ERLC opposes campaign finance reform bill

March 7, 2002

WASHINGTON — The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has asked President Bush to veto a campaign finance reform bill that it says

Downed missionary seeking compensation

March 7, 2002

WASHINGTON — A missionary whose wife and infant daughter were killed last year when their plane was mistakenly shot down by a Peruvian fighter jet

Willmore of FBC Weaver offers encouragement for ministers facing burnout

March 7, 2002

Each month, more than 80 Southern Baptist pastors and staff members face forced termination. That statistic — compiled by the LeaderCare ministry of LifeWay Christian

CP giving increases 7.49 percent for February

March 7, 2002

NASHVILLE — An increase of 7.49 percent in churches’ gifts to the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) was recorded in February 2002 over

Court declines review of Commandments case

March 7, 2002

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review a lower-court ruling that a display of the 10 Commandments on government property is unconsitutional. The

Clashes in Nigeria blamed on political unrest

March 7, 2002

LAGOS, Nigeria — Violent clashes between ethnic tribes in Nigeria during the first week of February have been blamed on politics rather than religion. Members