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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

(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 and ...

Critics who say the denomination’s public policy agency no longer reflects their convictions could once again put its future up for a vote. During their annual meeting in Dallas next month, Southern ...

Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has stepped down from office, four years after he was tasked with leading the convention's ...

The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention has appointed a new interim president and has cut ties with the Evangelical Immigration Table. At the ERLC trustees meeting ...

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.