Recently Added Press Releases

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 18, 2019—At tonight's meeting of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, SBC President J. D. Greear delivered an initial phase of recommendations from the Sexual Abuse Presidential Advisory Group. Russell Moore, president of the SBC’s... Continue...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 10, 2019—Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, responded to today’s Houston Chronicle story featuring a major investigation into church sexual abuse in Southern Baptist contexts, looking at the harm done... Continue...

NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 5, 2019—ERLC President Russell Moore and NFL Player Ben Watson of the New Orleans Saints will join community leaders for a special ceremony to dedicate a new sonogram machine and celebrate the ministry of Baptist Community... Continue...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2019—The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention announced members of its 2019 Leadership Council today. This year’s Leadership Council is the largest to date comprised of 113 Southern Baptist pastors, ministry leaders and... Continue...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 30, 2019—Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, called Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s comments on a proposed abortion bill “nothing short of horrifying, and a shock to any functioning... Continue...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 23, 2019—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services granted a religious liberty waiver to South Carolina today to protect the ability of faith-based foster care and adoption providers, such as Miracle Hill, to continue serving vulnerable... Continue...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 22, 2019—Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, published an op-ed online at National Review today decrying a grave injustice in Sharia courts against a Christian family in the United Arab Emirates. Additionally, Moore suggested... Continue...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 16, 2019—The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention has announced its 2019 Legislative Agenda, highlighting various legislative and policy initiatives the organization plans to engage this year as well as highlighting bipartisan victories in 2018. ... Continue...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 11, 2018—As the partial government shutdown reaches Day 21, The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention has announced free registration to its Evangelicals for Life conference for any federal or contract worker affected by the... Continue...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 9, 2018—The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention has announced the schedule for the Evangelicals for Life conference, featuring some of the nation’s leading Christian speakers and pastors Jan. 16–18 at McLean Bible Church in... Continue...