by Robert Parham | Aug 12, 2006 | Opinion
Baptist leaders questioned why the United Nations’ Security Council took so long to adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, as they looked toward the post-war humanitarian crisis and rebuilding of Lebanon. A month after the...
by Robert Parham | Jul 25, 2006 | Opinion
A U.S. Baptist official has added his name to the list of religious leaders calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Middle East. Roy Medley, general secretary of American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A., wrote President Bush Monday asking him “to exercise the...
by Robert Parham | Jul 24, 2006 | Opinion
A Lebanese Baptist leader questioned how much longer Christians can continue to meet growing refugee demands in a country descending into a worsening war in an e-mail request for Sunday prayers. The United Nations estimated that 700,000 people were fleeing the...
by Robert Parham | Jul 21, 2006 | Opinion
Instead of the United States exerting full diplomatic and political pressure on all parties to end hostilities, the Bush administration has turned a blind eye to noncombatant casualties in Lebanon and has blamed others for violence it is unwilling to stop. Beirut...
