As the Southern Baptist Convention met in Dallas to vote on multiple resolutions that will affect the denomination, here are five takeaways about the changes coming to the Southern Baptist community.
1. There was a resolution introduced to end same-sex marriage.
According to the Christian Post, the resolution “On Restoring Moral Clarity through God’s Design for Gender, Marriage, and the Family” spoke against the 2015 Supreme Court Ruling of Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized same-sex marriage.
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2. Another resolution was announced to ban pornography.
“On Banning Pornography” served to ask congressional members to “enact comprehensive laws that ban the created, publishing, hosting, and distribution of pornographic content in all media…”
This particular resolution also applauded the “Take It Down Act” which was recently passed by President Trump to crack down on those who create and share AI and non-consensual pornographic content online.
3. A third resolution called out the use of abortion pills as immoral and evil.
The “On Standing Against the Moral Evils and Medical Dangers of Chemical Abortion Pills” resolution asks for the FDA to ban mifepristone and “reevaluate chemical abortion drugs using real-world data,” as the Post noted.
4. The SBC spoke out against sports betting.
Dr. Andrew T. Walker pointed out that sports betting is not a simple, harmless piece of fun that some people may view it as, which is why the SBC created a resolution on it. As ChurchLeaders reported, Walker said that, “…if you see what happens when gaming gets normalized as a culture, it’s destructive of families, it’s destructive of cultures…I just reject the premise that this is just an innocent, benign thing.”
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5. The SBC is to vote on motion to end the ERLC.
The Southern Baptists will vote on potentially ending the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. In a post on X, Pastor Travis Johnson posed the question, “Should there be concern when both a prominent LGBTQ affirming pastor and an ERLC Research Fellow publicly diminish pastors for engaging with the White House?” This was in response to Matt Martens who has publicly spoke out against Christians visiting the White.
🚨WITH SUCH AN IMPORTANT VOTE ON THE ERLC HAPPENING WITHIN THE HOUR, a question…
— Pastor Travis Johnson (@BasedPastorTrav) June 11, 2025
🚩Should there be concern when both a prominent LGBTQ affirming pastor and an ERLC Research Fellow publicly diminish pastors for engaging with the White House?#sbc25 pic.twitter.com/o4Peh9vbkW
As the SBC walks in this new season, only time will tell us the direction of how the denomination moves forward.
Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
