The ERLC’s Southern Baptist Convention-mandated mission statement calls upon the Commission “to assist the churches by helping them understand the moral demands of the Gospel, apply Christian ...

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.

Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and himself a former candidate for SBC president, expressed reservations about the ERLC’s relevance on the April 30 episode of ...

The SBC’s Executive Committee went on to investigate the ERLC in 2020 for allegedly being divisive and causing a shortfall in denominational donations. A 2021 report from the investigation ...

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, ...

But, they said, that’s no reason to shut the ERLC down. “Every entity — including the ERLC — should be open to critique and committed to improvement,” the presidents wrote.

Not so with the ERLC's Party Platform Comparison Guide, he said. In developing the guide, the ERLC focuses on substantive proposals and pledges from the party platforms, while omitting campaign ...

ERLC President Brent Leatherwood, who leads the public policy arm of the country's largest Protestant denomination, sent a letter to Howard Lutnick and Linda McMahon of the Trump transition team ...

Russell Moore, a former ERLC president who is now editor-in-chief at Christianity Today magazine, said he was stunned by the news of Leatherwood’s firing. “Brent Leatherwood is a good man and ...

Had his firing held up, Leatherwood would have been the fifth ERLC leader in a row to leave office amid controversy. From 1960 to 1987, Foy Valentine led what was then known as the Christian Life ...

Smith, who has served on the ERLC board since 2018, was elected chair last fall. Smith, a pastor at Family Church in West Palm Beach, Florida, did not immediately reply to a request for comment.