Recent News & Columns
Here are recent columns and news items from the Baptist Joint Committee. Visit our blog and read our monthly magazine, Report from the Capital, to stay current on all religious liberty news. You can also read our press releases online.
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Amanda Tyler comments on the new Religious Liberty Task Force
We must all advocate for a more complete and inclusive understanding of religious liberty for people of all faith traditions and those who do not adhere to any religion.
New Executive Order undercuts key protections
For the second year in a row, President Donald Trump used the National Day of Prayer to unveil an Executive Order purporting to protect religious liberty that threatens to do the opposite.
Religious liberty and the travel ban
BJC General Counsel Holly Hollman looks at the “travel ban” case heard by SCOTUS and its possible ruling implications.
Baptists and Muslims change the conversation at national dialogue
Baptists and Muslims from across the country met int he middle to build bridges and foster new understanding.
Dr. King and religious liberty
King understood that defending religious liberty was critical to protecting civil rights, and that an independent and inclusive church could change the world through social action.
New threats to religious liberty require new efforts to build a stronger vision
Only through understanding what divides us can we find common ground in our religious liberty tradition like Americans did before us.
Shurden Lectures 2018: Follow your conscience and raise your voice
During his presentations, Dr. Charles C. Haynes shared his strong conviction that the future of the American experiment in freedom requires getting religion and religious liberty right in the public square.
Together, in 2018
We need your involvement as we expand our activities and seek out new partnerships. With your help, I know we can achieve remarkable things together for religious liberty in 2018.
Natural disasters don’t justify government funding
As Baptists, we are particularly steeped in the historical reasons for avoiding government entanglement in religion, and — like all Americans — we are beneficiaries of a robust religious liberty tradition.
Tax proposal targets the Johnson Amendment
Both the House and Senate passed their versions of tax reform legislation, and one of the significant differences centered around the Johnson Amendment.