Religious Liberty

Religious Liberty Sabbath Resources Now Available

December 09, 2024, by André M. Wang

Religious Liberty Sabbath is the second Sabbath in January. But it’s always best to promote religious liberty and Liberty magazine several weeks before. Resources are now available at religiousliberty.info.

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Landmark Supreme Court Decision for Religious Liberty

July 05, 2023, by André M. Wang

The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Groff v. Dejoy establishes stronger legal protection for religious freedom and Sabbath accommodation in the workplace.

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Vaccine Mandates: Overreaching or Responsible?

October 20, 2021

The North American Division Public Affairs and Religious Liberty department recently hosted an online conversation to discuss vaccine mandates and protection of freedom of conscience. The dialogue explores these mandates from an Adventist biblical...

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4 Things to Know About Vaccine Religious Exemptions

August 18, 2021, by André M. Wang

With the surge of infections from the coronavirus delta variant, public and private employers are beginning to enact vaccine mandates. Here are four points to keep in mind if you try to seek a religious exemption from your employer.

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Bridging the Divide

June 01, 2021, by André M. Wang

On any ordinary, nonpandemic day, the office of the Northwest Religious Liberty Association in the North Pacific Union Conference, in tandem with directors of the public affairs and religious liberty departments across the North American Division,...

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Churches Advised to Stay the Course

November 26, 2020, by André M. Wang

Supreme Court ruling Thanksgiving Eve is not a green light to reopen NPUC churches yet.

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Religious Liberty for All [Adventist Mission]

May 02, 2019

Religious liberty is a right the Seventh-day Adventist Church has defended for years. Let's see how religious liberty and mission go hand in hand.

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NRLA Remembers Jack Bergman

December 06, 2018, by Gregory Hamilton

EDITOR'S NOTE: Jack Bergman, former president of Walla Walla University and longtime champion of religious liberty throughout the Northwest and beyond, died in late October. He is remembered in the following words from Gregory Hamilton, Northwest ...

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America's Christian Nation Debate and the Holocaust

December 05, 2018, by Gregory Hamilton

Seventh-day Adventist members in the Pacific Northwest and throughout the United States are often conflicted in their view of the constitutional separation of church and state. After all, Christians are no different than the average citizen in fav...

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SIDEBAR: The First Amendment

December 05, 2018

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution clearly lays out prohibitions for the American government to promote or infringe on religion. It specifically uses the indefinite article "an" and not the definite article "the," which might otherwise b...

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