J. Brent Walker

J. Brent Walker

Executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee, ordained minister.

J. Brent Walker is executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee and both a member of the Supreme Court Bar and an ordained minister. A native of Charleston, W. Va., Walker holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Florida. He also earned a law degree from Stetson University College of Law. Walker was a partner in the law firm of Carlton, Fields in Tampa, FL. Walker left the firm in 1986 to enter Southern Seminary, Louisville, KY, where he earned a Master of Divinity degree in 1989 and was named the most outstanding graduate. He pastored the Richland Baptist Church, Falmouth, KY, and routinely speaks in churches and denominational gatherings. Having taught 10 years as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, he has, since 2003, served as an adjunct professor at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. Close.

J. Brent Walker

Executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee, ordained minister.

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January 24, 2008 8:07 AM

Huckabee's Mischief

I agree with half of Gov. Huckabee’s statement. We should not “try to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view.” That would be as presumptuous as it would be futile. But I fervently disagree with any assertion that we should amend the Constitution so that it “embodies God’s standard.” Although raised in the context of a debate about the nature of marriage, his remarks on their face raise the specter of more wide-spread mischief.

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