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The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has joined a diverse coalition of religious organizations in telling a federal appeals court that state laws limiting marriage to a man and a woman are not based on hostility toward... Continue Reading »
Same-sex marriage has gained legal standing in more than one-third of America’s 50 states. Utah became the 18th state to legalize same-sex marriage Dec. 20 when a federal judge struck down a state constitutional amendment defining marriage as only... Continue Reading »
Being a disciple of Jesus means growing in recognizing the importance of the common good of people in society, Southern Baptist ethicist Russell D. Moore told college students at a conference in the country’s capital. Moore, president of the... Continue Reading »
The Southern Baptist Convention’s religious freedom and financial benefits entities both expressed their opposition to a federal court ruling invalidating the ministerial housing allowance. The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and GuideStone Financial Resources protested a Nov. 22... Continue Reading »
Russell D. Moore’s visit to a hushed Russian orphanage more than 10 years ago opened his eyes to a new understanding of his spiritual adoption. The experience furthered his path to becoming a leading advocate for Christian involvement in... Continue Reading »
The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has called on the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the First Amendment rights of speech and assembly outside abortion clinics. In a friend-of-the-court brief, the ERLC urges the justices to invalidate... Continue Reading »
For Abby Johnson, the closing of a single Planned Parenthood center demonstrated her dramatic reversal from abortion clinic director to leading pro-life advocate. But for pro-lifers throughout the United States, it marked another exhibit in a hopeful trend —... Continue Reading »
For one church, it might be homosexuality. For another, it might be adoption. For another, it might be abortion or race relations or pornography or human trafficking. Whatever issue a Southern Baptist church needs to address, the Ethics &... Continue Reading »
Widespread agreement on immigration reform exists among Americans in spite of differences on how to achieve it, Southern Baptist ethicist Russell D. Moore said at a Capitol Hill news conference. The president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission... Continue Reading »
The dramatic difference between how black and white Americans view the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case calls for ongoing conversations between people from both groups, Southern Baptist ethicist Russell D. Moore says. Moore, president of the Ethics &... Continue Reading »
American evangelicals’ view of themselves should resemble more closely that held by the church in the first century than that held by Christians in recent decades, Southern Baptist ethicist Russell D. Moore said in a nationally televised interview. Moore,... Continue Reading »
The United States’ two largest religious denominations have joined forces in an effort to protect freedom of conscience as full enforcement of the Obama administration’s abortion/contraception mandate nears. The leading religious freedom spokesmen for Southern Baptists and American Roman... Continue Reading »
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