11+ hour, 44+ min ago  (255+ words) The BJC Center for Faith, Justice and Reconciliation is partnering with Sojourners to introduce a new resource for our communities: the Executive Overreach Faith Companion Action Guide 2026. Join us for an educational webinar exploring what it offers and how you…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (599+ words) By Dr. Sabrina E. Dent and Jaziah B. Masters Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on. " Justice Thurgood Marshall Pieces of paper guaranteeing…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (371+ words) At issue: Should the government fund religious charter schools? BJC says: Religion should never be compelled, and the government should not fund religious education. The U. S. Supreme Court released an unsigned per curiam decision on May 22, 2025, noting they were deadlocked at…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (268+ words) Religious freedom has never been something you protect only for yourself. by Amanda Tyler | May 13, 2026 Today, I testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government at a hearing titled "Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam and Sharia…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (172+ words) Tyler: Furthering religious privilege for a few is not expansive religious freedom for all WASHINGTON " Amanda Tyler, executive director of BJC (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty), issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration's Task Force to…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (205+ words) Hollman: Children must be allowed to learn without the state directing faith and religious practice WASHINGTON " On Tuesday, the 5th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals broke with precedent and said that the state of Texas may require the posting of the Ten…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (382+ words) by Amanda Tyler | Apr 22, 2026 Spring is a time of renewal, and it's a time of reconnection for me as I come back from my sabbatical. I am grateful to the Executive Committee of the BJC Board for granting me a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (12+ words) Amanda Tyler speaks at Philadelphia Baptist Convention's 2026 Missiological Conversation'bjconline. org...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (626+ words) Nearly all of Texas's 1, 200 school districts said no to SB11, a Texas bill that was passed into law last session requiring school districts to vote on whether to adopt periods of state-organized prayer and religious study during the school day. "SB…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (228+ words) Today, the hand of the state in matters of faith takes shape in more than physical coercion." Religious freedom is lived. It is lived the moment a person fasts during Ramadan, attends Ash Wednesday service, or lights the Shabbat candles....