Graham archives spared in Wheaton College fire
June 24, 2004
WHEATON, Ill. — The archives of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College were spared when a fire started on the roof of the center’s
Daily Archives: June 24, 2004
Halted baptisms in Virginia cause outrage
June 24, 2004
RICHMOND, Va. — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) rarely takes up for Christians. But even the ACLU cried foul over an incident at a
BGCT employees to drop NAMB affiliation
June 24, 2004
DALLAS — All five Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) employees with North American Mission Board (NAMB) appointments will end ties with the Southern Baptist
House votes down ‘Safe Harbors’ provision
June 24, 2004
SaUnder a tidal wave of pressure from disparate religious groups, a House committee voted unanimously to strike a provision that would have allowed religious organizations
Alabama native Bobby Welch elected SBC president
June 24, 2004
Alabama native Bobby Welch, known for his enthusiastic zeal for evangelism, won the first contested Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) presidential election in a decade June
‘Under God’ to stay in pledge; mixed opinions issued by court
June 24, 2004
Fifty years to the day after the words “under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected — by an
Stem cell bank opens in Britain
June 24, 2004
Britain opened the world’s first national stem cell bank in May, establishing a new era in a controversial area of medical research. Stem cells are
2004 ‘life-changing election’ year, says Land
June 24, 2004
In a year when citizens will go to the polls and choose their president and many other national leaders, more than one-third of Southern
