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16 Feb 2008, 9:23 am
Here's the abstract: A number of American religious denominations - Quakers, Baptists, Mormons, and others - have tried with varying degrees of success to opt out of the secular legal system, resolving civil litigation between church members in church courts. [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 12:35 pm by Sandhya Bathija
Yesterday, three members of the clergy – a Baptist minister, a Presbyterian minister and a rabbi – made that clear in a letter to Florida legislators. [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 11:49 am
Drake is the head of the Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, California, near Disneyland. [read post]
10 May 2006, 3:03 am
The Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act [text] is aimed mainly at the renegade Westboro Baptist Church [WARNING: readers may find material at this church website offensive; Wikipedia backgrounder] led by the Rev. [read post]
6 Dec 2007, 8:59 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Thursday that Shirley Phelps-Roper, a member of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church [WARNING: readers may find material at this church website offensive; BBC report], is entitled to a preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of a Missouri state statute [text] banning protesters from [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 1:11 pm by Daily Record Staff
John Baptist Church, 9055 Tamar Drive, beginning July 25 from 8 a.m. to noon. [read post]
19 May 2021, 6:37 am by Howard Friedman
In Abundant Life Baptist Church of Lee's Summit, Missouri v. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Fox 13 News reports that Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd delivered a sermon last April at the First Baptist Church in Lakeland, wearing his sheriff's uniform. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 9:05 am by Jaclyn Belczyk
Reverend Fred Phelps and members of the Westboro Baptist Church [church website; JURIST news archive] have been [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 7:27 am by Sandhya Bathija
The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC) has just filed […] Read More [read post]
22 Mar 2008, 1:55 pm
Jo Ann Snowden, a clerk in the Monroe County Circuit Court's office, had been secretary of Monroeville's Morning Star Baptist Church until the minister, with the support of several deacons, removed her. [read post]
18 Sep 2012, 4:07 pm
On Sunday morning, an 11 month old baby was killed and two adults were injured when they were struck by a car as they left First Baptist Church in North Kansas City. [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 8:40 am by John Bratt
Snyder sued the Westboro Baptist Church and got an 11 million dollar verdict. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 8:37 pm by Timothy P. Flynn
"For the past 20-years, the congregation of the Westboro Baptist Church has picketed military funerals to communicate its belief that God hates the United States for its tolerance of homosexuality, particularly in America's military. [read post]
13 Oct 2007, 1:46 pm
Today's Hampton Roads (VA) Daily Press reports that a state court in Gloucester, Virginia has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by seven members of Zion Hill Baptist Church who want to fire the church's pastor. [read post]
27 Jun 2017, 7:18 am by Erwin Chemerinsky
” The phase actually can be traced back to Roger Williams, the founder of the first Baptist church in America, who wrote in 1644 of the need for “a hedge or wall of separation between the garden of the church and the wilderness of the world. [read post]
25 May 2009, 7:10 am
If you're itching for something new to read about separation of church and state, I recommend this page from our friends at the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. [read post]