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Gary Hollingsworth

Dr. Gary Hollingsworth served as the ERLC interim president from October 2025-May 2026. Prior to this role, Dr. Hollingsworth served as the executive director of the South Carolina Baptist Convention from 2016–2023. He has also served as a pastor in Kentucky, Virginia, Alabama, and Arkansas.

Dr. Hollingsworth on what he learned leading the ERLC
Dr. Hollingsworth joined the ERLC as the entity’s interim president on October 1, 2025...
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Dr. Nathan Lorick on Equipping SBC Churches in Texas
As the executive director for the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, Dr. Nathan Lorick...
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What you should know about physician-assisted suicide
As Southern Baptists, we believe in the sanctity of all lives, from conception to...
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Don’t despise your good design
WORLD Magazine
Satan takes no greater delight than seducing God’s people to reject His good design....
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FIRST-PERSON: Pastors should be able to opt back in to Social Security
Baptist Press
For the past 50 years, in some form or another, I have had the...
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Dr. Fred Luter on racial unity in the SBC
In this episode of the ERLC Podcast, Interim President Dr. Gary Hollingsworth sits down...
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How the ERLC amplifies the voice of Southern Baptists in D.C.
Every year, the ERLC puts together a Public Policy Agenda which focuses on policy...
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Why Southern Baptists should March for Life
On today’s episode, you’ll hear from Jennie Lichter, president of the March for Life,...
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Georgia Baptists on equipping families for gospel ministry
Cooperation is at the heart of being a Southern Baptist. And with over 46,000...
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Alabama Baptists on pro-life work and making a difference for Christ
State Baptist Conventions help mobilize, unify, and equip churches who are bound together by...
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Florida Baptists on life and other cultural challenges
Today on the ERLC Podcast we’re hearing from Dr. Stephen Rummage share how Florida...
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