Wedgwood takes donation from family of gunman
January 20, 2000
“It is good to know that God is with us even in the line of fire.” This is one of the few visible expressions of
Leaders oppose ‘sex exploitation’ definition
January 20, 2000
Several conservative leaders, including Southern Baptist official Richard Land and Campus Crusade for Christ President Bill Bright, are opposing U.S. support of a new definition
Abortion rates dropping, CDC says
January 13, 2000
The number of legal abortions in the United States dropped to its lowest rate in 20 years in 1997, the government’s Centers for Disease Control
Trend continues: Worship attendance declined in 1999
January 13, 2000
A new survey of Protestant churches says attendance at worship services during 1999 declined slightly in keeping with the trend of recent years. The survey
Group buys slaves, sets free
January 6, 2000
A controversial Christian human rights group based in Switzerland said it had bought the freedom of 5,514 slaves in Sudan during a secret mission. In
Patterson predicts SBC division
January 6, 2000
Southern Baptist Convention President Paige Patterson has predicted that some kind of division is in the near future for the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, but
American Baptists clarify opposition to homosexuality
January 1, 2000
American Baptists approved a clarifying statement about the group’s stance on sexuality in November during the group’s General Board (meeting) of the American Baptist Churches
