NASHVILLE — Eunie Smith, of Birmingham, president of Eagle Forum of Alabama, was elected as chairwoman of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s trustees during their Sept. 14–15 meeting in Nashville. Smith is believed to be the second woman elected as chair of a Southern Baptist Convention entity’s trustee board. Stephen Faith, associate pastor of Charlestown Road Baptist Church, New Albany, Ind., was elected vice chairman and Charles Lord, pastor of Royal Palms Baptist Church, Phoenix, was elected secretary.
Alabamian elected chair of ERLC’s trustees
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