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ERLC staff look to Dec. 1 hearing on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion law scheduled before U.S. Supreme Court

ERLC staff look to Dec. 1 hearing on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion law scheduled before U.S. Supreme Court

November 30, 2021

NASHVILLE (BP and local reports) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in Nashville is focusing on pro-life work as…

Florist reaches settlement with homosexual couple after wedding flap

Barronelle Stutzman

Florist reaches settlement with homosexual couple after wedding flap

November 19, 2021

Southwestern Seminary president condemns documentary film as “scandalous, scurrilous slander;” asks Mid-America Seminary head to cancel on-campus premiere

Southwestern Seminary, Fort Worth

Southwestern Seminary president condemns documentary film as “scandalous, scurrilous slander;” asks Mid-America Seminary head to cancel on-campus premiere

November 18, 2021

Pacific Rim IMB missionaries to serve in Sub-Saharan areas of Africa where explosive growth is predicted

MISSIONARIES AGREE – Jeff Singerman (at podium), a missionary serving in Africa with Southern Baptist’s International Mission Board (IMB), speaks to those gathered in Kenya for the Oct. 29 signing of a memorandum of understanding that will facilitate the sharing of missions work between missionaries from Pacific Rim countries and the Sub-Sahara region of Africa. (Photo credit: IMB)

Pacific Rim IMB missionaries to serve in Sub-Saharan areas of Africa where explosive growth is predicted

November 17, 2021

FIRST PERSON: It’s worth asking for

ON MISSION – Paul Chitwood (second from left), president of the International Mission Board (IMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention, and IMB missionary Brian Massey (second from right) share the Gospel with a family living deep in the mountains of Columbia. (Photo credit: IMB)

FIRST PERSON: It’s worth asking for

November 10, 2021

Trump, pro-life leaders at
odds in recent developments
NASHVILLE (BP) — The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission released a letter Jan. 16 calling for President Trump’s action on recent issues that have brought friction between the pro-life movement and an administration historically supportive of it. Trump’s terms in the White House have been consequential for the pro-life movement, to say the least. Shortly after taking office last year, he enforced the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funding of abortions. He reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy. Perhaps most of all, the appointment of three pro-life Supreme Court justices in his first term led to the overturning of Roe v Wade. Last week, however, the president said conservative Republicans need to be “flexible” regarding Hyde during across-the-aisle negotiations over health care. Hyde has factored in debates on Affordable Care Act subsidies that expired last year. Conservatives, of course, didn’t like the idea, which led the White House to walk back the president’s comments. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved another generic abortion drug last fall. Chemical abortions account for 63 percent of all abortions, per a 2023 study by the Guttmacher Institute. This week, it was revealed that the Department of Health and Human Services quietly released tens of millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood through Title X that had been withheld since last spring as part of a move by lawmakers to defund abortion providers for at least one year. Trump told reporters he was unaware of those disbursements. Hollingsworth described the Hyde Amendment as “not up for debate.”