4.15 Megan Basham • Reading • “Too Busy with Woke Stuff”: The All Too (In)Visible and Inconsequential ERLC
Photo ops and PR campaigns do not effect policy change; meaningful interaction and work with policy makers does. The word on Capitol Hill is that the ERLC is doing the one and not the other, to the detriment of Southern Baptists nationwide.
Back to Backus: Baptists and the Pursuit of a Sweet Harmony Between the Church and State
Many know Baptists by the phrase “free church in a free state.” But sound Baptist theology—and history—bear out better conceptions of that relationship that we ought to heed.
4.13 David Mitzenmacher • Reading • “A Roadmap for Reforming the ERLC”
“I take no pleasure in proposing this last reform. . . . I love Brent Leatherwood as a brother in Christ. And with love, if the ERLC is to be saved, it will take a different leader to save it.”
A Roadmap for Reforming the ERLC
“I take no pleasure in proposing this last reform. . . . I love Brent Leatherwood as a brother in Christ. And with love, if the ERLC is to be saved, it will take a different leader to save it.”
Evangelism, Islam, Border Security, and National Identity: Moving Past the ERLC’s Mosque-Building Mood
With ditches to avoid on the left and the right, Christians need to exercise a faithful missiology and wise political theology with regard to migration.
Will the ERLC Divide Southern Baptists for Evermore?
It is clear that the rift between the ERLC and its convention continues to grow as messengers lose confidence—where does all the frustration come from?
Transparency, Trust, and the Great Commission: It’s Time to Open the Books of the ERLC (and SBC)
If the ERLC and other executives and entities report to SBC churches and not vise-versa, why can’t the convention fully access the financials?
A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commissions on Ethics (Part 2)
This essay chronicles the last fifty plus years of the ERLC from the 1970s onward, with a particular focus on the leadership of Richard Land, Russell Moore, and Brent Leatherwood.
4.12 Tom J. Nettles • Reading • “A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commissions on Ethics”
Listen to a combined reading of parts 1 and 2 of Tom J. Nettles’ longform essay on the antecedents and history of the ERLC.
The Gospel’s Irreducibly Political Message
Christians must reject the so-called “secular/sacred” divide, embracing Christ’s—the King of kings—authority over all of life.
A Century-long Look at the Southern Baptist Commissions on Ethics (Part 1)
Before the ERLC was named the ERLC, what were the major cultural issues that it addressed from the early 1900s to the 1960s?
Whither the ERLC (or ePP*C*)?
They are called the Ethics & Religious Liberties Commission. But is that what they do?
