Articles
ERLC trustees to be led by new chairman
An Arkansas pastor has become chairman of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission after the resignation of a retired Indiana minister who was leading the Southern Baptist entity’s trustee board. more »
By Art Toalston - May 23, 2012
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Much ado about marriage
For all the fanfare on marriage over the past week, one might have mistakenly thought it was National Marriage Week—the annual occasion that fell on the calendar precisely three months earlier, Feb. more »
By Doug Carlson - May 17, 2012
Topic: Family, Children, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty, ,
LIFE DIGEST: ‘Intensity gap’ prompts NARAL departure
The “intensity gap” on abortion in the United States helped convince the president of NARAL Pro-choice America to step aside.
Nancy Keenan, head of one of the country’s leading abortion rights organizations for nearly eight years, will leave her post at the end of the year, The Washington Post reported May 10. more »
By Tom Strode - May 15, 2012
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Legislation,
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The Research Institute of The ERLC represents an evangelical think tank that includes university and seminary presidents, academic deans, professors, lawyers, doctors, theologians, and other evangelical scholars.
The Research Institute serves three primary functions:
- Provide a professional organization where conservative, evangelical scholars can discuss current trends in American culture;
- Apply biblical truth to moral, public policy, and religious liberty issues in order to transform American culture;
- Develop a comprehensive biblical worldview model to equip Christians to evaluate and interact with the moral and religious liberty issues confronting families in the modern culture.
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Research Institute Fellows are leading members of the evangelical scholarly community who are actively engaged in addressing moral, cultural, or religious liberty issues. All of the Fellows have earned doctorates in Philosophy, Theology, Medicine, or Law.
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