#94 Religious Freedom in the Workplace with Bob Pruitt

Episode Description: Have you found it challenging to navigate religious freedom in the workplace in the current social climate? Our guest today is Bob Pruitt who is Senior Counsel, Corporate Affairs Director with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). Bob works to educate and equip churches, non-profits, Christian businesses, and other faith-based organizations regarding their legal religious rights. The ADF has helped Christians navigate significant legal issues, even at the level of the Supreme Court winning 14 cases in the last decade.   Additionally, the ADF helps churches, para-church organizations, non-profits, and businesses navigate tax, corporate, and real estate laws. Unfortunately, many Christian leaders may not be aware of the legal rights that they possess pertaining to the exercise of religious freedom. To that end, the ADF provides the necessary resources to embolden Christian leaders to faithfully live for Christ in their specific context, not just domestically but internationally also.   In this episode, you will hear:  

• Specific stories of how religious freedom has been successfully defended in high-profile cases.
• The rights that exist making it possible to hold Christian practices in the workplace.
• How to legally conduct faith-based activities in a respectful and winsome manner.

Contact Bob here: [e-mail] ____________________________________________________________ About the guest: Bob Pruitt is Senior Counsel, Corporate Affairs Director for Alliance Defending Freedom. Prior to ADF, he operated a business and commercial law practice in Texas. Pruitt also served as President, General Counsel, and Board member for a national manufacturer in the automotive sector. He was also Senior Counsel for an independent distributor of a vehicle manufacturer. Pruitt began his legal career as a civil litigator in Houston. Pruitt graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management and Marketing. He earned a J.D. from South Texas College of Law - Houston, where he was a member of two national championship moot court teams. Throughout his professional career, he has actively participated in his church and community. He is also commissioned as a Colson Fellow.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  

• Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
• True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
• The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?

  Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com