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17 Sep 2013, 12:00 am
Inazu advances his argument in an amicus brief filed on behalf of a broad coalition of religious groups including the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Christian Legal Society, National Association of Evangelicals, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Christian Medical Association, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, Lutheran… [read post]
9 Sep 2013, 4:10 am
The North American Mission Board on Aug. 29 released new Guidelines (full text) clarifying the expectations for all military and VA chaplains endorsed by the Southern Baptist Convention in light of the Supreme Court's invalidation of the Defense of Marriage Act. [read post]
13 Jun 2013, 4:10 am
During its annual meeting yesterday, the Southern Baptist Convention adopted a lengthy resolution expressing the denomination's "continued opposition to and disappointment in the decision of the Boy Scouts of America to change its membership policy" to allow gays to become members of the Scouts. [read post]
2 Jun 2013, 6:30 am
Richard Land, head of the Southern Baptists’ Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, said:There’s a 100% chance that there will be a resolution about disaffiliation at the convention and a 100% chance that 99% of people will vote for it. [read post]
8 May 2013, 6:27 am
On Monday, the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board and Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission issued a statement (full text) finally bringing some clarity to what actually happened. [read post]
15 Apr 2013, 7:16 am
Here's a partial list: the American Medical Association and American Society of Human Genetics; prominent geneticists including James Watson, Eric Lander, and John Sulston; economist Joseph Stiglitz; patient and cancer advocacy groups such as Breast Cancer Action, Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered, and the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance; the Southern Baptist Convention; and even the U.S. government (which issued the patents in the first place). [read post]
30 Mar 2013, 6:21 pm
The church's sole deacon/director transferred the church's property and other assets to God’s Hope Builders, a non-profit corporation affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 4:46 pm
Third in a Series: Guest Post by Versely Rosales, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, class of 2014 The brief submitted by National Association of Evangelicals; The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention;... [read post]
19 Mar 2013, 6:00 am
Luis Cortés, President, Esperanza • Barrett Duke, Southern Baptist Convention • Bishop Orlando Findlayter, Senior Pastor, New Hope Christian Fellowship • Archbishop José Horacio Gomez, Archdiocese of Los Angeles • Mark Hetfield, President and CEO, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society • Rev. [read post]
30 Jan 2013, 2:26 pm
In a recent post by Russ Rankin at churchexecutive.com entitled "Survey: Most SBC pastors not prepared to die", it was reported that almost 40 percent of pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention have no estate planning documents. [read post]
19 Oct 2012, 9:11 am
Read moreLifeWay Research, Southern Baptist Convention, Perry Noble, Alliance Defending Freedom [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 10:05 am
I’d break out the champagne, but I fear that this is a mere change of personnel, not policy.The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) was once a staunch supporter of church-state separation. [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 8:33 am
Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Rob Portman (Ohio).Also scheduled to speak are some Religious Right celebrities, including Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, TV preacher James Robison, Jordan Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice, Regent University President Carlos Campo and the Rev. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 5:45 pm
The military-themed bibles are a product of B&H Publishing, owned by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. [read post]
20 Apr 2012, 8:56 am
“Christian nation” advocate David Barton is on it, along with homophobic California minister Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition; Barrett Duke, a top public policy official with the Southern Baptist Convention; George Grant, a leading proponent of the overtly theocratic Christian Reconstructionist movement; Gary Kass of Reclaiming America for Christ and a host of others.What I don’t see on this body are scientists or experts on issues like the… [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 11:49 am
Land is the president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and the host of a popular religion-oriented radio show Richard Land Live! [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 8:22 am
”I suspect that Dolan actually agrees more with Santorum – he’s just smart enough not to go on national television and say it.Appearing on the same CBS program was Richard Land, head lobbyist for the Southern Baptist Convention. [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 11:28 am
And Richard Land, top lobbyist for the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (designated a right-wing theocratic group by me) told local seminarians that voters must adopt Amendment One to send a message to the Supreme Court.According to the Associated Baptist Press, Land said, “If the people speak in North Carolina and in the other states and affirm marriage as being between a man and a woman, I believe that it will… [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 12:17 pm
Issues: Religious Groups’ Involvement in Candidate ElectionsTags: Pew Forum On Religion & Public Life, LifeWay Research Center, Southern Baptist Convention [read post]
16 Mar 2012, 8:15 am
Even LifeWay Research, a polling arm of the Southern Baptist Convention (hardly a font of political or theological liberalism), has found that 85 percent of Americans believe it is not “appropriate for churches to use their resources to campaign for candidates for public office,” and 87 percent do not ‘believe it is appropriate for pastors to publicly endorse candidates for public office during a church service. [read post]
