American Baptists said at crossroads over homosexuality issue_72505

Posted: 7/29/05

American Baptists said at
crossroads over homosexuality issue

By Rob Marus

Associated Baptist Press

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP)—Leaders on all sides of the debate over homosexuality in the American Baptist Churches-USA see little resolution to concerns raised during the denomination’s recent biennial meeting.

07/29/2005 - By John Rutledge

House passes Patriot Act, but concerns persist_72505

Posted: 7/29/05

House passes Patriot Act, but concerns persist

By Analiz Gonzalez

Associated Baptist Press

WASHINGTON (ABP)—The House of Representatives voted to reauthorize a law that a diverse array of civil-liberties groups decry but President Bush says is essential to fighting the war on terror.

07/29/2005 - By John Rutledge

House amends funding bill to help Iraqi Christians_72505

Posted: 7/29/05

House amends funding bill to help Iraqi Christians

By Analiz Gonzalez

Associated Baptist Press

WASHINGTON (ABP)—The U.S. House of Representatives has amended a funding bill in an attempt to focus attention on the postwar plight of Iraqi Christians.

07/29/2005 - By John Rutledge

Cyber Column by Jeanie Miley: Kinds of Baptists, among many_72505

Posted: 7/29/05

CYBER COLUMN:
Kinds of Baptists, among many

By Jeanie Miley

“What kind of Baptist are you?”

The question was hurled across the dinner table in my direction on the opening evening of what had been billed as an ecumenical retreat.

07/29/2005 - By John Rutledge

CBF will reconsider purpose statement revision_72505

Posted: 7/28/05

CBF will reconsider purpose statement revision

By Greg Warner

Associated Baptist Press

ATLANTA (ABP)—In a procedural about-face, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will reconsider a recent change to its purpose statement that deleted language about Jesus Christ and evangelism.

07/28/2005 - By John Rutledge

HSU students help special needs patients in Piedras Negras_72505

Posted: 7/28/05

HSU students help special
needs patients in Piedras Negras

Brenda De Rose of Fort Worth and Chad Walding of Conroe.

Physical therapy students from Hardin-Simmons University recently spent three days in Piedras Negras, Mexico, working with residents of Casa Bethesda, a home for people with special needs ranging from spinal injuries to Down’s Syndrome.

The 21 students and four university staff worked with 39 residents, as well as working in construction and maintenance at Casa Bethesda and distributing food bundles and New Testaments in some of the poorest parts of Piedras Negras.

Karli Rule of Mt. Vernon.

07/28/2005 - By John Rutledge

Latest bombings not detering BWA meeting_72505

Posted: 7/28/05

Latest bombings not detering BWA meeting

By Greg Warner

Associated Baptist Press

DIDCOT, England (ABP)—”The congress proceeds as planned and our watchword is: 'In God we trust.'“

07/28/2005 - By John Rutledge

Roberts’ critics, supporters debate effect he would have on court_72505

Posted: 7/28/05

Roberts' critics, supporters debate
effect he would have on court

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (ABP)—President Bush’s pick of a strong conservative for an open slot on the Supreme Court stirred strong reactions on both sides of America’s debate over the proper relationship between religion and government.

07/28/2005 - By John Rutledge

Roberts’ nomination for Supreme Court could shift balance to the right_72505

Posted: 7/28/05

Roberts' nomination for Supreme
Court could shift balance to the right

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (ABP)—President Bush nominated a strong conservative, federal appellate judge John Roberts, to replace retiring moderate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court July 19.

07/28/2005 - By John Rutledge

Left-Right coalition asks Congress to debate merits of Patriot Act_72505

Posted: 7/28/05

Left-Right coalition asks Congress
to debate merits of Patriot Act

By Analiz Gonzalez

Associated Baptist Press

WASHINGTON (ABP)—If some of the Patriot Act’s provisions aren’t allowed to expire, groups like pro-life demonstrators, defenders of traditional marriage and evangelicals who disagree with the administration’s foreign policy might find themselves under investigation as terrorists, members of an unusual left-right coalition said.

07/28/2005 - By John Rutledge

North Carolina nominees excluded for ties with Alliance_72505

Posted: 7/28/05

North Carolina nominees
excluded for ties with Alliance

By Tony Cartledge and Greg Warner

Associated Baptist Press

ASHEBORO, N.C. (ABP)—Nominees to leadership positions in the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina were rejected because they are members of churches affiliated with the Alliance of Baptists.

07/28/2005 - By John Rutledge

Evangelical activist named head of global religious freedom panel_72505

Posted: 7/28/05

Evangelical activist named head
of global religious freedom panel

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (ABP)—A federal panel that monitors global conditions for religious freedom has elected an evangelical Christian activist as its chairman.

07/28/2005 - By John Rutledge