On October 4, 2021, the Liberty and Health Alliance issued an online document titled “To the Seventh-day Adventist Church: An Appeal in Defense of Liberty of Conscience.”
Recent events have encouraged us now to reiterate the Appeal, with even more urgency.
First, the crisis due to Covid vaccination mandates continues to escalate. News reports indicate that more and more governments and private businesses are requiring vaccinations of their citizens and employees and are depriving them of employment and other economic and civil liberties if they refuse. This critical situation has affected many members of our worldwide Adventist family, who have reached out to the Liberty and Health Alliance and are asking for support from their church as they face the loss of their jobs and the difficulties brought on by that reality.
Second, many political and public health leaders and employers continue to claim that the vaccines provide a high level of protection from Covid with no appreciable risk to one’s health. Yet the rapidly increasing volume of credible and persuasive information from a variety of official sources strongly disputes these claims. As the number of so-called breakthrough cases continues to proliferate, it is abundantly clear that many of the original claims made for the efficacy of the vaccines have proven to be unwarranted.
A third recent event that calls us to reiterate this Appeal is the highly encouraging action of key leaders of the Southwestern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. In November, they sent a letter to the Secretariat department of the North American Division, reflecting the consensus of the executive officers of the Union, and of all the executive officers of all the local conferences in that territory, and those of Southwestern Adventist University. The letter stated clearly that vaccination mandates are a matter of liberty of conscience, that the church should be obligated to publicly oppose mandates, that those leaders anticipate that their organizations will not comply with the mandates, and that they look to the North American Division and the Office of General Counsel to defend their position. The Liberty and Health Alliance strongly affirms this statement and wishes to express heartfelt support for this noble action by these Adventist leaders who are speaking up for liberty of conscience in a time of crisis.
Read the new document here.
Update on Phoenix Health Summit
Liberty And Health Alliance is doing a yoeman’s job, standing up for personal liberty during a time when many governments and institutions are trying to take away your right to bodily autonomy. Liberty and Health Alliance have stood in the gap, a gap created by apathetic leaders.
To that end, they are planning a massive health summit in Phoenix, Arizona on January 7-9. In just six days donations of $107,000 have come in for this event. We offer our heartfelt gratitude to our Father for motivating people to give generously for this most providential moment. What else is needed?
Funds for Sabbath meal, spiritual literature, extensive testing for antibodies, and marketing.
Volunteers. 600 volunteers are needed. Are you interested in mission work? Here is an unprecedented opportunity to reach out to thousands of people who are seeking for spiritual and physical order in a chaotic world. They are seeking truth and courage in the midst of manipulation and fear. Come and be part of an unforgettable experience!
You. You are needed at this event. Let us show the world that biblical Adventism offers holistic answers to life’s questions, at a time when people are desperately searching for truth. This is a profound moment.
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“And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; there stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us” (Acts 16:9).
