In short: do we still need the ERLC? In a word: yes! It would be a terrible mistake for the Convention to shutter the ERLC, whatever mechanism they may use to accomplish such an end.

As the Southern Baptist Convention prepares for its annual meeting in Dallas next month, a divide has emerged among former SBC presidents over the future of the Ethics & Religious Liberty ...

(RNS) — Turmoil at the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has increased calls to disband the denomination's public policy arm, but some SBC pastors say it can ...

A motion to abolish the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission was introduced at the SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, amid debate over the future of the convention's policy arm.

(RNS) — The kerfuffle over Leatherwood’s status, which played out in competing press releases from ERLC leaders, is the latest controversy for the SBC’s public policy arm.

News ERLC Shifts Staff as Three Longtime Leaders Move On David Roach Russell Moore’s earliest appointees helped define a new era for the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm.

In an open letter, the 10 former presidents — some of whom have been critics of the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission — acknowledged the agency has been controversial and can do ...

With the Trump administration slated to take office in a little over two months, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention is encouraging President-elect Donald ...

Brent Leatherwood stays on to lead the Southern Baptist entity after the “Dobbs” ruling and a major denominational abuse report.

But, they said, that’s no reason to shut the ERLC down. “Every entity — including the ERLC — should be open to critique and committed to improvement,” the presidents wrote.