Since it's inception, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has been a strong advocate of religious liberty - the right to worship, or not worship, according to one's conscience.
For more than 170 years, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has promoted freedom of belief for all people. For Adventists, the principle of religious freedom has strong biblical, historical, and theological foundations. To learn more about the history of this organization and religious liberty, access the North America link to the right (desktop) or below (mobile device).
God never forces the will or the conscience; but Satan’s constant resort - to gain control of those whom he cannot otherwise seduce - is compulsion by cruelty. Through fear or force he endeavors to rule the conscience, and to secure homage to himself. To accomplish this, he works through both religious and secular authorities, moving them to the enforcement of human laws in defiance of the law of God.
To protect liberty of conscience is the duty of the state, and this is the limit of its authority in matters of religion. Every secular government that attempts to regulate or enforce religious observances by civil authority, is sacrificing the very principle for which the evangelical Christians so nobly struggled.
Founded in 1906, Liberty magazine continues to be the preeminent resource for matters of religious freedom. Published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Liberty currently maintains a circulation of just under 200,000. To read for free or to subscribe to the print edition, access the link to the right (desktop) or below (mobile device).
If you are a church member and need assistance with a workplace, school, or other accommodation for Sabbath worship, access the Southern Union link to the right (desktop) or below (mobile device).
