Nathan Webb, a senior at Lumberton High School, won the grand prize in this year’s Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest, sponsored by the Religious Liberty Council of the Baptist Joint Committee.
He is the son of Bob and Dianne Webb and attends First Baptist Church of Loeb.
His essay was written as a reflection on the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s landmark 1960 speech about the relationship between his religion and his politics and the separation of church and state.
His essay was selected as the best from entries submitted by high school juniors and seniors from 17 states.
Webb will receive a $1,000 scholarship and a trip to Washington, D.C., in conjunction with the Baptist Joint Committee board meeting in October.
His essay will appear in a forthcoming issue of Report from the Capital, the Baptist Joint Committee’s monthly newsletter.
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