Press Releases from 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 21, 2019—Lawmakers in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate passed and President Trump signed an appropriations package that included a repeal of the troubling tax on all nonprofits, including churches. Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, commented on this welcomed

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WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 17, 2019—Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled an appropriations package today that includes a repeal of the troubling tax on all nonprofits, including churches, found in Section 512(a)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code. Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, commented on

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a new regulation today that will help ensure faith-based organizations can continue serving vulnerable children and families through foster-care and adoption services. Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, commended the administration’s work to ensure that communities of

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WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 31, 2019—The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled in favor of Blaine Adamson, a promotional print shop owner, who declined to print a message on T-shirts that violated his religious convictions.  In its ruling, the state’s Supreme Court unanimously affirmed that the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization did not have a legal right to

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The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s Psalm 139 Project, an initiative dedicated to aiding pregnancy resource centers in securing ultrasound machines and providing training, is partnering with Human Coalition and six area churches to place an ultrasound machine at Human Coalition's Raleigh Women’s Clinic in Raleigh, N.C.  ERLC President Russell Moore will be joined by leaders

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WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 8, 2019—Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, commended the new U.S. restrictions placed on Chinese officials and organizations responsible for the horrific religious persecution in the Chinese region of Xinjiang: “This news from Secretaries Pompeo and Ross today is welcome and sorely needed,”

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sep. 26, 2019—The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission unveiled results of a public survey conducted by LifeWay Research today that explore the perspectives of American adults with evangelical beliefs on civility, politics and how likely they are to engage with views different from their own. Additionally, the ERLC released a report interacting with the findings

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 23, 2019—Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Sept. 22, about the importance of countering China morally, specifically in the areas of human rights and freedom of conscience.   The ERLC has called on the U.S. government to prioritize the

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