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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Campaign for politics in the pulpit is flawed

Campaign for politics in the pulpit is flawed

Nov 1, 2011 | ,

As citizens we are called to work toward a just society. It should be no surprise, then, that people of faith have been engaged in virtually every social reform movement throughout American history. Religious individuals and houses of worship have the right and...

Defining the ‘ministerial exception’

Defining the ‘ministerial exception’

Oct 28, 2011 | ,

By K. Hollyn Hollman, BJC General Counsel From the October 2011 edition of Report from the Capital On October 5, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what may be the most significant religious liberty case to reach the High Court in 20 years. If the intense...

In George Washington’s words

In George Washington’s words

Oct 15, 2011 | , ,

Written by J. Brent Walker, BJC Executive Director
Dick Ice’s contributions to the life and work of the BJC are incalculable. He understands and appreciates Baptist principles and the American concept of the separation of church and state like few others. He is also a student of history who can call up the words of our Founders on the spur of the moment and make scholarly presentations on James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and others.

Defining the ‘ministerial exception’

Oct 5, 2011 | ,

Written by K. Hollyn Hollman, BJC General Counsel
On October 5, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what may be the most significant religious liberty case to reach the High Court in 20 years. If the intense questioning by the justices was any indication, it may also be one of the most difficult.