Erlc Pros And Cons

The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, or ERLC, is the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention. Established in 1993, the ERLC has made its home in Washington, D.C. in a building named after John Leland, a pastor who’s fervor for teaching the gospel and defending religious liberty is what inspires the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission to continue their religious work, while their national headquarters resides in Nashville, Tennessee. The ERLC is an evangelical Protestant group, and in 2010 had yearly advocacy expenditures of $3,268,327. Since the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission is an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention, its constituents are Southern Baptist Members. Southern Baptists differ from American …show more content…
Their initiatives are helpful and provide education about various subjects. I like that the ERLC has different platforms for church members, as well as everyone else to access information and equip themselves with knowledge. However, I think they might go a little too far on some issues, for example there is a forum about whether or not a parent should give their child a phone. It is my opinion that, that is an issue that the parents need to deal with internally rather than getting a religious opinion on the subject since phones are not a religious problem. Nonetheless some parents probably do enjoy having a guide to reference and see if they are parenting “correctly”, but I do not believe that is necessary because some things parents have to learn on their own. There are some social problems, which I could understand having a forum for, but others seem absurd. Furthermore, the reasonable issues that addressed on the forum far outweigh the more absurd ones to me. In the same way ERLC has an academy dedicated to furthering scriptural knowledge and ways to apply to everyday life in the 21st century, which I find is extremely important to not only public policy but also in the interest of attracting new members. In addition, their support of the Global Hunger Relief fund is making a positive impact on not solely America, but the entire world as well. Moreover, both the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and the Southern Baptist Convention strongly believe that everyone deserves religious liberty not just Christians. That belief is an extremely positive and impactful idea that I believe everyone should have. Our country is founded on the idea of pluralism, and not one religion should feel persecuted or be denied religious