Don’t Shut Down the ERLC, Say Former SBC Presidents in Open Letter
A group of prominent SBC leaders say the denomination's public policy arm still matters.
Can the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission Survive Trump 2.0?
Years of controversy during the Trump era have some Southern Baptists arguing that the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission is more trouble than it is worth.
Southern Baptist Trustees Back Agency President but Warn Against Needless Controversy
Less than two months after the Southern Baptists’ policy arm issued an embarrassing retraction of an announcement of its leader’s firing, it gave him a strong vote of confidence this week.
Southern Baptists and the Unholy Gale
This issue of A Public Witness takes off on a quest to understand what the recent Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Brent Leatherwood debacle tells us about religion and politics.
ERLC Reverses Course, Now Says Brent Leatherwood Was Not Fired
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.
Southern Baptist Ethics Committee Says IVF Is Immoral, Tells Christians To Oppose It
Echoing Catholic teaching, ERLC President Brent Leatherwood says in-vitro fertilization causes moral harm and separates procreation from sex.
Gaza, War, and the Christian Witness
This issue of A Public Witness looks at the unethical calls for leveling Gaza and how the Christian community in that land is responding during this time of tribulations.
ERLC Trustee Complains About Leaked Letter — In Leaked Letter
Amid debates within the Southern Baptist Convention over investigating clergy sexual abuse, a trustee of the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission penned a letter attacking former ERLC President Russell Moore.
Leaked Russell Moore Letter Blasts SBC Fundamentalists, Sheds Light on His Resignation
In a letter written more than a year before his resignation, Moore explained his troubles with the SBC leadership in bitterly frank terms. Then-President Donald Trump barely makes an appearance.
Russell Moore Leaves Southern Baptist Leadership, But Denomination’s Troubles Remain
Southern Baptists love three things: Jesus, the Bible, and a good fight. The first two have led Southern Baptists to send missionaries all over the world, build colleges and hospitals, plant thousands of churches, and develop one of the largest disaster relief networks. Their fights often overshadow
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