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Atheist Revolution
I don’t imagine most atheists follow the Southern Baptist leadership all that closely. Why would they? But ’round these parts, it pays to know what is going on with the vast Southern Baptist majority. Maybe that’s why this story grabbed my attention.
According to Religion News Service, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) is “the public policy arm for the Southern Baptist Convention.” Since 1988, Richard Land has led the ERLC and has been responsible for their efforts to “rally social conservatives in the nation’s culture wars.” Yes, so we have Land to thank for all the damage that has brought.
The ERLC now has new leadership in the form of Russell Moore, a native of Mississippi.
“I am honored and humbled to be asked to serve Southern Baptists as ERLC president,” said Moore in a statement. “I pray for God’s grace to lead the ERLC to be a catalyst to connect the agenda of the kingdom of Christ to the cultures of local congregations for the sake of the mission of the gospel in the world.”
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