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With Mississippi abortion law appeal drawing near, U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on similar case from Texas

With Mississippi abortion law appeal drawing near, U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on similar case from Texas

November 2, 2021

WASHINGTON (BP and local reports) – Just a month before the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a landmark abortion regulation appeal from Mississippi, justices questioned…

Unending Haiti violence raises questions about missionary safety

Unending Haiti violence raises questions about missionary safety

October 21, 2021

Former ERLC president sued by immediate past chairman of SBC Executive Committee

STONE AT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – Mike Stone (at podium), pastor of Emmanuel Church in Blackshear, Ga., leads a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville during his time as chairman. (Photo credit: Baptist Press)

Former ERLC president sued by immediate past chairman of SBC Executive Committee

October 21, 2021

Floyd resigns SBC Executive Committee presidency

FLOYD DEPARTS – Ronnie Floyd, who resigned as president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee on Oct. 14, addresses members of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board Aug. 24 at Garaywa Camp and Conference Center in Clinton. (Photo credit: William H. Perkins Jr.)

Floyd resigns SBC Executive Committee presidency

October 15, 2021

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: What’s next for the ERLC?

Staff of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, June 2021.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: What’s next for the ERLC?

October 15, 2021

Scholarship honoring Chapman
announced by Southwestern
FORT WORTH, Texas — During this week’s meeting of its Board of Trustees, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary announced the launch of a new scholarship initiated by the family of Morris H. Chapman to honor his denominational legacy. Chapman, 84, passed away Oct. 20. The Morris H. and Jodi Francis Chapman Denominational Scholars Award is an endowed fund that supports students preparing to serve the denomination as Chapman did as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), 1990-1992, and for 18 years as the president of the SBC Executive Committee, as well as other denominational posts. The scholarship will provide support for a student enrolled in the SBC Annual Meeting course through Southwestern, as well as providing scholarships for advanced research in areas such as denominational effectiveness, the history of Crossover, the Cooperative Program, or the life and ministry of Chapman.  Southwestern trustees affirmed the new scholarship by approving $20,000 in funds from its quasi-endowment fund to support the endowed scholarship.