You can nominate someone for the 2018 ERLC Leadership Council
By / Sep 27

Do you know someone who could be a good fit for the 2018 ERLC Leadership Council? Complete the nomination form by October 6 to recommend them for consideration.

What is the ERLC Leadership Council?

The ERLC Leadership Council is a collection of SBC pastors and leaders who receive intentional investment from the ERLC team. During their annual term, these council members enjoy equipping through conference calls and events, while providing occasional content for ERLC.com. From coast to coast, from megachurch to country church, and from a variety of backgrounds, these pastors and leaders represent a cross section of evangelicalism in general and the SBC in particular.

What are the qualifications?

  • Each nominee must be affiliated with a Southern Baptist church.
  • Ministry experience is encouraged, but not required.
  • Each nominee should be someone of mature Christian character.
  • Nominations are open to both men and women
  • Candidates should resonate with the mission and vision of the ERLC

What’s the process?

  • You can submit your nominations here by Friday, October 6 at 12 p.m. CDT.
  • The ERLC will review nominations and extend invitations in the weeks following the deadline.

Who has been involved?

Current and past ERLC Leadership Council Members include:

  • Jon Akin, Fairview Church, Lebanon, Tenn.
  • Bart Box, Christ Fellowship Church, Birmingham, Ala.
  • Matt Chandler, The Village Church, Dallas, Texas
  • H.B. Charles, Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church, Jacksonville, FL
  • Jeff Dodge, Cornerstone Church, Ames, IA
  • Charles Fowler, First Baptist Church, Germantown, Tenn.
  • Robby Gallaty, Long Hollow Baptist Church, Hendersonville, Tenn.
  • Beau Hughes, The Village Church, Denton, Texas
  • Jamie Ivey, Host of the Happy Hour Podcast
  • Dhati Lewis, Blueprint Church, Atlanta, Ga.
  • Fred Luter, Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans, La.
  • Rich Perez, Christ Crucified Fellowship, New York, N.Y.
  • Vance Pitman, Hope Church, Las Vegas, N.V.
  • Juan Sanchez, High Pointe Baptist Church, Austin, Texas
  • Kevin Smith, Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware
  • Jen Wilkin, The Village Church, Dallas, Texas
  • Bryant Wright, Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, Marietta, Ga.
  • Afshin Ziafat, Providence Church, Frisco, Texas

You can nominate someone for the 2017 ERLC Leadership Council
By / Sep 22

Do you know someone who could be a good fit for the 2017 ERLC Leadership Council? Complete the nomination form by September 30 to recommend them for consideration.

What is the ERLC Leadership Council?

The ERLC Leadership Council is a collection of SBC pastors and leaders who receive intentional investment from the ERLC team. During their annual term, these council members enjoy equipping through conference calls and events, while providing occasional content for ERLC.com. From coast to coast, from megachurch to country church, and from a variety of backgrounds, these pastors and leaders represent a cross section of evangelicalism in general and the SBC in particular.

What’s new?

For the first time ever, we are asking for your help in forming next year’s Leadership Council. This will be our fourth year of this Council, and we have decided to open up the process to public recommendations.

What are the qualifications?

  • Each nominee must be affiliated with a Southern Baptist church.
  • Ministry experience is encouraged, but not required.
  • Each nominee should be someone of mature Christian character.
  • Nominations are open to both men and women
  • Candidates should resonate with the mission and vision of the ERLC

What’s the process?

  • You can submit your nominations here by Friday, September 30 at 12 p.m. CDT.
  • The ERLC will review nominations and extend invitations in the weeks following the deadline.

Who has been involved?

Current and past ERLC Leadership Council Members include:

  • Jon Akin, Fairview Church, Lebanon, Tenn.
  • Bart Box, Christ Fellowship Church, Birmingham, Ala.
  • Matt Chandler, The Village Church, Dallas, Texas
  • Aaron Colyer, First Baptist Church, Roswell, N.M.
  • Charles Fowler, First Baptist Church, Germantown, Tenn.
  • Robby Gallaty, Long Hollow Baptist Church, Hendersonville, Tenn.
  • Beau Hughes, The Village Church, Denton, Texas
  • Dhati Lewis, Blueprint Church, Atlanta, Ga.
  • Fred Luter, Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans, La.
  • Rich Perez, Christ Crucified Fellowship, New York, N.Y.
  • Vance Pitman, Hope Church, Las Vegas, N.V.
  • Juan Sanchez, High Pointe Baptist Church, Austin, Texas
  • Bryant Wright, Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, Marietta, Ga.
  • Afshin Ziafat, Providence Church, Frisco, Texas

ERLC Leadership Network
By / Jan 14

Russell D. Moore explains the need and purpose of the ERLC Leadership Network. To learn more or to sign up, visit erlc.com/network

ERLC Leadership Roundtable: Excitement about the ERLC Leadership Network
By / Jan 13

Today’s ERLC Leadership Roundtable brings together several members of the ERLC Leadership Network Council to discuss why they are excited about the ERLC Leadership Network.

Today’s Roundtable participants include:

  • Nathan Lino, pastor of Northeast Houston Baptist Church in Houston, TX
  • Bart Barber, pastor of First Baptist Church in Farmersville, TX
  • Jon Akin, pastor of Fairview Church in Lebanon, TN
  • Richard Piles, pastor of First Baptist Church in Camden, AR
  • John Powell, pastor of First Baptist Church in Hamlin, TX
  • Justin Wainscott, pastor of First Baptist Church in Jackson, TN 

What excites you about your involvement in the ERLC Leadership Network?

Nathan Lino: In the ERLC Leadership Network, we have a reliable, intelligent, “real time” source dedicated to equipping pastors to speak quickly and effectively to their people about cultural issues. No pastor has the time or resources to come up with, on his own, the material the ERLC is putting out. As the rate of moral decline is more quickly intensifying in the USA, the ERLC Leadership Network has come along at just the right time to assist pastors in discipling our people really well.

Bart Barber: The SBC has never needed the ERLC more than it does today. The whirlwind of unanticipated questions coming in the next decade concerning Christian ethics and religious liberty are going to catch many of us unprepared. Good help from a strong biblical and Baptist perspective to keep our churches up to speed is going to be most welcome. If I can play some small role in developing that material and getting it out before fellow pastors, I consider that to be worthwhile.

Jon Akin: I'm excited about being involved in the ERLC Leadership Network for two reasons. First, I think Dr. Moore not only talks about convictional kindness but displays and teaches it to others, and I want to learn from him. Second, I learn best in community with wiser Christians, and I have that in this Network.

Richard Piles: The ERLC Leadership Network excites me because it is a gathering of leaders and pastors from very diverse backgrounds and ministry settings, and I always enjoy and benefit from hearing from others with similar situations as well as different situations than me.

John Powell: Involvement in the ERLC Leadership Network equips me to understand in a more complete way the issues in the public square.  It helps me to make the connection between the theology that I hold so dear, and the public policy issues that my people are talking about.  Also, it let's me hear a variety of peers on the subject, and gain encouragement and strength by watching how they are rightly handling the issues in their local situations.

Justin Wainscott: I am excited about the leadership, vision, and direction of the ERLC. I am encouraged by all the ways the ERLC is seeking to equip churches, and I am sincerely grateful for their desire to speak to issues with “convictional kindness.” For me, it is truly an honor and a privilege to be a part of the ERLC Leadership Network.