The Baptist Joint Committee's Brent Walker slammed the Alliance Defense Fund's newest initiative: urging ministers to endorse political candidates from the pulpit in violation of the tax code. Walker says “Pulpit Freedom Sunday” is a...
Once again, the Alliance Defense Fund is asking pastors to break the law governing tax-exempt political restrictions, in search of a test case to challenge its constitutionality. Ministers are being asked to endorse candidates from the pulpit this Sunday in direct...
The legacy of Baptist preacher John Leland – fierce proponent of church-state separation and soul freedom during the founding of our country – is best appreciated by reading the words of the man himself. Some of my favorites: The notion of a Christian...
10 years ago today, the work of religious liberty advocates – including the Baptist Joint Committee – paid off as President Clinton signed the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act into law. Realizing that subtle forms of discrimination,...
Marking the 10th anniversary of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), the Justice Department released a report today highlighting the federal government's role in enforcing the measure, and finding "that the law has had a positive...
In an interview with author Becky Garrison, Bill Leonard – Founding Dean of Wake Forest's Divinity School – discusses the legacy of Baptist religious liberty pioneer Roger Williams. BG: How do you think Williams’ would respond to the...
