At the Start of This Year's SBC Annual Meeting, Pastor Willy Rice Motions To Abolish the ERLC

At the Start of This Year's SBC Annual Meeting, Pastor Willy Rice Motions To Abolish the ERLC

On Tuesday (June 10), Pastor Willy Rice wasted no time making a motion to abolish the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) during the opening session of the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) annual meeting.

SBC pastor introduces motion to abolish ERLC

A motion to abolish the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission was introduced at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas.

Unity urged by B21 panel amid SBC debates on ERLC, Law Amendment • Biblical Recorder

DALLAS (BP) — The Law Amendment, abolishing the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and a proposed revision to the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Business and Financial Plan were among topics of discussion at a June 10 panel discussion hosted by the group Baptist 21. The panel at the Omni Hotel in Dallas featured Juan Sanchez, pastor of High Pointe Baptist Church in Austin, Texas; Jeff Iorg, president of the SBC Executive Committee…

SBC Pastors Introduce Motions to Abolish the ERLC, Pass the Law Amendment At The 2025 Annual Meeting

The Southern Baptist Convention’s 2025 annual conference kicked off with a bang earlier today, as the first two motions introduced sought to abolish the ERLC and pass the Law Amendment, the latter whch is a proposed change to the Constitution of the Southern Baptist Convention that would mandate that churches in friendly cooperation affirm, appoint, or employ “only men as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by Scripture.”  First to the mic …