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Ted and Gayle Haggard Start St. James Church

kiamabaptist — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:13:04 +0000

The couple incorporated their home-based prayer meetings 'to keep the accounting in order.'

Memorial Cross Stolen from Mojave National Preserve

kiamabaptist — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:56:28 +0000

The Supreme Court ruled in April that the war memorial could stay on federal land despite church-state concerns.

Liberty Panel to Investigate Seminary President Caner’s statements

kiamabaptist — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:46:26 +0000

Breaking news, update: 9:30 p.m. Monday This evening, Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia released by email this updated statement about Dr. Ergun Caner, president of the university seminary: Liberty University Provost Dr. Ron Godwin is ...

Street Preacher Charged for Saying Homosexuality a Sin

kiamabaptist — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:34:45 +0000

A Christian street preacher in Britain will stand trial for telling a passerby -- in earshot of a policewoman -- that God views homosexuality as a sin. Police arrested Dale McAlpine, a 42-year-old Baptist, under Britain's Public Order Act 1986...

Southern Baptists Make Plans to Tackle Declining Baptisms

kiamabaptist — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:32:19 +0000

Southern Baptist leaders, grappling with several years of declining baptisms, unveiled a proposal Monday challenging members and mission leaders to commit to new approaches to evangelism. The report calls for individuals to increase financial ...

China’s Gao Disappears Again

kiamabaptist — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:08:43 +0000

Gao Zhisheng, the prominent Christian human rights lawyer abducted in 2009 who reappeared in late March after renouncing his activism, has disappeared again as of April 20. CT covered the significance of Zhisheng's case here.

Update: Supreme Court Sends Mojave Cross Case Back to Lower Court

kiamabaptist — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:51:27 +0000

Carl Esbeck tells CT that today's Supreme Court ruling on the Mojave cross is more newsworthy to evangelical church-state watchers than most media have portrayed. Esbeck, professor of law at the University of Missouri, explains that Justice Antho...

Supreme Court Sends Cross Case Back

kiamabaptist — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:38:00 +0000

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday that the much-debated war memorial cross in Mojave National Preserve may remain because Congress' attempted transfer of the plot of land to private hands would resolve any constitutional concerns. Unsurprisin...

N.T. Wright Retiring as Bishop

kiamabaptist — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:30:04 +0000

He has been appointed to a chair in New Testament and early Christianity at St Andrews in Scotland.

Earth Day’s Pentecostal Origins

kiamabaptist — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:30:14 +0000

The man who originally introduced the name "Earth Day" was a Pentecostal minister, according to the Assemblies of God (AG) Heritage magazine. John McConnell introduced "Earth Day" at the 1969 UNESCO Conference on the Environment. The next year,...