ERLC releases 2025 public policy agenda

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“The ERLC will press forward on the issues that matter to Southern Baptists: protecting life, safeguarding religious liberty, bolstering marriage and families, and upholding human dignity.” - Baptist Press

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When Parenting Is Politicized

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“In 1967, my mother was 10 years old. By that time, she had for about a year been taking a city bus alone, from her residential neighborhood to Philadelphia’s city center…. had also been babysitting her two younger siblings—alone in the house, not as a mother’s helper—from the age of seven.” - L&L

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Does a lack of faith lead to increased suicide and crime?

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“Truscott followed up on [his study] findings by examining similar data from the Public Religion Research Institute and reported the results in a paper in the Journal of Sociology and Christianity in October.

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Improvisation Is Key to Cultural Engagement

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A review of Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World Like the Early Church. “…there’s no consensus on how Christians ought to engage the culture….Each option has strengths, but many of them seem to draw more from contemporary cultural assumptions than from centuries of Christian experience.” - TGC

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ABC News: Is America losing its religion?

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ABC News’ Steve Osunsami reports on how churches faced with empty pews are fighting to keep their doors open, while former houses of worship are being converted into bars, clubs and luxury condos.” - YouTube

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