Jeff Pickering and Travis Wussow welcome Charles Hedman, a pastor and elder from Capitol Hill Baptist Church, to the show to talk about the journey this church took to meet again in D.C. during the pandemic. This conversation also happens to come while the U.S. Senate is considering the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy …
Continue...Late Friday night, Oct. 9, Judge Trevor N. McFadden issued a memorandum opinion in Capitol Hill Baptist Church v. Bowser, et al granting the church’s motion for injunctive relief. This opinion from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is a victory for both religious liberty and public health because it clarifies the …
Continue...On Thursday, Oct. 1, new COVID-19 guidance issued by Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s went into effect raising the state’s limit on most gatherings from 50 to 250 people or 50% capacity, whichever is less. The move was reported as a “kick start to convention season” as much of the Nevada economy, in addition to casinos, …
Continue...This week, the Capitol Hill Baptist Church (CHBC) in Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking relief from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s current order regarding places of worship. The congregation is working to find a way to legally and safely gather outdoors for services in Washington …
Continue...WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 23, 2020—Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has been announced as the recipient of The Religious Freedom Institute’s 2020 Defender of Religious Freedom Award for his work to defend religious liberty for all people of faith. The nonprofit, non-partisan organization gives the award each year to a …
Continue...WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 9, 2020—A coalition of national student ministries and religious freedom advocates commended the new final rule from the U.S. Department of Education today that ensures federal protection for the First Amendment rights of free religious exercise and assembly for students on public college and university campuses. The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission …
Continue...Under Gov. Steve Sisolak’s phased COVID-19 reopening orders, many businesses have been permitted to reopen at half capacity, including casinos, indoor theme parks, gyms, and restaurants. But religious services are capped at 50 people, regardless of the size of the facility or what other measures are taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Practically, this …
Continue...Late last week a federal court issued an order to halt “the enforcement of a Louisville law against a wedding photographer and blogger as her artistic freedom lawsuit advances in court.” U.S. District Judge Justin Walker’s ruling granted injunctive relief to Chelsey Nelson, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, who lives and works in Louisville. The …
Continue...Tonight, the Supreme Court declined to hear an emergency appeal from the Ninth Circuit in the case of Calvary Chapel v. Sisolak. The case involves challenges brought by a number of churches in Nevada—including Southern Baptist churches—to the Nevada governor’s reopening plans which treated similar entities, indoor spaces where people gather, differently. Under Governor Steve …
Continue...In a victory for religious liberty, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion involving Chrisitan adoption agencies and its right to place children up for adoption in the best environment possible. The adoption agency, New Hope Family Services based out of Syracuse, works to place children with loving families. The ministry also supports …
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