(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 ...

The U.S. designation of Nigeria as an egregious violator of religious freedoms has not gone far enough to stem violence there ...

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 ...

A Southern Baptist Convention executive was fired and promptly reinstated after issuing statements in support of President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the 2024 election. Brent Leatherwood, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Writing on the website of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), Richard Land and Barrett Duke said the new Congress provides "a different set of opportunities and challenges" in contrast ...

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 ...