Brent Leatherwood

Just hours after the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) announced that it had removed Brent Leatherwood from his position as president, the ERLC retracted their press release.

Brent Leatherwood was removed just hours after he provided Baptist Press comments regarding President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election.

Brent Leatherwood, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), drew criticism for praising President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election. Leatherwood called it “a selfless act.”

On Monday, Brent Leatherwood, president of the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission addressed the media regarding the images of three alleged pages of the manifesto penned by The Covenant School shooter. 

A legal battle is underway regarding the writings of the shooter who killed six people at a Nashville school in March. Numerous family members, school employees, and officials are opposed to releasing the Nashville shooter's writings, while media outlets want them to be made public.

Brent Leatherwood, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, is urging Tennessee lawmakers to pass recent gun-reform proposals made by Gov. Bill Lee.

Brent Leatherwood, president of the SBC's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, revealed that his three children attend The Covenant School and were on campus when a shooter violently killed six people last week.

The Unify Project, a Gospel-centered, ethnically diverse racial reconciliation ministry designed to mobilize Southern Baptist pastors and leaders in unifying their communities, is expected to launch Nov. 15.