Stories tagged with: douglas carver

• Strike on Syria called 'just,' prayer urged

  by David Roach, posted Friday, April 07, 2017 (7 years ago)

  

  Screen capture from U.S. Department of Defense

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Following a U.S. missile strike against Syria, Southern Baptists pledged prayer and claimed the action was appropriate retribution for deadly chemical attacks allegedly carried out by the Syrian military.

  Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines said he "completely support[s]" President Trump's authorization of the attack. Former U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains Douglas Carver said the strike "met the 'just war' criteria for military actions." Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission ... Read More

• Carver: 'withhold judgment' on Marine's conviction

  by David Roach, posted Friday, May 29, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- Although evangelical commentators have protested the court-martial conviction of a Marine who defied an order to remove a Bible verse from her workstation, the North American Mission Board's executive director of chaplaincy says believers should reserve judgment because there likely is "much more to this particular story than Scriptures that were just in a public place." Read More