Amanda Tyler warns about the invocation of “religious freedom” by an administration that has already shown that it will move to marginalize people and organizations — including Christians — that are critical of its policies. Read her column.

Holly Hollman notes how exercising religious freedom requires using the courts and Congress to stop government action that would undermine it, such as a recent change in immigration policy that threatens churches. Read her column. 

The Rev. Starlette Thomas writes about an event re-launching African Americans and Religious Freedom: New Perspectives for Congregations and Communities and the need for these conversations.

Joy Pettigrew shares how BJC is working to empower local groups across the country as we expand the ways we are countering Christian nationalism.

Dr. Sabrina E. Dent recaps the inaugural Religious Freedom Immersion Experience, a program that expands the narrative and elevates key perspectives.

Natalie Johnson-Abbott shares an important lesson from the Religious Freedom Immersion Experience. “The fight for religious freedom is not a silent fight — it requires standing tall in spaces that seem intent to shrink you. It requires being the loud one in spaces where your silence is expected.”

J. Brent Walker shares interactions between former President Jimmy Carter and BJC over the decades and why he often says he’s “A Jimmy Carter kind of Baptist.”