NASHVILLE, TENN., July 28, 2015 The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention has partnered with the National Religious Broadcasters to begin broadcast on the NRB Network. ERLC TV will air Friday nights at 8 p.m. and midnight Eastern Time. The first season of ERLC TV will feature talks from ERLC President …
Continue...WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2014— World Vision, an evangelical relief organization, announced today that they would now hire persons who are in same-sex marriages. The organization said, further, that this was no capitulation, just a recognition that some groups supporting World Vision have differing views on sex and marriage. Russell D. Moore, president of the …
Continue...WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2014In anticipation of Tuesdays oral arguments for the consolidated religious liberty cases Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius, Russell D. Moore called for prayer for the decision of this critically important case in a “blog”:http://www.russellmoore.com/2014/03/23/hobby-lobby-and-the-supreme-court-a-call-to-prayer/ posted on “russellmoore.com”:http://www.russellmoore.com/. We need to pray because this case …
Continue...WASHINGTON, D.C.The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in the Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius case, a much anticipated case that pits religious liberty versus a provision of the Affordable Care Act known as the Health and Human Services Mandate. Russell D. Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission reacts …
Continue...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NASHVILLE, TENN.Rev. H. Ray Newman Sr., a trustee of the Southern Baptist Conventions Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and executive director of the Georgia Citizen Action Project, died today at the age of 69 after being recently diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. Newman also served as pastor of Macedonia Community Baptist …
Continue...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 23, 2013The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and GuideStone Financial Resources stand together in opposition to a ruling issued by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb of the Western District of Wisconsin, who ruled unconstitutional a provision in US tax code that allows for ministers to deduct their housing allowance. …
Continue...WASHINGTONJoined by religious leaders and lawmakers, Russell D. Moore was inaugurated as president of the Southern Baptist Conventions Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Sept. 10 at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Moore will serve as the eighth president of the SBC entity assigned to address social, moral and ethical concerns in the public …
Continue...WASHINGTONDuring its annual gathering of trustees, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention named three executives and two additional staff members Sept. 11: Phillip Bethancourt, Daniel Patterson, Daniel Darling, Joe Carter and Trillia Newbell. Bethancourt, a native of Texas and graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, will lead the ERLC as …
Continue...Dr. Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, released the following statement following the 2012 Presidential Election: bq. I congratulate President Obama on his victory. It was a hard-fought political battle. Now the really difficult task of governing begins again, and it is remarkable how little has …
Continue...The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention has released the 2012 Party Platform Comparison Guides to provide nonpartisan insight into political parties views in wake of the presidential election. The guides cover a wide range of issues including civil rights, human trafficking, immigration, justice, the environment and others. As we do …
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