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Nigeria’s persecuted Christians need help from U.S., ERLC says

Published on July 19, 2012

>Voices from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are calling for the United States government to do more to protect Nigeria"s Christians from the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram.... Continue Reading »

Supreme Court upholds health care law, disappointing pro-lifers

Published on June 29, 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court has narrowly upheld the 2010 health-care law, dealing a disheartening setback to pro-life and religious liberty advocates who fervently oppose the controversial measure.... Continue Reading »

Resolutions address sinner’s prayer, gay marriage

Published on June 21, 2012

Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention approved resolutions Wednesday reaffirming their convictions regarding the means of salvation and the inerrancy of Scripture while indicating their intention to continue cooperating in the Great Commission despite some theological differences.... Continue Reading »

Messengers OK resolution on ‘Sinner’s Prayer’

Published on June 21, 2012

Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention approved Wednesday morning June 20 at their annual meeting a resolution identifying what is frequently described as a "Sinner"s Prayer" as a biblical way of expressing repentance and faith.... Continue Reading »

50 evangelicals, from left & right, call for immigration reform

Published on June 21, 2012

Southern Baptist leaders have joined in the strongest effort to date by evangelical Christians to bring about comprehensive immigration reform.... Continue Reading »

Land: Mandate ‘accommodation’ not enough

Published on June 19, 2012

The Obama administration"s effort to satisfy religious freedom concerns regarding its contraceptive/abortion mandate is a failure, the Southern Baptist Convention"s ethics entity wrote in a new letter.... Continue Reading »

New genetic test: a ‘death sentence’ for unborn

Published on June 11, 2012

A new blood test that might empower physicians to screen unborn children for more than 3,000 genetic disorders will result in a "death sentence" for many, a Southern Baptist bioethicist says.... Continue Reading »

Hopeful signs noted for immigration reform

Published on April 24, 2012

>The push for immigration reform shows some hopeful signs after years of contentious battle over the issue, panelists said during a conference on cultural renewal in Washington, D.C.... Continue Reading »

NYC church policy challenged in court filing

Published on April 24, 2012

The New York City ban on religious worship in public schools violates both the free exercise of religion and the prohibition on government establishment of religion, a Southern Baptist entity and other groups contend in a friend-of-the-court brief filed... Continue Reading »

ERLC’s Duke, others protest Sudan’s blockade of food, aid

Published on March 29, 2012

A Southern Baptist ethics leader joined actor George Clooney and others March 16 in calling on Sudan's militant Islamic regime to lift its blockade on humanitarian aid that has put 500,000 people at risk of starvation.... Continue Reading »

Skeptical high court casts doubt on ‘Obamacare’

Published on March 28, 2012

Congress> has the authority to require Americans to buy health insurance, the Obama administration told the U.S. Supreme Court, but it undoubtedly left the second day of oral arguments over its controversial health care law with fresh concerns about... Continue Reading »

Couple awarded $3M in ‘wrongful birth’ suit

Published on March 16, 2012

A "wrongful birth" lawsuit is a horribly flawed response to the unexpected birth of a baby with a disability, pro-life bioethics specialists said in the wake of an Oregon jury"s award of nearly $3 million to the parents of... Continue Reading »