How the Baptist Joint Committee works with Congress
By James GibsonBJC Staff CounselJanuary 2011This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Baptist Joint Committee. For the first 58 years of our existence, partisan control of the United States Congress was relatively stagnant. In the past 17 years congressional control...Colonial Baptists’ contributions to religious liberty
By J. Brent Walker, Baptist Joint Committee Executive Director
Context is key in the public debate
Written by J. Brent Walker, BJC Executive Director
In a time of rampant misconceptions about our president’s faith and a plethora of religious pandering, I am reminded that concerns about a leader’s faith are nothing new. It has been 50 years since presidential candidate John F. Kennedy gave a speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association addressing the widespread contention of many Protestants that Kennedy was unfit for he presidency because of his Catholicism.
Obama clarifies religious liberty protections
By K. Hollyn Hollman, BJC General Counsel
It was not fast and it did not finish the job, but the Obama administration’s executive order clarifying policies on government partnerships with faith-based organizations is important….
Top 5 myths of the separation of church and state
By BJC Executive Director J. Brent Walker
Despite pride in our democracy, the Constitution and Bill of Rights that guarantee our fundamental liberties, we are often misinformed about our rights under the First Amendment generally and religious liberty in particular.
