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Meet ERLC President-Elect Dr. Evan Lenow

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๐Ÿ›๏ธ ๐๐ข๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ!

Learn more about the unanimous decision in First Choice Womenโ€™s Resource Center v. Davenport (formerly First Choice Womenโ€™s Resource Center v. Platkin), at the link in our bio.
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๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿค This is what it looks like when Southern Baptists partner together for the cause of life.

Together, we have the amazing opportunity to support mothers, save precious babies, and leave a legacy of life for generations to come.

Learn more at psalm139project.org
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๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง, ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ?

Christians are not called to a life of withdrawalโ€”but a reordered love that shapes how we live, serve, and seek the good of where weโ€™ve been placed.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ On this weekโ€™s podcast, weโ€™re joined by Dr. Nathan Finn and Dan Darling. In light of this significant milestone in Americaโ€™s history, theyโ€™ll discuss what healthy Christian patriotism looks like and how to cultivate a holistic, unified public witness in our current context. 

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Listen now at the link in our bio
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๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐๐‚๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ข๐ง ๐Ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐จ? ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ–!

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, join us for One Nation Under God: Reflections on 250 Years of Faith and Democracy. 

Together, we will reflect from a Baptist perspective on how our citizenship in the Kingdom of God shapes our lives as American citizens and how we can live faithfully in our nation for the sake of the gospel.

๐Ÿ“Location:ย Rosen Centre Hotel, Salons 9-10ย 
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Date: Monday,ย June 8, 2026
โฑ๏ธย Time: 4:30 p.m. ET (dinner meal break at Pastorsโ€™ Conference)
๐Ÿ’ฐ Cost: $25 (dinner included) 

๐Ÿ‘‰ Register today at erlc.com/events.
Dr. Evan Lenow has been unanimously elected to fill the role as the next president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention by the organizationโ€™s board of trustees.ย 

โ€œI am humbled that the board of trustees elected me as the next president of the ERLC,โ€ Lenow stated. โ€œThe Lord has worked through my academic and professional life to prepare me for the work entrusted to this very important entity by Southern Baptists. I believe the best days are ahead for the ERLC as our team comes alongside SBC churches and leaders to equip them to address the essential ethical and moral questions of our day with confidence and biblical fidelity.โ€

Dr. Lenow will assume his full-time role as president on June 1.
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Shamefully, physician-assisted suicide is becoming increasingly prevalent in the U.S.
Itโ€™s no surprise that a culture that has normalized elective death in the form of abortion is now advancing physician-assisted suicide under the guise of โ€œhealthcare.โ€

How should Christians approach this issue? And how should we think about physical suffering when weโ€™re offered a way to bring it to an end?

๐ŸŽง Join us this week on the ERLC Podcast as we discuss the moral, ethical, and legislative concerns surrounding physician-assisted suicide. Listen now at the link in our bio.
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๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ” ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒโ€“๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ. โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

In this episode of The ERLC Podcast, we talk about the weight of that reality and the complex questions surrounding assisted reproductive technologies. How can churches respond with both truth and compassion?

๐ŸŽง Listen in at the link in our bio as RaShan Frost talks with Drs. Jason Thacker and Evan Lenow about our new church guide that discusses ministry to couples walking this road.
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๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐€๐ฅ๐š๐›๐š๐ฆ๐š ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž. ๐Ÿ“โžก๏ธ๐Ÿ“

For over five years, Alabama Baptists have had a partnership with Alaska Baptistsโ€“providing disaster relief resources, staffing needs, and more.

Placing an ultrasound machine at the Community Pregnancy Center was the latest byproduct of this relationship, enabling Alaska Baptists to better advocate for the preborn and their mothers in their state.

๐Ÿ‘ถ Read more about how you can help save lives across state lines at the link in our bio.
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๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐›๐จ๐ฑ. ๐Ÿ’Š

Since Dobbs, chemical abortionโ€”often called the abortion pillโ€”has quietly become the most common method of abortion in the United States, with pills ordered online and shipped across state lines.

But behind the headlines are serious questions about womenโ€™s safety, lack of medical oversight, coercion, and the lives lost in the process.

In this episode of the ERLC Podcast, Rachel Wiles sits down with Dr. Donna Harrison, director of Research for @aaplog_, and Erica Oโ€™Connell, legal counsel for @alliancedefendingfreedomโ€™s Center for Public Policy to discuss how the church can approach this issue.

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Listen now at the link in our bio
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