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“President Joe Biden signed into law June 30 a measure under the Congressional Review Act that rescinded the ‘true-lender’ rule, which enabled payday lenders to collaborate with out-of-state banks and thereby avoid bans on predatory loans in states that had outlawed them.” - BPNews

RNS: The letter. Also at RNS: Leaked Russell Moore letter blasts SBC conservatives, sheds light on his resignation.

“Russell Moore is leaving the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, ending an occasionally controversial eight-year tenure, to take a role with Christianity Today.” - BPNews

“If the executive committee accepts the findings of the task force, I’m concerned that [the] unintended message will be received in the northeast that only a certain kind of Southern Baptist is welcome.” - C. Post

“A task force studying the effectiveness of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission issued its report today (Feb. 1), acknowledging both support within the Southern Baptist Convention for the entity and that some see it as ‘a source of significant distraction from the Great Commission work of Southern Baptists.’” - BPNews

“There are few issues nearer the center of what it means to be Southern Baptist than the autonomy of the local church.” - BPNews

“RNA vaccines have significant advantages over some other vaccines. They are not infectious, meaning there is no chance the vaccine will give you the disease it is immunizing you against.

“The ERLC and the Sexual Abuse Advisory Group (SAAG) issued the document, “Facilitating Abuse Disclosures by Nonprofits,” Oct. 30. The paper provides guidance on enacting state laws to protect churches and other nonprofits from civil liability when they report sexual abuse allegations to a former employee’s current or potential employer.” - BPNews

“The SBC Executive Committee voted back in February to form a study task force to “review the past and present activities” of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). It was reported at the time that the task force would report back to the Executive Committee by September. ” - SBC Voices

“…such action is outside of the purview of the denomination’s Executive Committee and it solely belongs to the ERLC Trustees, the ERLC Executive Committee said in a Thursday letter in response to the SBC Executive Committee’s announcement.” - CPost

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