MEDIA CENTER
Report from the Capital
In an election year, it’s never too early to consider the role you can play in our country’s commitment to faith freedom for all by ensuring our free and fair elections continue in the United States. In this edition, Dr. Sabrina E. Dent discusses how protecting voting rights is a matter of human dignity and justice, Holly Hollman shares how churches and people of faith can be involved in our country’s nonpartisan elections, and Amanda Tyler reflects on how the State of the Union address illuminated new ways to consider who represents our country when lawmakers gather. Plus, read about the premiere of the “God & Country” documentary on Christian nationalism, get an update on the work combating “chaplain” bills in public schools, and hear about a historic meeting of the four major Black Baptist denominations.
Amanda Tyler reflects on attending the State of the Union address and shares a new way to consider who represents us when lawmakers gather in Washington. Read her column.
As we enter an election year, Holly Hollman shares reminders that you cannot divorce religion from politics or separate Christians from the duties of secular citizenship. Read her column.
Protecting voting rights is a matter of human dignity and justice
Dr. Sabrina E. Dent shares her generational story and why we must reaffirm the right to vote as a right to dignity and acceptance in our democracy. Read her column.
The BJC Center for Faith, Justice and Reconciliation provides a look at changes over time to the suppression of and ability to vote, and asks you to consider how our rights are connected. See the timeline.
BJC Fellow Amethyst Holmes writes that the documentary gives a glimpse of a significant portion of the country’s electorate that is deeply invested in realizing a theocracy and a type of exceptional American mythology by any means necessary in response to a changing world. Read more about the event.
Read about our on-the-ground work in North Texas and how Lisa Jacob, our first field organizer, is working to combat Chrisitan nationalism in local communities.
The Rev. Dr. Leslie Copeland reports on the National Baptist Joint Board Session and the key issues discussed among the four major Black Baptist denominations. Read her article.
Read about the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Charles G. Adams, retired pastor of Detroit’s influential Hartford Memorial Baptist Church. He was a respected leader not only in Detroit but nationally, including longtime service on the board of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.
Dr. Andrew Gardner shares new research on BJC’s history. Read about his academic article and his reflections on what he discovered.
