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Mingling, Mission and Misunderstandings: A Conversation About Interchurch Relations

Posted November 10, 2020

Dr. Ganoune Diop, director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty at the General Conference, speaks about his work representing the Seventh-day Adventist Church among leaders of other world communions.

Response of the GC Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Department to the I Will Go Strategic Plan

Posted October 20, 2020

The General Conference PARL department has adopted 12 areas of focus for the coming quinquennium that will be adapted and contextualized within each Division territory.

Why Adventists Have a Unique Contribution to Make to the Racism Discussion

Posted October 15, 2020

"Every person is a temple of the Holy Spirit of God, and therefore deserving of at least as much respect as holy places such as temples, cathedrals, churches, mosques, or shrines.”

Religious Liberty Necessary for Fulfillment of Adventist Mission

Posted September 28, 2020

The PARL Team is Still Working for You

Posted July 9, 2020

Deconstructing Racism as A Multifaceted Dehumanizing Personal and Social Disease

Posted July 9, 2020

Covid Lessons—Traveling Safe

Posted July 7, 2020

PARL’s experience and work during the chaos of Covid-related travel restrictions have helped us distill a few general “best practices” for church employees and members who plan to resume travel—either for work or mission service—once the pandemic ends.

Thinking ‘Adventistly’ About Politics

Posted May 11, 2020

I first came across the unusual but useful adverb “Christianly” in an article published last year about the role of faith in politics. In an interview, Michael Wear, a former director of President Obama’s White House faith-based initiative, said Christians have a special responsibility to speak up about issues of public policy.

As the World’s Attention is Focused Elsewhere, Religious Freedom Abuses Continue

Posted May 4, 2020

​The release of the 20th annual report on international religious freedom by a US watchdog agency highlights troubling trends, say Adventist advocates

Religious Liberty in a Time of Crisis

Posted April 9, 2020

​As authorities around the world struggle to respond to the global spread of COVID-19, governments at every level—from local to national—have issued new and, in some cases, unprecedented, directives that touch on almost every aspect of our daily lives.