Written by Don ByrdHere’s a great way to end a Friday. Just read this. When Pickens County (SC) school superintendent Dr. Kelly Pew supported a sensible, responsible change in the Board’s invocation policy in opening its monthly meetings, she got slammed from the expected corners of the Religious Right. How many times have we seen elected officials make the right decision in a church-state matter, only to back down once political pressure begins to mount? Here, instead of shriveling to the inaccurate charges that she was removing prayer from schools, Dr. Pew is smartly defending her view instead.
Written by Don ByrdIdaho has joined the growing list of states concerned about religious affiliation policies on university campuses. A bill that protects the right of religious organizations to determine membership based on religious belief and affiliation passed the State Senate yesterday 30-5. Concern that Boise State University was implementing an all-comers policy – requiring all groups to allow all interested students as members – seems to have led to this legislative effort.
The Roger Williams Fellowship is pleased to announce its 2013 ABC/USA Biennial dinner speaker, the Rev. J. Brent Walker, Executive Director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. The meal will be held on Saturday, June 22, 2013 from 5-7 PM during the 2013 ABC/USA Biennial and Mission Summit in Overland Park, KS. Tickets for the meal will be $37, payable in advance through the official registration process.
Baptist Joint Committee Executive Director J. Brent Walker will deliver three lectures on religious liberty and church-state separation March 25 on the Gardner-Webb University campus in Boiling Springs, N.C.
