Archive - staff
Dothan Baptists make commercial to counter Sweet Home Alabama ads
As Sweet Home Alabama ads saturate the state to encourage the legalization of electronic bingo gambling, some Dothan Baptists have decided to fight back. more »
By staff - Apr 19, 2009
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling, Citizenship, Legislation
NIH draft limits funds to IVF embryos
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration issued draft guidelines Friday that limit federal funding for embryonic stem cell research to experiments with human embryos stored at fertility clinics. more »
By staff - Apr 18, 2009
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research
Tenn. pro-life bill scores breakthrough
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The pro-life cause in Tennessee has made a major advance after years of efforts.
The Health and Human Services Subcommittee of the Tennessee House of Representatives, on a 20-7 vote April 7, approved a bill to restore the regulation of abortion to the legislature. more »
By staff - Apr 18, 2009
Wife wants to die with ill spouse
WASHINGTON—The Swiss assisted-suicide organization Dignitas plans to help a healthy woman die with her terminally ill husband, and a pro-life bioethics specialist says this development should have been expected. more »
By staff - Apr 14, 2009
Mississippi River Ministry surpasses 20,000 professions of faith
The Southern Baptist Mississippi River Ministry (MRM) has reached a new milestone. More than 20,000 people have come to know Christ as Savior since MRM began in 1992. more »
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness,
Dungy declines, gay advocate joins faith-based council
WASHINGTON—President Obama announced April 6 the rest of the members of his faith-based advisory council, but former Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy was not among them. more »
By staff - Apr 8, 2009
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship
Pro-lifers send red envelopes to Obama
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—On March 31, thousands of red envelopes flooded the U.S. Postal Service en route to the White House as part of a grassroots “Red Envelope Day” to represent lives lost to abortion. more »
By staff - Apr 2, 2009
Schiavo’s death focus of documentary
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A new documentary, “The Terri Schiavo Story” hosted by Joni Eareckson Tada, features in-depth interviews with participants on both sides of the 2005 death by dehydration of the 41-year-old disabled woman in Florida. more »
By staff - Apr 2, 2009
Topic: Life, End-of-Life Issues
A House vote soon on human cloning?
WASHINGTON—Proponents of embryonic stem cell research may soon try to push through the U.S. House of Representatives a bill to approve federal funds for experiments on human embryos — including cloned ones — while falsely claiming that human cloning is being banned, according to a warning from a leading pro-life organization. more »
By staff - Apr 1, 2009
Shelby Baptists say ‘no’ to Sunday alcohol sales
In a unanimous vote March 3, Shelby Baptist Association pastors approved a resolution to encourage legislators to oppose bills related to Sunday alcohol sales in Shelby County. more »
By staff - Apr 1, 2009
Topic: Family, Addictions,