ERLC files Supreme Court amicus brief in support of pro-life Mississippi law

by Jill Waggoner

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 …

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ERLC trustees announced for Presidential Search Committee

by Elizabeth Bristow

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 …

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ERLC calls Supreme Court ruling in Fulton “a decisive 9-0 win for religious freedom”

by Jeff Pickering

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 …

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ERLC’s Psalm 139 Project dedicated new ultrasound machine to Safe Harbor Pregnancy Medical Center in Pensacola, Florida

by Elizabeth Bristow

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 …

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Russell Moore announces departure from Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

by Jeff Pickering

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, …

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Tennessee partners with ERLC’s Psalm 139 Project to place ultrasound machines across the state

by Jill Waggoner

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 …

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ERLC’s Psalm 139 Project to dedicate new ultrasound machines at Hope Resource Center in Knoxville, Tennessee

by Elizabeth Bristow

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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Russell Moore to moderate a conversation with President George W. Bush and Yuval Levin for virtual event on ‘Immigrants and the American Future

by Elizabeth Bristow

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 20, 2021—Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, will join former President George W. Bush and Yuval Levin, director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies for the American Enterprise Institute on May 6 at 12:30 p.m. EST for a virtual event on “Immigrants and the American …

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Supreme Court rules in favor of Christian student in critical free speech case

by Jill Waggoner

WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 26, 2021—The U.S. Supreme Court sided today with a former Georgia college student, Chike Uzuegbunam, who sued his school after it prevented him from expressing religious views in a free-speech zone on campus. The significance of today’s ruling could reach far beyond the circumstances of this case because it ensures people are …

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Psalm 139 Project donates ultrasound machine to Florida pregnancy resource center

by Elizabeth Bristow

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 26, 2021—The Psalm 139 Project, a pro-life ministry of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, has donated an ultrasound machine to Care Net of the Treasure Coast in Port St. Lucie, Fla.  The pregnancy resource center will host an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new location …

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