Here is an article about the Baptist Gathering...
MACON, Ga. (ABP) -- An ambitious plan to unite Baptists in North America around the compassionate message of the gospel is not secretly a plan to get Baptists to elect Hillary Clinton as president, one of the plan's leaders said Jan. 23.And this is more than a little disturbing...Bill Underwood, a co-organizer of the effort with former President Jimmy Carter, said former President Bill Clinton's offer to lend his star power to the upcoming Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant is not a covert political move.
"This has not been something that Bill Clinton has organized or worked towards or even been involved in," said Underwood, president of Mercer University. (link)
Inappropriate behavior by clergy cuts across all denominational ties and theological positions, ethicist Joe Trull said. But he says a case can be made that “nondenominational churches and Baptist churches who have autonomous church government are more vulnerable and susceptible” to instances of sexual abuse. (link)Posted by tripp at January 23, 2007 07:03 PM