BJC Executive Director Amanda Tyler reflects on an attempt to undermine the Johnson Amendment in 2025: “In this moment when the institutions of pluralistic democracy and our freedoms are under attack, we need more involvement from a civic society that is not co-opted by partisanship and money in politics.”
Amanda Tyler: “Those of us who are Christians profess this hope in the midst of profound grief, but I am asking myself in this fraught time: Are we practicing it?”
Amanda Tyler: “Beware 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.”
As we prepare for an onslaught of discriminatory policies, many of which will be cloaked in the language of Christian nationalism, we can learn from our past and from Dr. King’s prophetic witness about speaking truth to power and acting in faithful resistance to unjust systems.
The response we need in this moment of crisis for many of our neighbors and our country is a recommitment to involvement in our democracy by every person.
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.