Religious Liberty
Mission statement:
To provide information, advocacy and support for our diverse church community and afford members to worship freely based on our beliefs.
The Religious Liberty Department organizes the following:
Government Liaison Representatives (GLR) – Religious leaders in each state who help monitor
state legislative actions.
Accommodation Assistance – The department serves in circumstances that find people whose
exercise of their faith dismissed and/or denied. Even if you believe your circumstances
hold little hope for resolution, we may be able to offer assistance.
We encourage you to contact the ministry leader for questions or additional information.
Religious liberty entails freedom of conscience:
to worship or not to worship; to profess, practice and promulgate religious beliefs or
to change them. In exercising these rights, however, one must respect the equivalent rights
of all others.
The goals of the (Abney Chapel SDA) Religious Liberty Department
1) Increase subscriptions to Liberty magazine. This includes subscriptions to members and
sponsorship of subscriptions to local government officials, learning institutions, businesses,
judges, attorneys, and churches. This is our primary means of spreading the principles of
religious liberty in our community; especially to those who are in positions to
defend and influence legislation that favor religious liberty.
2) Keep the church membership informed of happenings pertaining to religious liberty that
occur locally, nationally, and internationally.
3) Rally members to support or oppose legislation that impact religious liberty through
letters to congress and other forms of lobbying.
4) Provide advisory assistance to members who are having difficulty with employers because
of their religious beliefs and observances.
