The Southern Baptist Convention has voted against a proposal to abolish the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission amid criticisms over advocacy efforts and leadership. At the SBC Annual Meeting in ...

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 Commission, ...

(RNS) — A group of 10 former Southern Baptist Convention presidents have weighed in on a debate over the denomination’s controversial ethics and public policy arm. In an open letter, the 10 former ...

Forty years ago, the idea of seeing Roe v. Wade overturned in our lifetime was little more than a dream and a prayer. Those of us in the pro-life movement — including and especially Southern Baptists, ...

(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. (RNS) — In a head-scratching ...

Brent Leatherwood stays on to lead the Southern Baptist entity after the “Dobbs” ruling and a major denominational abuse report. The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s interim leader, Brent ...

After four years under Brent Leatherwood, SBC pastors look for a leader to rebuild trust in its public-policy arm. Pamphlets with a photo of Brent Leatherwood alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson ...

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. Pastor Willy Rice ...

UPDATE: The chair of the board of trustees, Kevin Smith, has resigned. The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) announced Monday evening that its president ...

Yesterday, July 31, 2025, Brent Leatherwood submitted his resignation as president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, bringing to an end nearly a decade-long relationship with the ...

Trustees for the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, which is the Southern Baptist Convention's public policy arm, gathered for a regularly scheduled meeting in Nashville on Sept. 10-11. Trustees ...

The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention has released a guide advising church leaders on the boundaries they should not cross when using artificial intelligence.