http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/video-eric-metaxas-on-bonhoeffer-the-church-and-politics-acton-institute/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/video-eric-metaxas-on-bonhoeffer-the-church-and-politics-acton-institute/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:05:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130945 Acton Institute Power Blog (includes video): Eric Metaxas, author of the recently published biography Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, sat down with the Alliance Defense Fund to speak on the role of the church in public policy and how Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s example is especially relevant today. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/video-eric-metaxas-on-bonhoeffer-the-church-and-politics-acton-institute/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/joe-infranco-a-bright-spot-in-the-culture-battles-the-free-exercise-clause-baptist-press/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/joe-infranco-a-bright-spot-in-the-culture-battles-the-free-exercise-clause-baptist-press/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:55:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130712 Baptist Press: It seems almost daily we're reminded of the relentless attack on religious freedom. But we must keep in mind that there are small, but meaningful victories occurring along the way, as well. Recently, a positive trend has developed in case law under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. This positive trend recognizes and affirms important constitutionally protected freedoms for churches and para-church ministries, such as Christian schools or substance abuse programs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/joe-infranco-a-bright-spot-in-the-culture-battles-the-free-exercise-clause-baptist-press/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/tx-mayor-challenging-recall-effort-onenewsnow-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/tx-mayor-challenging-recall-effort-onenewsnow-com/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:39:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124223 OneNewsNow.com: Alliance Defense Fund attorney Joel Oster was back in court this week to take on the cited law. "The appeals court in Texas heard our case about whether or not a church can speak out on local political matters. The case went really well," he accounts. "The argument was well presented, and the court, I believe, understands that even a church has free-speech rights and has a right to petition their government for the redress of grievances." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/tx-mayor-challenging-recall-effort-onenewsnow-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/recall-judge-allows-smoking-gun-document-on-the-record/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/recall-judge-allows-smoking-gun-document-on-the-record/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:07:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120951 KIVA.com ABC 7: Brown's lawyers said there's a more practical explanation. "It was late in the day (when we got the subpoena), and it said that we had to produce all of these documents the very next morning. This is like an 18-paragraph request for documents. There was not enough time to file all of these documents, so we filed a motion for a protective order. Under Texas law, when you file a protective order, you don't have to produce the documents unless the court says you have to produce the documents. Once the court said to produce the documents, we produced the documents. Where's the controversy?" said Brown's Alliance Defense Fund lawyer, Joel Oster. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/recall-judge-allows-smoking-gun-document-on-the-record/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/el-paso-city-council-recall-smoking-gun-document-surfaces-after-hearings-end-el-paso-times/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/el-paso-city-council-recall-smoking-gun-document-surfaces-after-hearings-end-el-paso-times/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:16:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120703 El Paso Times: Brown's attorney, Joel Oster, said the document released by Walker on Monday is unimportant, calling it "a non-issue." . . . But Oster, one of Brown's attorneys, downplayed the document's significance. "The minutes that you refer to are a non-issue," Oster said in an email. "They were properly given to the other side pursuant to the subpoena and the court's instructions. They don't state that the church itself was involved. "In any event, the court already stated that it believes that the church circulated the petitions. ... What the court held, however, was that First Amendment rights were at stake and it would not stop the election." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/el-paso-city-council-recall-smoking-gun-document-surfaces-after-hearings-end-el-paso-times/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/texas-showdown-first-amendment-case-could-end-up-in-high-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/texas-showdown-first-amendment-case-could-end-up-in-high-court/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:09:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120698 NC Register: The Alliance Defense Fund and two local pro-bono attorneys are aiding petitioners. “We’re defending the church’s right to be fully engaged in the culture,” said ADF senior legal counsel Joel Oster. “Christians and their institutions are not second-class citizens who are banned from the democratic process.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/texas-showdown-first-amendment-case-could-end-up-in-high-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/joel-oster-on-pratt-on-texas-el-paso-churches-bullied-for-participating-in-democracy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/joel-oster-on-pratt-on-texas-el-paso-churches-bullied-for-participating-in-democracy/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:24:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119826 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/joel-oster-on-pratt-on-texas-el-paso-churches-bullied-for-participating-in-democracy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/28/erik-stanley-city-settles-adf-lawsuit-by-exempting-churches-from-%e2%80%9cdriveway-tax%e2%80%9d/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/28/erik-stanley-city-settles-adf-lawsuit-by-exempting-churches-from-%e2%80%9cdriveway-tax%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:49:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119596 Speak Up Movement Church Blog: The settlement is a great victory for the churches in Mission. The City of Mission had forgotten to respect the tax exemption given to churches and may have forgotten the reasons why churches have those exemptions in the first place. Churches are exempt for good reason. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/28/erik-stanley-city-settles-adf-lawsuit-by-exempting-churches-from-%e2%80%9cdriveway-tax%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/22/kevin-theriot-top-legal-issues-that-concern-churches-%e2%80%93-issue-10-financial-oversight/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/22/kevin-theriot-top-legal-issues-that-concern-churches-%e2%80%93-issue-10-financial-oversight/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:47:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119299 Speak Up Movement Church Blog: For many years, U.S. Senate Finance Committee member Charles Grassley (R-IA), has been looking into the financial practices of large media-based Christian ministries ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/22/kevin-theriot-top-legal-issues-that-concern-churches-%e2%80%93-issue-10-financial-oversight/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/09/attorney-govt-should-stay-out-of-church-affairs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/09/attorney-govt-should-stay-out-of-church-affairs/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:48:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113084 OneNewsNow.com: "Tax exemptions for churches are vitally important, because it doesn't make sense to penalize organizations that help serve the community and that don't exist for profit. That's certainly true with this church," Stanley argues. "The taxing authorities in this case determined that the facilities were not integral to a religious purpose of the church, but the government is ill equipped to determine what is and what isn't a legitimate religious use." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/09/attorney-govt-should-stay-out-of-church-affairs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/nashville-megachurch-wants-all-its-facilities-tax-exempt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/nashville-megachurch-wants-all-its-facilities-tax-exempt/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:50:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112655 The Tennessean (includes photo of Erik): On Friday, the church, armed with lawyers from the conservative Arizona-based Christian legal group The Alliance Defense Fund, took its case to Davidson County Chancery Court and argued that its constitutional rights are being violated. Alliance Defense Fund lawyer Erik Stanley noted that state law exempts college bookstores, hospital gift shops and “family wellness centers” from paying property taxes. “In each of these instances, facilities similarly situated are granted a property tax exemption,” Stanley said. “Where the line is drawn here, it must be drawn consistently.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/nashville-megachurch-wants-all-its-facilities-tax-exempt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/16/kevin-theriot-churches-still-beneficial-but-how/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/16/kevin-theriot-churches-still-beneficial-but-how/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:25:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110994 Kevin Theriot at the Speak Up Movement Church Blog: It’s tragic and dangerous that most people don’t see churches as providing a moral compass for communities. Churches and pastors must boldly step into that roll. Otherwise, someone or something else will. We all can see it’s already happening. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/16/kevin-theriot-churches-still-beneficial-but-how/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/top-legal-issues-that-concern-churches-%e2%80%93-issue-5-employment-nondiscrimination-act-%e2%80%9cenda%e2%80%9d/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/top-legal-issues-that-concern-churches-%e2%80%93-issue-5-employment-nondiscrimination-act-%e2%80%9cenda%e2%80%9d/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:04:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110302 Kevin Theriot at the Speak Up Movement Church Blog: If passed, ENDA would add “sexual orientation” to the list of characteristics upon which an employer cannot discriminate. This is unlikely to have much direct effect on churches . . . But it could affect them indirectly if they have separate ministries such as schools or day care facilities that are not expressly religious and all employees are not required to subscribe to church doctrine . . . Top Legal Issues That Concern Churches – Issue #4 Church Autonomy Top Legal Issues that Concern Churches – Issue #3 Other Taxes Top Legal Issues That Concern Churches – Issue #2 Property Taxes Top Legal Issues That Concern Churches – Issue #1 Land Use ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/09/top-legal-issues-that-concern-churches-%e2%80%93-issue-5-employment-nondiscrimination-act-%e2%80%9cenda%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/kevin-theriot-on-the-mary-reichard-show-why-should-anyone-care-about-pastoral-and-church-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/kevin-theriot-on-the-mary-reichard-show-why-should-anyone-care-about-pastoral-and-church-freedom/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:46:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109898 Kevin Theriot on the Mary Reichard Show at 1340AM The Ozark's Big Talker. | MP3 audio 21 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/kevin-theriot-on-the-mary-reichard-show-why-should-anyone-care-about-pastoral-and-church-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/20/kevin-theriot-top-legal-issues-that-concern-churches-%e2%80%93-issue-3-other-taxes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/20/kevin-theriot-top-legal-issues-that-concern-churches-%e2%80%93-issue-3-other-taxes/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:35:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106856 Speak Up Movement Church Blog: But property isn’t the only thing they’re trying to tax. Cash strapped municipalities are also starting to assess churches with “fees” that are really just taxes in disguise. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/20/kevin-theriot-top-legal-issues-that-concern-churches-%e2%80%93-issue-3-other-taxes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/08/dr-jim-garlow-biblical-truth-and-sacrifice-are-the-keys-to-renewing-america/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/08/dr-jim-garlow-biblical-truth-and-sacrifice-are-the-keys-to-renewing-america/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:40:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105786 LifeSiteNews.com: “I’m speaking on biblical issues that have political ramifications,” said Garlow, who went on to praise the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian public interest firm, for challenging pastors to record bold sermons and send them to the Internal Revenue Service as a sign they will not be intimidated against speaking out. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/08/dr-jim-garlow-biblical-truth-and-sacrifice-are-the-keys-to-renewing-america/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/joel-oster-ministering-to-the-congregation-amidst-a-scandal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/joel-oster-ministering-to-the-congregation-amidst-a-scandal/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 16:00:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104066 Speak Up Movement Church Blog: But what if following the ways of this world could save your church from closing its doors, while doing the “right” thing could shut you down? For a church in Vienna, Virginia, this admonition was more than just an abstract hypothetical. And their response is a good reminder to all of us what the church should be about. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/joel-oster-ministering-to-the-congregation-amidst-a-scandal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/04/council-candidate-sonia-browns-church-ties-questioned/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/04/council-candidate-sonia-browns-church-ties-questioned/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:29:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99964 El Paso Times: But Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel for the Washington, D.C.-based Alliance Defense Fund, said he does not believe Brown broke IRS rules. His organization considers those IRS rules "suspect." "We think the IRS' ability to censor what churches say is unconstitutional," he said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/04/council-candidate-sonia-browns-church-ties-questioned/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/high-profile-pastor-%e2%80%98ungodly%e2%80%99-same-sex-marriage-against-%e2%80%98natural-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/high-profile-pastor-%e2%80%98ungodly%e2%80%99-same-sex-marriage-against-%e2%80%98natural-law/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:43:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99033 Washington Independent: "He said at the time he hoped the Internal Revenue Service would come after him for violating his church’s tax exempt status. The church also participated in last year’s Pulpit Freedom Sunday, a national effort organized by the conservative Alliance Defense Fund aimed at convincing pastors to endorse political candidates from the pulpit in violation of tax code. " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/high-profile-pastor-%e2%80%98ungodly%e2%80%99-same-sex-marriage-against-%e2%80%98natural-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/pulpit-freedom-sunday-coming-this-weekend/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/pulpit-freedom-sunday-coming-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:11:11 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73573 Dakota Voice: "'Pastors and churches shouldn’t live in fear of being punished or penalized by the government—in this case, the IRS,' said ADF Senior Legal Counsel [Erik Stanley]. 'ADF is not trying to get politics into the pulpit; we want to get government out of the pulpit. Churches should be allowed to decide for themselves what they want to talk about. The IRS should not be the one making the decision by threatening to revoke a church’s tax-exempt status.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/pulpit-freedom-sunday-coming-this-weekend/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/10/erik-stanley-the-johnson-amendment-is-a-fat-opossum/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/10/erik-stanley-the-johnson-amendment-is-a-fat-opossum/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:22:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=62737 Erik Stanley writing at Speak Up Movement / Church: "[At a recent CLE presentation] I spoke on the history of the Johnson Amendment and how Lyndon Johnson got his amendment to the tax code passed with no legislative analysis, no committee hearings, and no debate. After the presentation, a professor at a local university told me that in West Virginia, what Johnson did with his amendment to the tax code would have been called a 'fat opossum' because it snuck through under cover of darkness. That’s a perfect tag line for the Johnson Amendment . . . It was a bill that got inserted into the tax code through back-room deals made by a powerful Senator who wanted to be able to seek reelection at any cost and, in the process, trampling freedom of speech and the free exercise of religion. We have grown up with a generation of chuch-goers that believe it is illegal for their pastor to address candidates and elections in light of Scripture or church doctrine when there is no valid justification for believing that." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/10/erik-stanley-the-johnson-amendment-is-a-fat-opossum/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/25/a-brief-history-of-politics-from-the-pulpit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/25/a-brief-history-of-politics-from-the-pulpit/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 16:37:44 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=61502 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/25/a-brief-history-of-politics-from-the-pulpit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/19/ga-tea-party-group-holds-pastors-breakfast/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/19/ga-tea-party-group-holds-pastors-breakfast/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 15:09:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/19/ga-tea-party-group-holds-pastors-breakfast/ Citizen.com: "It was a different kind of venue for the South Atlanta Tea Party. The grassroots group sponsored its first pastors breakfast May 12 at the Tyrone Depot. Speakers at the breakfast included Ken Fletcher of the Alliance Defense Fund and Gary DeMar of American Vision. Topics at the prayer breakfast included the threats to religious freedom and the persecution of the church, restoring the church to its Biblical foundations and America’s Christian heritage . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/19/ga-tea-party-group-holds-pastors-breakfast/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/erik-stanley-pelosi-to-catholic-bishops-talk-about-politics-from-the-pulpit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/erik-stanley-pelosi-to-catholic-bishops-talk-about-politics-from-the-pulpit/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 19:49:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60569 Erik Stanley writing at speakupmovement.org/church: "Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spoke last week at the Catholic Community Conference and urged Catholic priests and bishops to talk up immigration reform from their pulpits. Pelosi reportedy stated, 'The cardinals, the archbishops, the bishops that come to me … say, "We want you to pass immigration reform," and I said, I want you to speak about it from the pulpit.' . . . The point is that the government has been sending mixed messages for too long to our nation’s pastors. On the one hand, politicians encourage pastors to speak from their pulpits when it is convenient, but on the other, the IRS comes knocking on the church’s door when a pastor speaks in a way that is not favored by those in power or crosses the IRS' imaginary line between what is permitted and what is prohibited." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/erik-stanley-pelosi-to-catholic-bishops-talk-about-politics-from-the-pulpit/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/10/erik-stanley-on-family-policy-matters-nc-family-policy-council-the-church-project/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/10/erik-stanley-on-family-policy-matters-nc-family-policy-council-the-church-project/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 22:34:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/10/erik-stanley-on-family-policy-matters-nc-family-policy-council-the-church-project/ Erik Stanley appeared on Family Policy Matters, NC Family Policy Council to discuss the Church Project. | MP3 Audio 14:30 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/10/erik-stanley-on-family-policy-matters-nc-family-policy-council-the-church-project/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/video-military-chaplains-opposes-dont-ask-dont-tell-repeal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/video-military-chaplains-opposes-dont-ask-dont-tell-repeal/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:07:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/video-military-chaplains-opposes-dont-ask-dont-tell-repeal/ Speakupmovment.org: "Military chaplains who have volunteered to defend the liberties protected in our Constitution shouldn't be denied those very same liberties. Watch Wednesday, April 28th at 2 p.m. EDT as distinguished military chaplains announce opposition to overturning 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/video-military-chaplains-opposes-dont-ask-dont-tell-repeal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/chaplains-stand-up-for-religious-liberty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/chaplains-stand-up-for-religious-liberty/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:18:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/chaplains-stand-up-for-religious-liberty/ SpeakUpMovement.org: "With the support of ADF, a group of 41 chaplains from all branches of the armed forces released a letter that provides a detailed explanation of how repealing the so-called 'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell' law would censor chaplains and marginalize Christian soldiers. Since their letter speaks for itself, I won’t elaborate further on it. Especially when you could read two different explanations of the letter written by two of the chaplains themselves. But I will introduce you to the signatories of these letters . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/chaplains-stand-up-for-religious-liberty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/erik-stanley-on-the-drew-mariani-show-the-adf-church-project/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/erik-stanley-on-the-drew-mariani-show-the-adf-church-project/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:33:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/erik-stanley-on-the-drew-mariani-show-the-adf-church-project/ Erik Stanley appeared on the Drew Mariani Show to discuss the Church Project. | The MP3 runs just over 15 minutes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/erik-stanley-on-the-drew-mariani-show-the-adf-church-project/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/15/new-effort-launched-to-protect-rights-of-churches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/15/new-effort-launched-to-protect-rights-of-churches/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:42:10 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=58162 Christian Post: "Launched Wednesday, Alliance Defense Fund’s Church Project provides legal information to pastors and ministry leaders on how to defend their religious freedom in America as well as practical guidelines on issues such as public funding and hiring policies. 'Pastors and churches shouldn’t live in fear of being punished or penalized by the government. That’s exactly why the Constitution protects religious freedom,' says ADF senior counsel [Kevin Theriot], who heads the Church Project." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/15/new-effort-launched-to-protect-rights-of-churches/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/15/new-church-project-aims-at-protecting-churches-from-government-intrusion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/15/new-church-project-aims-at-protecting-churches-from-government-intrusion/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:00:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/04/15/new-church-project-aims-at-protecting-churches-from-government-intrusion/ Religion Clause Blog: "ADF's Pulpit Initiative has been integrated into the broader Church Project. A new website set up for the project is aimed at educating pastors and religious leaders, and furnishing them with resources to defend their religious freedom . . ." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/15/new-church-project-aims-at-protecting-churches-from-government-intrusion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/14/adf-launches-legal-effort-to-protect-churches-from-government-intrusion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/14/adf-launches-legal-effort-to-protect-churches-from-government-intrusion/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:11:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/04/14/adf-launches-legal-effort-to-protect-churches-from-government-intrusion/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/14/adf-launches-legal-effort-to-protect-churches-from-government-intrusion/feed/ 0