
Thomas Helwys, the forgotten pioneer of religious freedom for everyone
By Archbishop Professor Dr Dr Thomas Paul Schirrmacher

By Archbishop Professor Dr Dr Thomas Paul Schirrmacher

Press release by the World Evangelical Alliance

This essay originally appeared as a post by Dennis Petri on the Five4Faith Substack on April 16. Image source: ADF International.

On the history of the violation and denial of religious freedom for Jews

ISFORB International Conference, 7-8 May 2026 ETF Leuven, Belgium

From a Jewish Rabbi and a Protestant Minister

In his keynote speech, Thomas Schirrmacher emphasizes that no state can function without religious freedom

The Global Imams Council (GIC) has published a Statement against the Persecution of Christians which we reproduce here.

The yearbooks on Religious Freedom 2025 and on Persecution and Discrimination of Christians 2025 were presented in Berlin today.

Speech by Thomas Schirrmacher at the Global Tolerance Alliance Abu Dhabi (November 16, 2022)