Learn more about the Johnson Amendment and how it protects houses of worship and nonprofits in this podcast, featuring BJC Executive Director Amanda Tyler and Tim Delaney from the National Council of Nonprofits.
Mercer will host the 2018 Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State March 20-21 on the University’s Atlanta and Macon campuses. All three lectures are free and open to the public.
Thoughts on the meaning of religious freedom from Dr. Paul V.M. Flesher.
BJC General Counsel Holly Hollman has been recognized for her work defending religious freedom with the 2018 Abner V. McCall Religious Liberty Award from the Baylor Line Foundation.
Overturning decades of precedent, FEMA amended its internal guidelines to permit houses of worship to apply for disaster relief grants that could to go to repair — and even rebuild — houses of worship damaged by disasters. This change is problematic.