The BJC ’embraces the diversity of all God’s children while remaining true to their distinctively Baptist Christian voice’
By Cathy and John Baskin of Springfield, Virginia
A new primer on a ‘touchy subject’
By Brent Walker, Executive Director
My friend Johnny Pierce and the good folks at Nurturing Faith (NurturingFaith.net) in Macon, Ga., have published the 8th Annual Shurden Lectures that I delivered last year at my law school alma mater, Stetson University in DeLand, Fla.
From the March 2014 Report from the Capital
Concerns about discrimination doom Arizona legislation
By K. Hollyn Hollman, General Counsel
How did Arizona legislation that looked pretty similar to many other religious freedom statutes grab the national spotlight and get characterized by some as a license to discriminate?
Melissa Rogers to speak at Religious Liberty Council Luncheon
By BJC Staff Reports
Melissa Rogers, special assistant to the president and executive director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, will be the featured speaker at this year’s Religious Liberty Council Luncheon on June 27 in Atlanta, Ga.
From the March 2014 Report from the Capital
Supreme Court to hear RLUIPA case
By BJC Staff Reports
The U.S. Supreme Court announced March 3 that it will hear a case regarding whether a prison grooming policy requiring inmates to shave violates their religious freedom rights under the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
From the March 2014 Report from the Capital
