Washington—Bob Fu, president of the “China Aid Association”:http://chinaaid.org/about/bob-fus-story/, will be presented with the 2007 John Leland Religious Liberty Award “for courageously defending the right of all people to exercise freely their religious faith” Feb. 7 at the Library of Congress. The award, which recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution to the cause of …
Continue...WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 9, 2020—A coalition of national student ministries and religious freedom advocates commended the new final rule from the U.S. Department of Education today that ensures federal protection for the First Amendment rights of free religious exercise and assembly for students on public college and university campuses. The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission …
Continue...WASHINGTON, D.C, Jan. 19, 2016David Daleiden, founder of “The Center for Medical Progress”:http://www.centerformedicalprogress.org/ and investigator who uncovered and documented Planned Parenthoods illegal sale of body parts from aborted fetuses, is scheduled to be interviewed at the “Evangelicals for Life”:http://evangelicals.life/ event, January 21 at 9:25 AM EST in Washington, D.C. Daledien will be interviewed about his …
Continue...Russell D. Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, announced David S. Dockery as recipient of the 2013 Richard D. Land Distinguished Service Award during a recent ERLC board meeting for his exemplary service to the kingdom of God. Dockery, president of Union University since 1995, built Union …
Continue...WASHINGTON, D.C, Oct. 17, 2017—The third annual Evangelicals for Life conference will be held Jan. 18-20, 2018, at the JW Marriott in Washington, D.C., where more than 30 dynamic speakers and leaders from across the pro-life movement will gather to address issues regarding the dignity of human life, such as abortion, adoption, human trafficking, elderly …
Continue...WASHINGTON, D.C., July 21, 2011—Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, comments on the recent recommendation by the “Institute of Medicine”:http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Clinical-Preventive-Services-for-Women-Closing-the-Gaps.aspx that would require health insurance plans to provide free coverage under last year’s health care reform law for contraceptives, including emergency contraceptives that are abortifacients, such as the …
Continue...Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission will be participating in “Religious Politics, Political Religion,” a panel discussion sponsored by the Goethe-Institut New York and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Washington, D.C., October 19. The panel is part of the Goethe-Institut’s focus on U.S.–European relations under the banner of …
Continue...WASHINGTON, D.C, July 13, 2015The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention and Focus on the Family will host a major pro-life conference called Evangelicals For Life in conjunction with the March for Life event. The event will take place Jan. 21-22, 2016, in Washington, D.C. at the Hyatt Regency Washington on …
Continue...WASHINGTON, D.C, Oct. 10, 2017—The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and GuideStone Financial Resources stand together in opposition to a ruling issued by a federal district court judge on Oct. 6 that declared the ministers’ housing allowance to be unconstitutional. Russell Moore, president of the ERLC reacted to the ruling: “This ruling …
Continue...NASHVILLE Tenn., Jan. 21, 2015The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, has added new speakers to join its second annual Leadership Summit on The Gospel and Racial Reconciliation March 26-27 in Nashville, Tenn. New confirmed speakers include: Trip Lee, Thabiti Anyabwile, Derwin Gary, K. Marshall Williams and Frank Page. In light …
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