Disagreements remain after release of final contraceptive mandate rules
From BJC staff reports, with reporting from Religion News Service and Associated Baptist Press
The Obama administration issued final rules June 28 regarding employer-provided birth control coverage under the nation’s health care law.
From the July/August 2013 Report from the Capital
Survey examines knowledge of the First Amendment
From BJC Staff Reports
One-third of Americans say the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees, according to a survey released July 16.
From the July/August 2013 Report from the Capital
Made free to worship
By Mary Elizabth Hill Hanchey
Indeed, the people Israel were freed from service to Pharaoh for service to God: freed so that they might freely worship. So too, our own freedom comes so that we might be free to serve and worship God, our Creator and Sustainer.
From the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Blog, reprinted in the July/August 2013 Report from the Capital
Religious liberty advocacy as an act of radical hospitality
By Rev. Rebecca Mathis
If we Baptists are going to continue to be passionate advocates for religious liberty in the 21st century, it would serve us well not only to recall our history, but to recall God’s expectations for us as a community of believers.
From the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship blog, reprinted in the July/August 2013 Report from the Capital
