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Octobernew RFTC.Qxp Baptist Joint Committee Supporting Bodies Capital Campaign Update Alliance of Baptists American Baptist Churches USA Baptist General Association of Virginia BJC hosts capital campaign reception on Capitol Hill Baptist General Conference Baptist General Convention of Texas The Baptist Joint Committee’s capital resentation of the kind of facility we’ve Baptist General Convention of campaign to estab- been dreaming Missouri lish the Center for about for the BJC Baptist State Convention of North Religious Liberty and expect soon Carolina on Capitol Hill to have.” Cooperative Baptist Fellowship stands at slightly National Baptist Convention of more than $2.5 Partners in America million of the $5 National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc. Giving National Missionary Baptist million goal. We invite you Convention To show to become a North American Baptist Conference Washington, D.C., Partner in Giving Progressive National Baptist area supporters by establishing an Convention Inc. what the Center automatic month- Religious Liberty Council for Religious ly gift to the BJC Seventh Day Baptist General Liberty could be, on your credit Conference the BJC Board of Rep. Chet Edwards of Texas addresses the audi- card. Partners from the Capital Directors spon- ence at the Florida House reception Oct. 1 in provide income Washington, D.C. REPORT sored a reception that the BJC can at the Florida count on for J. Brent Walker House Oct. 1. The Florida House, the ongoing budget needs and are given the Executive Director so-called “embassy” for the state of opportunity to help sustain the BJC as Florida, is similar in concept to the we work to secure religious liberty. Jeff Huett BJC’s future Center for Religious Editor Simply call or e-mail us or go online to Liberty on Capitol Hill. www.BJConline.org to make a credit Phallan Davis Brent Walker, BJC executive director, card gift. If you wish to set up an auto- Associate Editor said, “The Florida House was a fitting matic monthly credit card gift, simply venue to kick off to the second half of tell us so on the online form. Report from the Capital (ISSN-0346- our capital campaign. It is a visible rep- 0661) is published 10 times each year by the Baptist Joint Committee. For sub- scription information, please contact the Our Challenge—Their Future Baptist Joint Committee. Securing religious liberty for our children and grandchildren Non-profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Riverdale, MD Permit No. 5061 200 Maryland Ave., N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002-5797 Return Service Requested Phone: 202.544.4226 Fax: 202.544.2094 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.BJConline.org REPORTfrom theCapital BJC moves forward in property search for religious liberty center WASHINGTON — The Baptist Joint als to investigate ways to finance the proj- Committee for Religious Liberty is one ect. For decades, the BJC has used a rent- step closer to having its Center for ed office suite on Capitol Hill in the Religious Liberty on Capitol Hill. Veterans of Foreign Wars building. Directors Although locat- voted Oct. 1 to ed a block from engage the serv- the Capitol and Newsletter of the ices of a real across the street Baptist Joint Committee estate agent to from both the identify a spe- Supreme Court cific property and Senate Vol.62 No. 9 for the BJC to office buildings, purchase and McDonough renovate. The said the space center will pro- is expensive John Upton (l) representing the Baptist General vide offices, Association of Virginia, Rob Appel (center) representing and doesn’t pro- October 2007 research space Seventh Day Baptists, Glen Howie (r) representing the vide the BJC for visiting North American Baptist Conference confer prior to the with “a front scholars, meet- executive committee meeting on Oct. 1. door” or “a face ing space for on Main Street.” coalition partners, and a training center to In other news, directors voted to accept teach supporters how to relay the BJC’s the Baptist General Convention of message of religious liberty and church- Missouri as a member body of the BJC. state separation. The statewide body — formed in 2001 as INSIDE: “We have turned a corner,” said an alternative to the Missouri Baptist Reginald McDonough, a retired Baptist Convention — joins 14 other national and Reflections . .3 General Association of Virginia executive regional Baptist groups that support the who is chairing the capital campaign. BJC. Noting that the campaign has received “The Baptist Joint Committee exists to In God We Trust . .4 gifts and pledges totaling more than half support causes that the Missouri Baptist of its $5 million goal, the next phase will Convention no longer supports or encour- Hollman Report . .6 require having actual property to show ages, and there are still many Baptists [in potential donors. Missouri] who want to be Baptists and News . .7 “We need to begin, now, to say … we still want to be part of the process of have found a piece of property, and we advocacy for religious liberty,” said Jim have an option on that piece of property, Hill, executive director of the BGCM. and we are working toward completing Directors also approved a $1.2 million that,” he said. “And we believe that would budget for 2008, a slight increase over the be the trigger that we need to re-energize 2007 budget of $1.15 million, and wel- our donors for the rest of our campaign.” comed a new development officer. Kristin Directors approved the motion without Clifton, a graduate of Virginia Tech dissent. The motion instructed BJC University, joined the staff from Columbia Executive Director Brent Walker to Baptist Church in Falls Church, Va., where appoint a task force comprised of real she served as communications manager. estate, development and legal profession- — ABP and staff Church wants IRS apology after probe into 2004 sermon LOS ANGELES — A prominent Episcopal church “devout Christians” and made it clear that his inten- wants an apology and clarification after a two-year tion was not to instruct people how to vote. Internal Revenue Service probe that threatened the But in a Nov. 1, 2004, article, the Los Angeles Times church’s tax-exempt status because of an anti-war ser- referred to the anti-war, anti-poverty speech as “a mon just before the 2004 elections. searing indictment of the Bush administration’s poli- The IRS told All Saints Episcopal Church in cies on Iraq.” According to church attorneys, it was Pasadena, Calif., that its tax-exempt status would that article that prompted the IRS investigation. remain intact despite the sermon that Through documents obtained by officials said “constituted prohibited means of the Freedom of Information political campaign intervention,” accord- Act, All Saints also learned that by ing to a press release issued by the February 2006, the Department of church. Justice may have been working with the On Sept. 23, the church’s rector, the IRS on the investigation, which attor- Rev. J. Edwin Bacon Jr., said the letter neys said “may have violated the rules did “not clarify what in the sermon ... intended to prevent inter-agency disclo- was a transgression.” sure ... to insure taxpayers’ privacy.” It “While we are pleased that the IRS also heightened concerns that the probe examination is finally over, the IRS has failed to may have been politically motivated. explain its conclusion regarding the single sermon at Although the church admits it would not have issue. Synagogues, mosques, and churches across been difficult for the congregation to surmise Regas’ America have no more guidance about the IRS rules political leanings, Bacon said the pulpit was never now than when we started this process over two long intended “to advocate for or against any candidate.” years ago,” Bacon said. Steven T. Miller, who directs the IRS Tax Exempt In June 2005, the IRS began to investigate the and Government Entities Division, said the agency church after the Rev. George Regas delivered a ser- “will continue to work with charities and churches mon titled “If Jesus debated Senator Kerry and during the 2008 political season about the federal President Bush” on the Sunday before the 2004 elec- law’s guidelines on political activity. Our goal is to tion. ensure that charities meet their responsibilities under In the sermon, Regas said that “good people of the law and avoid becoming involved in campaign profound faith will be for either George Bush or John activity.” Kerry.” Regas went on to refer to both candidates as — RNS Walker selected for ‘Newsweek’/’Washington Post’ panel Brent Walker, executive director of the Baptist Joint forum for “sane and spirited talk, drawing on a Committee, has been named a panelist for a joint remarkable panel of distinguished figures from the project of The Washington Post and Newsweek maga- academy, the faith traditions, and journalism.” zine. Walker joined the conversation on the sixth “On Faith” is an online conversation on religion anniversary of 9/11, in response to a question con- and its implications led by Newsweek’s editor, Jon cerning religious extremists. Meacham, and author and journalist, Sally Quinn. “Our goal should be the greatest amount of reli- Walker said, “I am very excited about this oppor- gious freedom and zero tolerance for violence in the tunity to amplify the voice of the BJC.” name of religion,” Walker said. Panelists are posed a question each week and are Relating to John McCain’s assertion that the United invited to respond on their individual blogs at States is a Christian nation, the October 1 question newsweek.washingtonpost.com. Readers are encour- asked panelists whether or not they would consider a aged to comment on the panelists’ essays.
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