Oklahoma's Baptist governor faces a monumental decision whether to sign or veto a Ten Commandments bill that some Baptist leaders say violates religious liberty. Gov. Brad Henry (D) has five days to decide on the measure authorizing erection of a monument to the...
Videos of the three lectures given by Dr. Randall Balmer at the Baptist Joint Committee's Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State are now online. Balmer gave three presentations on the theme "Pilgrims in a...
Growing up in South Korea, the Rev. David Choi learned at an early age that prayer was serious business. As a child, he used to get up before dawn for a 4 a.m. prayer service. Choi and other believers will join elected officials – including Mayor Karl Dean and...
Today at noon, an estimated 500 people will gather at the state Capitol in Raleigh for the annual National Day of Prayer. As in years past, they'll pray for the government and its elected officials, for the school system, for the military and for families —...
"On Faith" is an online conversation about religion conducted by The Washington Post and Newsweek. BJC Executive Director J. Brent Walker serves as a panelist on the site and had the following response to this question: Thursday is that National Day of...
Congress' official designation and the President's predictable proclamation of a National Day of prayer is misguided and unnecessary, says a Washington, D.C.-based church-state organization. J. Brent Walker, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee...
