Conservative Southern Baptists expressed their cautious optimism that a new Study Committee will “Ask the hard questions” about the progressive-leaning politics of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). The Study Committee was announced February 18 by the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. The committee members were announced Thursday, February 27, 2020 in a release by Baptist Press.
Committee members include:
SBC Executive Committee Chairman Mike Stone
Ron Hale, retired pastor, Jackson, Tenn.
Mike Lawson, senior pastor, First Baptist of Sherman, Texas
Cheryl Samples, retired, Dallas, Ga.
Hoyt Savage, lead pastor, Foothills Baptist, Las Vegas, Nev.