‘Praying’ football coach case now in appeals
October 11, 2007
PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court was asked Oct. 3 to decide whether a New Jersey high school football coach violated the Constitution by taking
Daily Archives: October 11, 2007
MIT installs first chaplain in its 146-year history
October 11, 2007
BOSTON — A “temple” of scientific inquiry embraced a new relationship with organized religion Sept. 30 when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, installed
Group launches alternative to Episcopal Church
October 11, 2007
PITTSBURGH — As many as six Episcopal bishops and more than 200 Episcopal congregations have taken a first step toward forming an alternative to the
Amish in Nickel Mines mark anniversary of school shooting
October 11, 2007
Things seem normal as you drive the narrow country roads that wind through southern Lancaster County. The tobacco hangs drying in barns, the way it
Wilkerson retires from SBC business, finance role
October 11, 2007
NASHVILLE — The man behind the planning and execution of the annual meeting for Southern Baptists retired Sept. 30. John R. (Jack) Wilkerson, vice president
Texas Baptist board approves budget, staff cuts
October 11, 2007
DALLAS — After extensive debate, the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) executive board voted 52–28 to approve a $50.1 million budget recommendation — a
Commission on religious freedom urges action on violence in Burma
October 11, 2007
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called on the United States and the United Nations to mount an international effort to hold
Baptists concerned about Burma; ties began with Judsons in 1800s
October 11, 2007
If any group in the United States has a reason to care about the people of Burma, it is Baptists. That’s what Duane Binkley, a
