Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 29, 2021—The Psalm 139 Project, a pro-life ministry of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, has placed its first international ultrasound machine with Hope House, a Christian ministry seeking to love both lives of mother and baby in pregnancy and beyond. This is the first ERLC international partnership with a …
Continue...Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 16, 2021—The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is launching a new, long-term research project today convening top Christian thinkers to explore the intersection of Christian ethics and the digital public square. The Digital Public Square project will focus on the areas of human dignity, ethics, free speech and religious …
Continue...Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 14, 2021—The board of trustees of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention announced today they are accepting applications from interested candidates for the office of president and CEO of the ERLC. ERLC trustees from across the country gathered together Sept. 14-15 for their annual meeting at the Gaylord …
Continue...WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27, 2021—The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission filed an amicus brief in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization today, requesting the U.S. Supreme Court overturn the Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) decisions that have prevented states from prohibiting abortion. “For too long, the Roe and Casey decisions have allowed our nation to turn a blind …
Continue...Nashville, Tenn., July 6, 2021—A search committee has been formed to identify the next President of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. On behalf of the ERLC Executive Committee, Dr. David E. Prince, chairman of the ERLC Board of Trustees, announced that Todd Howard, pastor of Watson Chapel Baptist Church in Pine …
Continue...WASHINGTON, D.C., June 17, 2021—The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission responded to the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling today in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia as a decisive win for religious freedom. The ruling is significant because it ensures that faith-based foster care and adoption providers, such as Catholic Social Services in …
Continue...Nashville, Tenn., June 2, 2021—The Psalm 139 Project, a pro-life ministry of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, dedicated a new ultrasound machine to Safe Harbor Pregnancy Medical Center in Pensacola, Fla., at a dedication ceremony Friday, May 28. The event was held at Safe Harbor Pregnancy Medical Center (2280 …
Continue...NASHVILLE, TENN., May 18, 2021—Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, announced today he will be leaving his role at the commission after leading the organization for eight consequential years. Moore will join Christianity Today in a new role as Public Theologian and Director of the Public Theology Project, …
Continue...Nashville, Tenn., May 17, 2021—Gov. Bill Lee and state legislative leaders in Tennessee have asked the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission to identify pregnancy resource centers across the state to receive life-saving ultrasound machines through the Psalm 139 Project, a pro-life ministry of the organization. With the governor’s signing off the 2021-2022 …
Continue...Nashville, Tenn., May 5, 2021—The Psalm 139 Project, a pro-life ministry of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, will dedicate two new ultrasound machines and celebrate the ministry of Hope Resource Center in Knoxville, Tenn. at a special ceremony on May 6. The celebration event will be held at Hope Resource Center (2700 …
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