News and Resources

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

The Foundations and Functions of PARL

Posted January 9, 2017

This short manual provides a basic overview—both theological and practical—of the role of a Public Affairs and Religious Liberty director. Although this publication is intended primarily for Division, Union, and Conference-level directors, local church PARL leaders may also find the material helpful.

Freedom of Speech and Defamation of Religion

Posted May 6, 2016

This statement was approved and voted by the Executive Committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists on June 23, 2010, and released at the General Conference Session in Atlanta, Georgia, June 24-July 3, 2010.

Call for Peace

Posted May 6, 2016

This statement was voted during the Spring Meeting of the General Conference Executive Committee on April 18, 2002 in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Religious Liberty, Evangelism, and Proselytism

Posted May 6, 2016

This statement was voted by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Administrative Committee (ADCOM), for release at the time of the General Conference Session in Toronto, Canada, June 29-July 9, 2000.

Religious Minorities and Religious Freedom

Posted May 6, 2016

This statement was voted during the Annual Council of the General Conference Executive Committee on Wednesday, September 29, 1999 in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Posted May 6, 2016

This statement was voted by the General Conference Administrative Committee, November 17, 1998, and released by the General Conference Office of Public Affairs.

World Report 2019

Posted May 13, 2020

The purpose of this world report is to show the need for, and the foundation of, freedom of religion or belief around the world.

World Report 2017

Posted May 13, 2020

In spite of an unprecedented global mobilization to promote religious freedom, including the recent advocacy of the pope, Catholic bishops, and politicians of various parties, the state of religious freedom in the world remains bleak. Various statistics point in the same direction, namely an increase in restrictions to religious freedom.

World Report 2015

Posted November 6, 2013

In spite of an unprecedented global mobilization to promote religious freedom, including the recent advocacy of the pope, Catholic bishops, and politicians of various parties, the state of religious freedom in the world remains bleak. Various statistics point in the same direction, namely an increase in restrictions to religious freedom.

World Report 2010-11

Posted November 6, 2013

This report has come a long ways from our initial endeavor to document the state of religious freedom in the world with a focus on the Seventh-day Adventist experience. In an increasingly interrelated global world, a systemic approach to religious freedom in the context of human rights is warranted and requires a broader, multidisciplinary approach.