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Ethics

EXPLAINER: Protecting children through the 2026 Chloe Cole Act

The Chloe Cole Act of 2026, named for the advocate Chloe Cole who has publicly shared about the horrors of being pushed into “transitioning” in her early teens, prohibits gender transition procedures for minors through regulating interstate commerce. Cole will visit the Missouri Baptist Convention's Hannibal-LaGrange University, March 25, as the featured speaker for the school's latest Free Society events.
From left: Miles Mullin, Gary Hollingsworth and Scott Foshie.
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Gary Hollingsworth to serve as ERLC interim president

Gary Hollingsworth has been elected to serve as the interim president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission by the organization’s trustees. The ERLC board of trustees voted unanimously to appoint Hollingsworth to this role during an afternoon session of the trustee’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C., today. Miles Mullin will remain and serve as the executive vice president and chief of staff.
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ERLC trustees elect MBC’s Mullin to serve as VP, chief of staff

Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has elected Miles Mullin II to serve as the entity's next vice president and chief of staff.
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Brent Leatherwood elected ERLC president

Brent Leatherwood has been elected to fill the role as the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission by the organization’s trustees. 

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