1971-1981
The Southern Baptist Convention Christian Life Commission / Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission Seminar Proceedings Collection is located at the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives. The Collection consists of proceedings, programs, addresses, news stories, correspondence, photographs, and conference planning materials related to a variety of seminars and conferences sponsored by the Christian Life Commission and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. The collection also includes materials related to CLC sponsored state ethics workers meetings and Congressional prayer breakfast gatherings. The collection covers conference materials generated by the Commission from the late 1950s through 1999. The major topics and issues included in the CLC / ERLC seminar proceedings collection are: abortion, AIDS, alcohol abuse, aging issues, Christian citizenship, drugs, economic issues, education, environmental issues, family, gambling, homosexuality, human rights, hunger, marriage, peace, pornography, race relations, religious liberty, sexual purity, smoking, women in church and society, and other social and moral issues. This web presentation, an active project with additional online content forthcoming, includes programs and proceedings from the 1970s and 1980s.
The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (formerly Christian Life Commission) is an agency of the Southern Baptist Convention assigned with the task of speaking to the denomination on social and moral concerns and issues. The Commission traces its roots to the Social Services Commission, established in 1913. A.J. Barton, Hugh Brimm, A.C. Miller, Foy Valentine, Larry Baker, Richard Land, Russell Moore, and Brent Leatherwood have served as heads of the Commission. The ERLC is housed in the Southern Baptist Convention Building in Nashville, Tennessee.
