007 | News
The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday previewed new fault lines developing between factions for exclusivity and accommodation in America’s largest Protestant religious body. Tuesday night messengers in San Antonio, Texas, debated whether to allow trustee... by Bob Allen | Apr 12, 2007 | News
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary filed a motion April 9 asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed a month earlier claiming gender discrimination. Sheri Klouda, now a professor at Taylor University in Upland, Ind., sued in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth,... by Bob Allen | Mar 24, 2006 | News
Despite purging “liberalism” from the Southern Baptist Convention through the “conservative resurgence” of the 1980s and 1990s, today’s Baptist witness is “besieged,” “under assault” and faces “potentially...