Jason Thacker, director of the Research Institute for the ERLC, will address Southwest Baptist University’s faculty and staff Aug. 12 on the challenges and opportunities of of artificial intelligence.
ERLC board members learn full details of what happened with ‘unauthorized’ announcement, confirm Brent Leatherwood ‘was never terminated.’
The executive committee of the ERLC board of trustees announced this morning (July 23) that the action taken late yesterday by then-trustee chair Kevin Smith was not authorized. The board has stated full support of Brent Leatherwood.
Brent Leatherwood removed as head of ERLC, trustees announce via emailed press statement.
Southern Baptist leaders were quick to respond in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday (July 13).
Of 50 motions presented during the SBC Annual Meeting, one passed, seven were rejected, eight were ruled out of order and 33 were referred to various SBC entities or the Executive Committee.
Among the biggest of today’s news, messengers have voted not to adopt the Law Amendment, which would have added to the SBC Constitution: “Affirms, appoints, or employs only men as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by Scripture.”
Brent Leatherwood, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, affirmed that his commission was doing the good work the SBC expected of them during his address at the Annual Meeting.
