Brent Leatherwood was elected by unanimous vote to head the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission at the ERLC Trustees fall meeting in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday. His nomination and approval by secret ballot came a year after he was named Acting President following the resignation of Russell Moore who had opposed leaders […]
ERLC presidential search progresses
The September trustees meeting of the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission may be a little longer than usual, as the board prepares to hear from the search team that will recommend the next president. The group is working through the process with an active candidate, its chairman reported in late July, according to chair […]
Students return to HLGU
Students moved into their dorm rooms at summer’s end and classes resumed Aug. 22 at Hannibal-LaGrange University after a season when the viability of a fall semester was in question. The school was in crisis mode in March, with closure predicted before the end of the spring semester unless immediate cuts were made and funds […]
BCHFS employee pleads guilty
A former staff member of the Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services pled guilty to two counts of criminal sexual assault of a minor ages 13-17 in White County Circuit court on Wednesday. Daniel W. Lanning was arrested in April on four counts involving a teenager in his care at the Carmi facility. Two charges […]
Mixed expectations in federal probe of SBC
Some Illinois Baptist leaders expressed surprise but are hoping for a godly outcome in a federal investigation of the Southern Baptist Convention’s handling of sexual abuse claims. “It caught me by surprise,” said Adron Robinson, an Illinois representative on the SBC Executive Committee (EC), while also urging prayer for justice. IBSA Executive Director Nate Adams […]
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