NASHVILLE Tenn., Dec. 16, 2015Russell Moores latest book, Onward: Engaging Culture without Losing the Gospel, was announced today as the recipient of the “Christianity Today 2016 Book of the Year,”:http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/january-february/beautiful-orthodoxy-book-of-year.html?start=1 winning the overall category, Beautiful Orthodoxy. Christianity Todays editorial team chose books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought and culture. Onward also won the …

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WASHINGTON, D.C, Dec. 10, 2015More than 30 speakers will address a spectrum of pro-life issues at “Evangelicals For Life,”:http://evangelicals.life/ a historical major event sponsored by the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and Focus on the Family in conjunction with the March for Life, Jan. 21-22 in Washington, D.C. Speakers including Russell Moore, Jim Daly, David …

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WASHINGTON, D.C, Dec. 7, 2015Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention denounced Donald Trumps statement to close the U.S. border to all Muslims in a “blog”:http://www.russellmoore.com/2015/12/07/is-donald-trump-right-about-closing-the-border-to-muslims/ today calling it reckless, demagogic rhetoric and a threat to religious liberty. Moore wrote the following in a blog post: Anyone …

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WASHINGTON, D.C, Dec. 3, 2015The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention will host a Capitol Conversations event on The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Christian Response Wednesday, Dec. 9 from 3:00-4:30 PM EST at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center (CVC), Room SVC 212-210 in Washington, D.C. Speakers will seek to equip attendees …

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WASHINGTON, D.C, Dec. 1, 2015The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Conventions Leland House Press, an initiative of the ERLC, will release Women on Life: A Call to Love the Unborn, Unloved, & Neglected, next month. This book will feature essays by female pro-life leaders. Each chapter helps Christians apply a biblical, …

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WASHINGTON, D.C, Nov. 13, 2015Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Conventions Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, responded to todays U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear a challenge to a Texas law which regulates safety standards in abortion clinics. We shouldnt be surprised that the abortion rights lobby fights legislation that creates accountability for surgeons …

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WASHINGTON, D.C, Nov. 6, 2015Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Conventions Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, responded to todays U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear a challenge to the HHS Mandate that would decide whether religiously affiliated organizations with religious objectionsincluding Guidestone Financial Resources, a Southern Baptist entitywould be exempt from providing employees with …

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WASHINGTON, D.C, Nov. 4, 2015Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Conventions Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, commented on the religious liberty victory surrounding Prop. 1, an initiative on the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance that was rejected Tuesday after a nearly 18-month battle. Months ago, when Mayor Parker attempted to subpoena the sermons of Houston …

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