K. Hollyn Hollman
General Counsel, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty - Washington, DC
K. Hollyn Hollman is General Counsel for the Baptist Joint Committee (BJC), a 70-year-old organization serving 14 Baptist denominations and conferences. The BJC works to further the Baptist heritage that champions the principle that religion must be freely exercised, neither advanced nor inhibited by government. She provides legal analysis on church-state issues that arise before Congress, the courts, and administrative agencies. Her work includes preparing friend-of-the-court submissions, presentations for research institutions and religious organizations, and issue briefings for congressional staff. She frequently appears in the media, including USA Today, The Washington Post, and CNN. She is a native of Jackson, Mississippi.
Areas of Expertise:
• Church-state issues
• Judicial Nominations
Recent interviews:
• Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly (PBS): INTERVIEW: Hollyn Hollman, “When religion is funded by government, it tends to be controlled by government.”
• BJC’s Hollman Report: “Political rhetoric wrongly claims persecution of Christians in America”
• Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy: An Interview with K. Hollyn Hollman on “Charitable Choice”
• “Religious Talk” radio interview: Hollyn Hollman Interview on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito
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