Context is key in the public debate

Written by J. Brent Walker, BJC Executive Director
In a time of rampant misconceptions about our president’s faith and a plethora of religious pandering, I am reminded that concerns about a leader’s faith are nothing new. It has been 50 years since presidential candidate John F. Kennedy gave a speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association addressing the widespread contention of many Protestants that Kennedy was unfit for he presidency because of his Catholicism.

Obama clarifies religious liberty protections

By K. Hollyn Hollman, BJC General Counsel
It was not fast and it did not finish the job, but the Obama administration’s executive order clarifying policies on government partnerships with faith-based organizations is important….

Walker speaks at USC collection opening

J. Brent Walker, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, was the keynote speaker at the Nov. 10 dedication of a collection of materials on the separation of church and state donated by and named for long-time BJC supporter Flynn T....