Christians add spiritual significance to inauguration with prayer services
WASHINGTON (BP)--While the U.S. Senate involves itself in confirmation hearings for President-elect George W. Bush's cabinet nominees, some of the nation's religious leaders are in Washington to provide spiritual encouragement to the new administration through intercession.
Kennedy hints at filibuster aimed at Ashcroft nomination
WASHINGTON (BP)--As the intense questioning over abortion and gun issues continued Jan. 17 in the confirmation hearings of attorney general designate John Ashcroft, the Senate Judiciary Committee's leading liberal hinted he may stage a filibuster on the Senate floor to block a vote on Ashcroft, CNSNews.com reported Jan. 17.
ERLC endorses Ashcroft; Land cites abortion, religious liberty as reasons
WASHINGTON (BP)--The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has endorsed John Ashcroft as attorney general in a letter to the members of the U.S. Senate.
BJC, others push doubts against Ashcroft in serving all Americans
WASHINGTON (BP)--The Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, a church-state agency formerly supported by the Southern Baptist Convention, expressed doubts about attorney general nominee John Ashcroft's ability to work on behalf of Americans of all religions when he possesses such well-known evangelical Christian convictions.
Women’s groups support Ashcroft in Washington news conference
WASHINGTON (BP)--Representatives from nearly 20 renowned women's organizations have rallied behind President-elect Bush's choice of Sen. John Ashcroft for attorney general, calling the candidate one of the few ethical and honest men in Washington, CNSNews.com reported Jan. 11.
Church’s core: Young professionals, minorities, homeless & John Ashcroft
WASHINGTON (BP)--The congregation meeting at bustling Union Station doesn't look like a conventional church.
Ashcroft held to ‘double standard’ as cabinet nominee, Land says
WASHINGTON (BP)--Attorney general nominee John Ashcroft is the victim of a double standard that should prompt Southern Baptists and other evangelical Christians to express their opposition to such treatment, Southern Baptist ethics official Richard Land said.
Ashcroft nomination could result in more pornography prosecutions
WASHINGTON (BP)--President-elect Bush's nomination of former Sen. John Ashcroft to attorney general could mean the next administration plans more federal prosecutions of pornographers "after eight years of desert," a former Florida pornography prosecutor said.
Bush nominates evangelical Christian for attorney general
AUSTIN, Texas (BP)--President-elect George W. Bush named Missouri Sen. John Ashcroft as his nominee for attorney general and New Jersey Republican Gov. Christie Todd Whitman as his Environmental Protection Agency administrator nominee.
