Subscribe to Christianity Today
Subscribe to Christianity Today
Donate to Christianity Today
login | my account
February 13, 2012

Home > 2006 > June (Web-only)Christianity Today, June (Web-only), 2006
Weblog: Dark Horse Wins SBC Presidency
Plus: Ohio considers abortion ban, more from the ECUSA convention, and other articles from online sources around the world.

Today's Top Five

1. Frank Page is new, nicer SBC president

"I'm just a normal pastor of a somewhat normal church," said Frank Page upon being elected as president of the country's largest Protestant denomination. It was the first contested election in years, writes the Associated Press.

Johnny Hunt, a pastor from Woodstock, Ga., was the leadership's choice for president but unexpectedly dropped out of the race in late April. He was replaced by [Ronnie] Floyd, head of the First Baptist Church in Springdale, Ark., and the nearby Church at Pinnacle Hills.
Then Page entered the race, leading a group that criticized the low levels of cooperative program giving at Floyd's churches. Page's church, by contrast, gives 12 percent of its undesignated offerings to the program.

Page says he'll show a gentler face of Southern Baptists. "I believe in the Word of God," he said. "I am just not mad about it. Too long Baptists have been known for what we are against. Please let us tell you what we are for," he told The New York Times.

2. Ohio considers abortion ban

"By the time it gets to the Supreme Court, we may have a friendly court," John Willke, president of the Cincinnati-based Life Issues Institute and past president of the National Right to Life, told lawmakers at a hearing on a bill that would ban all abortions in Ohio. "The time has come."

Ohio's pro-life community hopes to join South Dakota in its effort to overturn Roe v. Wade. But it looks like they'll have to wait until after the November elections. The Dayton Daily News reports:

The bill has little chance of passing any time soon since House Speaker Jon Husted, R-Kettering, has said it would get only one hearing for now. State Rep. Chris Redfern, who is also Ohio Democratic Party Chairman, ...
This article is currently available to CT subscribers only. To continue reading:




Christianity Today


  


Subscribe to Christianity Today and get 3 free trial issues. No credit card required.

Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Offer valid in U.S. only.

If you decide you want to keep Christianity Today coming, honor your invoice for just $19.95 and receive nine more issues, a full year in all. If not, simply write "cancel" across the invoice and return it. The three trial issues are yours to keep, regardless.


Click here for international orders2-for-1 Gifts!

You must be a Christianity Today subscriber or have created a FREE registration to post comments
[Browse More Christianity Today]



Search
Search
Search
Scripture Search
Go Deeper

Books & Culture
Christianity Today
Church Law & Tax Report
Church Finance Today
Leadership Journal
Men of Integrity
Kyria.com
ChristianityTodayLibrary.com
PreachingToday.com