NASHVILLE — Engaging politics from a gospel perspective will be the focus of the second national conference sponsored by the Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity.
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) will present “The Gospel and Politics” as a one-day event Aug. 5 in Nashville. The conference, scheduled for the downtown Music City Center, is designed to equip pastors, church leaders and church members in preparation for the 2016 presidential election.
Addressing politics from a scriptural basis is needed, said ERLC President Russell Moore.
“Many churches and church leaders are tired of the screaming and warring that too often characterizes conversations about politics,” Moore said.
“Some are asking if we cannot just bow out of contentious political debates and focus on teaching the Romans Road of Salvation. But Christian engagement of politics is about much more than winning arguments: it’s also about loving our neighbors and winning them to the kingdom of Christ.”
The conference speakers so far are Moore and Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.
To register for the conference visit, http://erlc.com/conference2015. The main conference sessions will be live-streamed at erlc.com.
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