As ERLC president, Leatherwood’s mandate is to focus on Christian values, rather than politics. “That won’t fly with the hardline culture warriors” in the SBC, said Hankins.

The ERLC has been controversial in the past, in large part because the agency often weighs in on public policy and thorny ethical issues like immigration, sexuality and abortion.

The Southern Baptist Convention’s 2025 calendar commemorates July 6 as Religious Liberty Sunday, a day on which we can ...

A budget reconciliation bill defunding Planned Parenthood and enacting several other Southern Baptist priorities was signed ...

The ERLC received over $3 million from the SBC’s Cooperative Program last fiscal year, about 1.6 percent of the $191.8 million in Southern Baptist giving that was distributed to denominational ...

Less than 24 hours later, firing reversed. By Tuesday morning, the ERLC retracted its earlier statement and said Kevin Smith, chair of the executive committee, had resigned. "As members of the ...

Tug of war among Southern Baptists over ERLC's role. Leatherwood's comments, though, were anathema to some among the SBC who have long targeted Leatherwood and the ERLC in an internal tug-of-war ...

The ERLC agenda outlined by Land and Duke covers a wide variety of issues, including sanctity of human life, health care, marriage, the homosexual agenda, religious freedom, ...

Basham argued that the ERLC, along with more moderate-leaning SBC leaders, had been influenced by “progressive powerbrokers” including George Soros and prioritized compromise over conservatism. She ...

The previous ERLC vice chair, Tony Beam, is now chair. Leatherwood posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Tuesday morning: “I deeply appreciate everyone who has reached out, ...

As ERLC president, Leatherwood’s mandate is to focus on Christian values, rather than politics. “That won’t fly with the hardline culture warriors” in the SBC, said Hankins.

The ERLC has been controversial in the past, in large part because the agency often weighs in on public policy and thorny ethical issues like immigration, sexuality and abortion.