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Newbell Niles Puckett
Trillia Newbell is the Director of Community Outreach for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Publications and career She is the author of ''United: Captured by God’s Vision for Diversity (2014)'', ''Fear and Faith: Finding the Peace Your Heart Craves (2015)'', ''Enjoy: Finding the Freedom to Delight Daily in God’s Good Gifts (2016)'' and ''God's Very Good Idea: The True Story About God's Delightfully Different Family (2017)''. In addition to her writing and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Newbell gives speeches at churches, universities, conventions, and conferences. She has written for newspapers, magazines, and online publications, including the ''Knoxville News Sentinel'', ''The Gospel Coalition'', ''Ligonier Ministries'', ''Desiring God (ministry), Desiring God'', ''Christianity Today'', and the online blog of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Newbell is the founder and former managing editor of the ''Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethics And Religious Liberty Commission
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) is the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, the second-largest Christian denomination in the United States, with over 16 million members in over 43,000 independent churches. President Russell D. Moore left office on June 1, 2021. Brent Leatherwood was unanimously voted in by the board of trustees to be the next ERLC president on Sept. 13, 2022 . The commission is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, with additional offices in Washington, D.C. and Cyprus. History Formerly known as the Christian Life Commission (1953-1997), the entity with organizational predecessors dating back to 1907 received its current name in the course of a broad reorganization of multiple Southern Baptist entities in 1997 (Sutton, p 335). The Southern Baptist Convention terminated its participation with the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty in 1992 (Sutton, p. 300) due to conflicts over separation of church and state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |