Click Here to download Religious Liberty Handbook.

JUST OUT: New book by John Graz "Issues of Faith and Freedom." Available from your local ABC...

Latest: Religious Freedom World Report--full document (834k pdf file)

News

•New PARL Brochure available click here (pdf file)

Faith and Freedom TV program--pictures and video clips of this premiere show on religious freedom

• Statements by the Adventist Church to the UN Commission on Human Rights

How the Department is working for Religious Liberty::

* By defending the freedom to have, or not to have, a personal religious belief; to maintain, to adopt, or to change one's religion or personal belief.

* By guarding the freedom to practice one's religious beliefs in private, in public, or in association with others whether in worship, in practice, in teaching, or in evangelistic dissemination.

* By arousing public opinion and gaining public support for religious liberty, the fundamental right which undergirds all human rights.

* By encouraging the concept of separation of church and state, and defending the church's ability to act without state interference.

* By upholding the principle of the free exercise of religion and opposing any private or government encroachment that tends to inhibit this principle.

* By taking action to eliminate religious discrimination in both public and private employment.

* By educating the public and government representatives through all appropriate means, including publications and media presentations, promoting awareness of the threats to principles of religious liberty.

* By supporting and aiding in the defence of religious rights and privileges.

* By engaging in research and education promoting religious freedom.

First organized as the Religious Liberty Department in 1901, PARL (Public Affairs and Religious Liberty) supports religious liberty internationally as one of the fundamental principles of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and as a God-given right. PARL represents the world headquarters of the Church on government issues, engages in representational work at the US Congress and at the United Nations, and hosts many diplomatic meetings to reinforce relations between the Church and different countries. Click here to learn more about PARL.