By Christian Belanger, 2013 Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest Grand Prize Winner
The 2013 Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest asked high school juniors and seniors to examine religious diversity in America and evaluate the claim that the United States was founded as a “Christian nation.”
From the October 2013 Report from the Capital.
By K. Hollyn Hollman, BJC General Counsel
A Nov. 7 symposium, organized by the BJC and other groups, will use the occasion of the RFRA anniversary as an opportunity to reflect on the state of free exercise of religion in Americaby examining it in a number of contexts.
From the October 2013 Report from the Capital.
From BJC Staff Reports
Jordan Edwards, a native of Kansas City, Mo., has joined the Baptist Joint Committee staff as the communications associate.
From the October 2013 Report from the Capital.
By Jordan Edwards, BJC Communications Associate
The Columbia Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church honored the work of the Baptist Joint Committee and Executive Director J. Brent Walker with the Adrian Westney Religious Liberty Award, recognizing “sustained and conspicuous advocacy of religious freedom.”
From the October 2013 Report from the Capital.
For Pauletta Reeves, it was her son, Stephen, who first sparked her interest in the Baptist Joint Committee. After he interned for the BJC and later served as staff attorney, Pauletta and her late husband, Kelly, began donating regularly.
From the October 2013 Report from the Capital.
By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press
The executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking removal of a Ten Commandments monument on the state Capitol grounds in Oklahoma City.
From the September 2013 Report from the Capital
Faith.
Freedom.
For All.
The targeting of religious minorities.
The rise of Christian nationalism.
The politicization of houses of worship.
BJC brings people together to tackle today’s serious threats to religious liberty.
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Faith.
Freedom.
For All.
The targeting of religious minorities.
The rise of Christian nationalism.
The politicization of houses of worship.
BJC brings people together to tackle today’s serious threats to religious liberty.