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Nov 26, 2024 | 
erlc.com | Jill Waggoner
In April of 2021, we found out that my 37-year-old-husband had a tumor in his small intestine that indicated the presence of a very rare cancer. The diagnosis and surgery to remove it took place this year. But he was sick for most of 2020, undergoing tests, scans, and blood work that mostly provided no answers.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
erlc.com | Jill Waggoner
I first read They Say We Are Infidels in 2016, and it has become a book I reference time and again. Author Mindy Belz’s fascinating and informative account opened my eyes to the historical church and the plight of current believers in the Middle and Near East. Belz, previously a senior editor at WORLD magazine, combines her world-class journalistic skills with rich storytelling in this book.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
erlc.com | Jill Waggoner
Richard Land served as the president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission from 1988–2013. Prior to his time at the ERLC, he worked in a variety of church and political roles, many of which were involved closely with the modern pro-life movement in its earliest days. Below, he shares his experiences and brings perspective to the current cultural moment, the story of Southern Baptist involvement in the fight against abortion, and what comes next.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
erlc.com | Jill Waggoner
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2022—The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission responded to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 8-1 ruling today in Ramirez v. Collier, calling it a “significant affirmation of religious liberty.”John Ramirez, 37, sued Texas prison officials in August 2021 for refusing to permit Dana Moore, his pastor from Second Baptist Church in Corpus Christi, to minister to him during his execution.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
erlc.com | John Gottman |Jill Waggoner
The changes my three children experienced the last two years produced an entire spectrum of feelings. Although each child expresses himself differently, it became clear that we all needed help in navigating the emotional landscape of our home. Originally released in 1997, Dr. John Gottman’s parenting classic, Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, was recommended by a number of friends and counselors.
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May 23, 2024 | 
erlc.com | Mary Holloman |Allison Cantrell |Jill Waggoner
In September 2023, a superior court judge in San Bernardino County, California, blocked a school policy requiring parents to be notified if their child asked to go by a different gender identity or pronoun. In language similar to other judges and state officials, Judge Thomas S.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
kentuckytoday.com | Jill Waggoner
In an impassioned address to Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission trustees, ERLC President Brent Leatherwood declared, “The gospel demands, and justice requires, we take up the cause for innocent life whenever it is imperiled.” Drawing comparison between challenges faced in 1968 and the present, Leatherwood cited the Southern Baptist Convention’s 1968 Statement Concerning the Crisis in Our Nation, “Words will not suffice; the time has come for action,” he said, before outlining the ways that...
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
brnow.org | Jill Waggoner
In an impassioned address to Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission trustees, ERLC President Brent Leatherwood declared, “The Gospel demands, and justice requires, we take up the cause for innocent life whenever it is imperiled.” Drawing comparison between challenges faced in 1968 and the present, Leatherwood cited the Southern Baptist Convention’s 1968 Statement Concerning the Crisis in Our Nation, “Words will not suffice; the time has come for action,” he said, before outlining the ways that...
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Jun 23, 2023 | 
kentuckytoday.com | Jill Waggoner
Washington. D.C., June 23, 2023 —The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention celebrates the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs v. Jackson’s Womens Health Organization decision and provides support for pro-life ministries through the gift of 27 ultrasound machines in the last year.
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Apr 21, 2023 | 
erlc.com | daniel darling |Jason Goolesby |Jill Waggoner
In the wake of the recent shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, Gov. Bill Lee has called on Tennessee lawmakers to introduce an Order of Protection law aimed at preventing firearms from being bought or possessed by people who may be a danger to society or themselves. Gov. Lee’s proposal is fundamentally about providing law enforcement officers with the tools necessary to protect citizens, while upholding the rights of Tennesseans to exercise their constitutional rights.
