In the US, Brent Leatherwood, new ERLC president, says he won’t tell Christians how to vote
United StatesRNS The new chief ethicist for the Southern Baptist Convention hopes his fellow Southern Baptists will vote in the upcoming mid-term elections in ways “that protect life, that protect religious liberty, that protect marriage.” But in the end, he said, it’s up to each person to vote the way they see best. “I will […]
Southern Baptist report calls never-Trumper Russell Moore’s agency a “significant distraction”
RNS In a long-awaited report released on Monday, a taskforce commissioned to study the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission calls the convention’s public policy arm a “significant distraction from the Great Commission work of Southern Baptists”. Blaming the ERLC for the loss of more than a million dollars in constituent church donations […]
In depth – Updated: Dispute over Russell Moore spurs pushback among some Southern Baptists
RNS Jack Graham believes in the Southern Baptist Convention. He’s a former president of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination and once traveled the country drumming up support for the Cooperative Program, the church giving program that funds much of the convention’s missions. Yet, after three years, Graham’s congregation, Prestonwood Baptist Church, which claims 45,000 members, […]
Updated: Trump critic Russell Moore, ERLC to face scrutiny by Southern Baptists
Updated: 10.15amNashville, Tennessee, US RNS The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee will launch a taskforce to examine the activities of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the convention’s public policy organisation headed by the theologian and author Russell Moore. Southern Baptist leaders fear controversy over Moore could lead to a drop in donations. Russell Moore, […]