THE ETHICS AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY COMMISSION
of the
Southern Baptist Convention

MISSION

The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission exists to assist the churches by helping them understand the moral demands of the gospel, apply Christian principles to moral and social problems and questions of public policy, and to promote religious liberty in cooperation with the churches and other Southern Baptist entities.

MINISTRIES

1.  Assist churches in applying the moral and ethical teachings of the Bible to the Christian life.
Provide research, information resources, consultation, and counsel to denominational entities, churches, and individuals with regard to the application of Christian principles in everyday living and in the nations public life.

2.  Assist churches through the communication and advocacy of moral and ethical concerns in the public arena.
Represent Southern Baptists in communicating the moral and ethical positions of the Southern Baptist Convention to the public and to public officials.

3.  Assist churches in their moral witness in local communities.
Provide information resources that inform and equip churches for active moral witness in their communities.

4.  Assist churches and other Southern Baptist entities by promoting religious liberty.
Provide information and counsel to denominational entities, churches, and individuals regarding appropriate responses to religious liberty concerns; represent Southern Baptists in communicating the positions of the Southern Baptist Convention on religious liberty issues to the public and to public officials.

RELATIONSHIPS

The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission will work within the Southern Baptist Convention entity relationship guidelines approved by the Great Commission Council and the Executive Committee and printed in the Organization Manual of the Southern Baptist Convention.

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