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SOLID, RELIABLE, CONFIDENT — these are three words that describe the Baptist Joint Committee as we carry out our work every day on Capitol Hill.

From the halls of Congress, to the agencies and in the courts, the BJC works to defend and extend God-given religious liberty for all people.

With its guarantees of our most fundamental freedoms, the First Amendment must be defended if we are to preserve religious liberty for everyone. Our challenge is great, but we are determined to meet it.

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This annual event, held in conjunction with the general assembly of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, is the luncheon meeting of the Religious Liberty Council of the Baptist Joint Committee. The RLC is  an association of individuals that works to provide education about and advocacy for religious freedom and the separation of church and state and to ensure adequate funding for the BJC.


The 2010 Religious Liberty Council Luncheon will be June 25, 2010, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Our speaker will be Dr. William D. Underwood, the president of Mercer University. Underwood and the Rev. Dr. Gardner Taylor will be receiving the BJC's highest honor: the J.M. Dawson Religious Liberty Award.

Tickets are $40 when purchased before June 11, and $45 after that date. Click here to purchase tickets for this year's luncheon!


Past Luncheons

BJC supporters warned of 'Christian nationalists,' honor Gardner C. Taylor
Speaker: Mercer University President William D. Underwood
June 25, 2010
Charlotte, N.C.
Watch the luncheon video online
Watch the keynote address online
Download a Word document of the keynote address

Congressman says religious liberty demands vigilance
Speaker: Rep. Chet Edwards
July 3, 2009
Houston, TX

Defending minorities very Baptist, Wright-Riggins tells BJC banquet
By Aidsand Wright-Riggins
June 20, 2008
Memphis, Tenn.

In Search of America's Baptists
By Randall Balmer
June 29, 2007
Washington, D.C.

A Flaming Torch
By Walter B. Shurden
June 23, 2006
Atlanta, Ga.

Uncivil Religion
By Charles Foster Johnson
July 1, 2005
Grapevine, Texas

 
 
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