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e. The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission ( ERLC) is the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, the second-largest Christian denomination in the United States. Brent Leatherwood has served as the ERLC president since September 13, 2022. [1] The commission is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, with additional offices in ...
The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC) is a US faith-based organization which focuses on upholding the historic Baptist principle of religious liberty.. With a staff of attorneys, public intellectuals, ministers and mobilizers, the Washington D.C. based non-profit has a long history of advocating in the U.S. Supreme Court and working with Congress on issues relating to ...
Widespread sexual abuse cases in Southern Baptist churches were reported by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News on February 10, 2019. The report found roughly 380 clergy, lay leaders and volunteers had faced allegations of sexual misconduct, leaving behind over 700 victims [ 1] since 1998. The extent of misconduct is further ...
Southern Baptist Convention ethics leader Brent Leatherwood penned a column on the afternoon of Sunday, July 21 commending President Joe Biden on deciding not to seek reelection. Twenty-eight ...
Launched. 1998. ( 1998) Current status. Active. The Landover Baptist Church is the website of a parody fundamentalist Baptist church. The church lampoons fundamentalist, Independent Baptist churches and Biblical literalism, and originated as a satire of Liberty University .
In the South, church leaders and Christians began to defend slavery by using the Bible and church doctrine. This involved making use of biblical, charitable, evangelistic, social, and political rationalizations, such as the fact that Biblical figures owned slaves and the argument that slavery allowed African Americans to become Christians. [13]
Yes, I'm gonna get me religion, I'm gonna join the Baptist Church. You know I wanna be a Baptist preacher, just so I won't have to work. "Cowboys Days" (Terri Clark) contains the lines; I was third alto on the second row of the First Baptist church choir I was keeper of the minutes for the Tri Delts, in charge of the homecoming bonfire
The Campus Church, an Independent Baptist church, [45] meets in the 6200 seat, 314,000 Sq. Ft. [46] Crowne Center on Pensacola Christian College's campus and has Sunday morning, evening and Wednesday evening services. [47] The Campus Church is not a department of the college, but is a separate entity operating alongside the college.