The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty will launch the inaugural BJC Fellows Program in 2015, offering young professionals the opportunity to deepen their historical, theological and legal understanding of religious liberty and develop skills to advocate for the cause throughout their careers.
High school juniors and seniors can win up to $2,000 for college in the 2015 Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest, sponsored by the Religious Liberty Council of the Baptist Joint Committee.
A diverse group of Baptists sent a letter to the mayor of Houston about the importance of separation of church and state.
The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC) joined the American Jewish Committee and other organizations in a friend-of-the-court brief defending the religious rights of Gregory H. Holt (also known as Abdul Maalik Muhammad), a practicing Muslim serving a life sentence in Arkansas.
The White House announced today that Rabbi David Saperstein will be nominated as the next Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, putting the U.S. commitment to international religious liberty in “good hands,” according to the leader of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.
Resources on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), the landmark 1993 law at the center of the legal challenge to the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act, are available online from the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.
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.