NASHVILLE (BP) — Former Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee chairman Mike Stone alleges in a lawsuit filed Monday he has “suffered a tremendous loss in professional cultivation and reputational standing, decreased future earning power … and serious mental and emotional injury in the form of extreme public embarrassment, stress, anxiety, and fear” due to the […]
By Tom Strode NASHVILLE (BP) – A search committee has been named to find a successor to Russell Moore as president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. On behalf of the ERLC Executive Committee, David Prince, chairman of the commission’s trustees, announced Tuesday (July 6) the selection of Todd Howard as chairman […]
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission will maintain the same aim in its work while the search is underway for a new leader, acting president Daniel Patterson said. Acknowledging it is “a time of change” at the ERLC, Patterson said in written comments Friday (June 4), “[T]he primary thing remains […]
Russell Moore is leaving the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission for a position with Christianity Today. By George Schroeder, Baptist Press NASHVILLE (BP) – Russell Moore is leaving the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, ending an occasionally controversial eight-year tenure, to take a role with Christianity Today. Moore, who has served as president of […]
Russell Moore is leaving the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. He has accepted a position with Christianity Today. The Christian Index NASHVILLE – Russell Moore will be leaving his position with the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission to lead a new initiative with Christianity Today. The announcement was made Tuesday evening. Moore will serve as […]
By Tom StrodeWashington Bureau Chief, Baptist Press WASHINGTON – The Equality Act will explicitly contradict the “fundamental liberties” guaranteed in the Bill of Rights if it becomes law, the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission told a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday (March 17). In written testimony for the Senate Judiciary Committee, the ERLC said […]
A state convention leader has publicly challenged the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission for stating that there is a denominational hierarchy in an amicus brief filed by the SBC entity in August.
“At the epicenter – the headquarters – of the SBC, TBC, associations, and partner ministries is your church. Don’t rush past that statement.”
The decision to protect Pearl Joy Brown as an unborn child with a debilitating disorder, as well as the joy of her life and the grief in her death, is told by her parents in a new documentary film produced by the ERLC.
A panel discussion hosted by the ERLC today will focus on religious liberty in China, particularly in regards to the Uyghur people group of the Xinjiang province in the northwestern part of the country. GETTY/Special By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) — China’s increasingly repressive regime will receive the attention of a panel of experts today […]
“I’d rather have a safeguard than no safeguard.”
The task force is expected to begin work immediately …