Videos from the 2012 Shurden Lectures are now online!

If you could not make it to the 2012 Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State, you can now see all three presentations online! Purdue professor Frank Lambert delivered three lectures April 17-18 on the campus of...

White House Issues Faith-Based Guidelines

Written by Don Byrd
On Friday, the White House issued a report directing agencies in how to implement church-state reforms recommended made by the Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

Was Constitutional Analysis Part of HHS Contraception Decision?

Written by Don Byrd
An exchange between Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius during a recent hearing suggests that she was not aware of the constitutional analysis that went into the contraception coverage decision making.

Religious freedom in the workplace

In April, the BJC was invited to speak via Skype to members of the First Baptist Church of Tallahassee, Fla., who have recently organized a church initiative called WorkFaith. The group, which meets monthly for lunch hour discussion and devotion, is part of a larger...